IRINA ADOMNICAI

WORK SUSPENDED

 

The psychoanalytical treatment of a boy, suffering Basedow’s disease at this period of life, offer the author an opportunity to discuss psychical modifications and their possible somatic involvement in the patient’s development. The difference between auto-soothing processes and masochism is considered in this clinical approach.

Key-words
Psychosomatic disease, Auto-soothing processes, Masochism.