Abstract
Dostoyevsky's book, "The gambler," describes a representative case of pathological gambling. The history of the main character, Aleksei Ivanovitch, shows the typical evolution of the disorder in three well defined phases: profits, losses and despair. Based on Freud's concept of narcissism and the concepts of the self psychology by Heinz Kohut, Donald Winnicott and Wilfred Bion, the contributions of psychoanalysis to the understanding of pathological gambling are discussed.
Translated title of the contribution | A pathological gambler by Dostoyevsky |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 236-240 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Revista de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dostoyevsky
- Narcissism
- Pathological gambling
- Psychoanalysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health