Three perspectives on addiction promulgated during the 1990s are reviewed, along with
many earlier contributions to the understanding of addictive illness. It is suggested that these …

A psychoanalytic formulation of the addictive process is likely to be of value only in the
context of a clear and meaningful defini tion of addiction, so the definition I introduced in …

In order to understand and treat addictions one must go beyond the specific agent and
practice, one must understand the addictive process. The author bases his …

Psychoanalytic treatment of addiction is often ineffective because therapists fail to recognize
addiction as a discrete disorder: The author reviews psychoanalytic theories of addiction …

Despite the proliferation of discussion on the problem of addiction, little agreement obtains
as to the nature of the addictive problem and implications for psychotherapy of the …

The craving for narcotics is the most malignant of addictions: it presents the dynamics of the
illness in its purest form and best reveals the difficulties encountered in therapy. Glover (7) …

The etiology of addiction has a long history of clinical and scientific interest, which is
characterized by differences in conceptual approach, conflicting data and public …

Current approaches to the treatment of drug addiction are based on an earlier approach
derived from a traditional psychoanalytic framework. The author describes how this …

New information allows us to refine our understanding of addiction. One type of addiction is
a character type; a second is a biological disorder. Addictive character is a repetitive …

Reviews the psychoanalytic theories of L. Wurmser, EJ Khantzian, H. Krystal, and J.
McDougall concerning substance abuse. According to Wurmser (see record 1988-15069 …