From the "Imperfect Illness" to the Possibility of Developing Good Internal Objects: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder With Follow-Up by the Rorschach

This paper is about a psychoanalytic psychotherapy follow-up by the Rorschach Comprehensive System of Doralice, a 30-year-old, unemployed, single woman, with diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent, severe, with psychotic features (Axis-I); and Borderline Personality Disorder (Axis-II) in...

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Published in:	Rorschachiana 2016-09, Vol.37 (2), p.166-181
Main Authors:	Luiza de Mattos Fiore, Maria, Lottenberg Semer, Norma, Yazigi, Latife
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Borderline Personality Disorder Female Human Major Depression Object Relations Outpatient Psychoanalysis Rorschach Test Treatment Outcomes
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Summary:	This paper is about a psychoanalytic psychotherapy follow-up by the Rorschach Comprehensive System of Doralice, a 30-year-old, unemployed, single woman, with diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent, severe, with psychotic features (Axis-I); and Borderline Personality Disorder (Axis-II) in DSM IV. The Rorschach Comprehensive System was administered upon admission and also in five annual follow-ups. In this paper, the authors show the characteristics and the development of the dual therapeutic attachment that will be illustrated by the responses to the Rorschach cards II, III and VII, focusing mainly on the MOA scale on the four assessments. The authors will discuss the development of good internal objects over the years during the psychotherapeutic process with a turning point in the third year of treatment that is manifested in the Rorschach. The State of São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP, sponsored this study.
ISSN:	1192-5604 2151-206X