[The narcissistic family]

Based on the pathology of narcissism as displayed by a number of pre-psychotic and psychotic teenagers, this article deals with exploring the close dependence that is maintained between the patients and their nuclear families. Several of us, using a therapeutic approach in an institutional setting, are trying to bring defective narcissistic "givens" into play in order to give the teenager a chance at ex-istence... In this article, the author suggest pointing out the need for such a way of synchronizing particular concepts, pushing to the very limits of psychoanalysis.