title: [Those who are loyal to death].
abstract: As a contribution to the clinical treatment of melancoly, this article studies the transferential and counter-transferential dynamics of unmotivated female patients whose lethargy is due to a little or unrewarding mother-child relationship. After having identified their method of incorporating the maternal image, the author points out that the cult-type admiration bestowed on mothers provides a basis on which one can better understand the elements of this private religion focused on idolization rather than on idealization of the loved one.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monette
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003379:Countertransference; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014167:Transference, Psychology
vernacular_title: Les fidèles de la mort.