The use of wit and the comic by a borderline psychotic child in psychotherapy.
The ego strengthening use of wit and the comic by a borderline psychotic child is discussed. Serving a valuable defensive function, this patient's use of wit allowed him to eventually confront the despair beneath the comedy. Specific techniques for therapeutic reinforcement of wit are suggested.
D002648:Child; D004532:Ego; D005201:Fantasy; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D014888:Wechsler Scales; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic