title: Work compulsion--a psychoanalytic study.
abstract: There are no published reports of a case of work compulsion. Such a case is described. The patient's history, the course of his analysis, and metapsychological formulations concerning the unconscious and complex meaning of work for this patient are presented. The case is discussed in relation to the relevant literature.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014937:Work