[Apropos of projective tests conducted on substance-dependent clients]

This article presents the conclusions of a study which used projective tests--Rorschach and TAT--on a group of young drug addicts. Do the collected clinical findings as a whole suggest the existence, in these patients, of psychopathological structures or constellations which are specific to them? Following this initial question, the author presents a more detailed analysis of the protocols in a metapsychological perspective (fantasy life, internal conflictuality and defensive organization, approach of depression, hypotheses as to the function of the addictive behavior in the psychic economy of the subject, etc.). Finally some clinical and methodological reflections suggested by the compiled and interpreted data of this study are presented.