Abstract

SEDEU, Ricardo de Lima. From Toxicomania to Addiction: a relational approach. Estud. psicanal. [online]. 2014, n.42, pp. 107-120. ISSN 0100-3437.

Given the importance of the problem of toxicomania in the world today, as well as its complexity, a comprehensive psychoanalytic approach is necessary, focusing not only the pulsional aspect, but also a relational perspective. In this paper, we analyze the contributions of two authors who deal with the problem from the latter perspective: Donald W. Winnicott and Joyce McDougall. We conclude with a summary of these contributions, forming a general model for analysis of the problem from a relational approach and indicating possible applications of this model to other problems of contemporaneity.

Keywords : Toxicomania; Addiction; Object relations; Transitional object; Addictive solution.

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