Based on two semi-directed interviews, the author presents aspects of a clinical investigation carried out with patients of a general hospital who consume psychoactive medications. The author stresses that, for certain patients, consumption and prescription take on a meaning related to narcissistic filiation. The clinical analyses indicate the possible function of the imaginary support from the transmission of medications, as well as on their role in conflicts between belonging and differentiation related to the family group.
Narcissistic filiation; psychoactive medication; fantasy of transmission; belonging; differentiation