Clinical Contribution to the Problem of the Early Mother-Child Relationship: Some Discussion of its Influence on Self-destructive Tendencies & Fugue States

The author presents 3 case histories of patients with self-destructive tendencies. In each case, psychoanalysis focussing on early mother-child relationships elicited ideas & fantasies centering around self-destruction. Unconscious factors, Fugue states, & regression are discussed in this context. 21 ref. (NBB)