Adoption And Disturbed Narcissism: A Case Illustration Of A Latency Boy
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
- Vol. 31 (2) , 487-513
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000306518303100206
Abstract
The analysis of a latency-age boy, adopted at birth, is presented. Clinical material, particularly having to do with family romance fantasies created by the patient to account for why the biological parents "got rid of" him, are focused upon. The relation between being adopted and disturbed narcissism is considered.Keywords
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