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Narcissistic Functioning in Drug Addicts: a Psychopathological Study Using the Rorschach Test

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The fragility of narcissistic functioning observed in individuals with drug addiction was highlighted in a compulsive and urgent manner through a projective psychopathological study. The results were analyzed using a psychoanalytic framework focused on chronic addiction cases of various types. This analysis was based on three Rorschach test protocols and an examination of the "mental status" Data were gathered through a qualitative projective psychoanalytic method, which revealed a profoundly disturbed psychological state. This condition was marked by severe difficulties in self-representing and an inability to integrate the body image, largely due to intense anxiety linked to feelings of disintegration and annihilation. Furthermore, identity instability emerged as a core disturbance, significantly impairing the individual's capacity to maintain a stable narcissistic foundation.

Source: International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science

DOI: 10.31435/ijitss.2(46).2025.3353

Author: Amel Ghezal

Institutions: Université d'Oran 2, University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed

Language: English

Topic: Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $100