Compulsion and addiction.
In this paper, the proposal is advanced that addictions may be understood analytically to be a subset of compulsions, and correspondingly that they may frequently be suitable for psychoanalytic treatment. A revision of the definition of addictions and compulsions is suggested, and some treatment implications of this revision are considered.
Dodes
L M
LM
Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, USA.
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