La Adicción a Sustancias Químicas: ？Puede ser Efectivo un Abordaje Psicoanalítico?

this article discusses how possible it is to use a psychoanalytical approach to treat patients with drug addiction. main concepts of the so called "classics" are analysed discussing if drug addiction can be considered a psychoanalytical sympton, an expression of unconscious conflicts. three steps of the process leading to an addiction are distinguished. the concept of "subjective rectification" of lacan is presented, aiming to discuss the entrance process to a treatment from a psychoanalytical point of view. the need of abstinence is discussed. a proposal is made to set a technically flexible approach, in order to include all the therapeutic instances and elements required without giving up a psychoanalytical point of view.