It is hoped that this study based on psychoanalytic psychopathology will be useful in updating some of the principles of psychoanalytical treatment by relating them to impasses in sexuation. This is an important factor in orienting practitioners of psychoanalysis regarding the therapeutic effects that can be expected, without their having to abandon their principals. It is hoped that this discussion will contribute to the debate on the structural differences between neurosis and psychosis.
Psychoanalytical psychopathology; drives; sexuality; invention