Abstract

BRASILIANO, Silvia. Analytic group psychotherapy for drug addicts: so is there any specificity? Contributions for the discussion. Vínculo [online]. 2008, vol.5, n.2, pp.172-185. ISSN 1806-2490.

Analytic group psychotherapy for drug addicts has its origin in the Alcoholic Anonymous initiative and its two premises: the importance of group dynamic approach and withdrawal as a core element. While the former may has favored group psychoanalysis, focusing on symptom cure seems to have prevented its widespread application. The advance of this therapy apparently has also been hindered by resistance from classic psychoanalysis institution against the development of conceptions unrestrained by traditional practice. The framework of psychoanalysis in drug addicts is based on the construction of new resources that essentially respect the listening to drug addicts’ psychic functioning.

Keywords : Drug addiction; Group psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis.

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