Psychoanalytic considerations of the etiology of compulsive drug use

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1974, Pages 820-843

  Wurmser, Leon ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; COMPULSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REGRESSION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURATES; COCAINE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; METHADONE; NARCISSISM; NARCOTICS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0016337322     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000306517402200407     Document Type: Article

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