Homosexuality: some diagnostic perspectives and dynamic considerations.
Homosexuality as a diagnostic category has been of limited value since the sexual functioning, ego development, and object relations of patients are not always correlated. Considering homosexuality as a complex configuration resulting from the interplay of unconscious drives with defensive processes and adaptive implications offers a comprehensive dynamic approach. Illustrative case material is presented.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004328:Drive; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009289:Narcissism; D009769:Object Attachment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology