Document 0462
 DOCN  M9440462
 TI    A phantasy of infection.
 DT    9404
 AU    Grosz S
 SO    Int J Psychoanal. 1993 Oct;74 ( Pt 5):965-74. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94140518
 AB    'A phantasy of infection' is a case study of the role of unconscious
       phantasy in the experience of illness. This paper discusses a phantasy
       that was brought to light during the psychoanalysis of a homosexual man
       who has been diagnosed as HIV-positive. The paper concentrates on the
       difference between this patient's conscious knowledge of his infection
       and an unconscious phantasy which was reawakened and elaborated in this
       situation. Detailed clinical material is presented to illustrate the
       point that the often unexpected and strange relation the patient has to
       his infection can be explained only through an understanding of such
       unconscious phantasies as they are lived-out and analysed in the
       transference.
 DE    Adult  Case Report  Dreams  *Fantasy  Homosexuality/PSYCHOLOGY  Human
       HIV Seropositivity/*PSYCHOLOGY  Male  Object Attachment  Psychoanalytic
       Interpretation  *Psychoanalytic Therapy  *Sick Role  *Unconscious
       (Psychology)  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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