INTROJECTS OF ALCOHOLICS AND THEIR CHANGE DURING A STATIONARY TREATMENT

Psychodynamic theories specify the significance of an introjected harm ful partial-object for alcoholism. Accordingly, men seeking stationary treatment of alcohol abuse not only show increased addiction and subs equent detriment (TAI), but also a more pronounced neuroticism (FPI-R) , which are associated with harmful introjects (INTREX). During statio nary treatment, positive introjects (self-accepting, self-nourishing, self-protecting, self-monitoring) increase; whereas negative introject s (self-indicting, self-rejecting) decrease. At the beginning of the t herapy the modal introject-type is a conflict between self-love and se lf-hate, whereas at the end of the treatment self-love is predominant.