On loneliness and the ageing process
Cohen, N.A.
International Journal of Psycho-Analysis 63(Part 2): 149-155
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-7578 PMID: 7129763 Document Number: 186440
In this paper I have focused attention on a particular group of patients who by the very nature of their narcissistic disorder often do not seek help until they are elderly. I have indicated through clinical material the nature of intrapsychic conflicts, a failure to achieve and work through depressive anxieties that interfere with the successful resolution of problems related to mourning; this does not allow for adequate adaptation to ageing and poses problems with regard to the evaluation and prognosis of such patients for psychoanalytic therapy.