PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACHES TO DEPRESSIVE PA TIENTS

Possible psychoanalytic approaches to depressive patients are describe d. After a presentation of some psychological factors which can cause depressive disorders, psychodynamic and psychoanalytic backgrounds whi ch can be held responsible for the onset of severe depressions are sta ted. Two case studies exemplify the theory. Comments on affects and co untertransference reactions to depressives are followed by the naming of some consequences for psychotherapeutic practice.