The wolf-man, a borderline case?

Demoulin, C.

Acta Psychiatrica Belgica 96(2): 101-107

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8967
PMID: 8693947
Document Number: 458747
The diagnostic of "borderline" relies on the study of the Ego the refers to the prevalence of imaginary mechanisms, like object splitting. However, it doesn't allow to distinguish neurotic from psychotic structure. In the case of the Wolf-Man, the investigation of childhood's material (hallucination of the cut finger) allows to overpass this difficulty.

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