Heroin Addiction
The Needle as Transitional Object
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20488267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Miller (0000-0001-5270-8463, Doctoral Program, Columbia University; Independent Practice., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 293-304 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-3604 • E-ISSN: 1943-2860 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1521/jaap.30.2.293.21955 |
| PMID | 12197257 |
| OpenAlex | W1988294933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The etiology of heroin addiction is examined from the perspective of object relations, one psychoanalytic model among many that can offer fruitful understanding. Material is drawn from the literature and from a case example. The major specific focus is on the needle as a transitional object in patients who have experienced early childhood deprivation and separation trauma
Addiction · Art · Developmental psychology · Drug · Etiology · Heroin · Object (grammar) · Object relations theory · Perspective (graphical) · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Child Therapy and Development · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |