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A study of more severe types of mental pathology suggests that Freud's metapsychology is relevant for contemporary psychoanalysis. The economic concept belongs to theoretical discourse and it evokes the question of whether or not there is a non-conflictual element in mental life which can be decisive for the appearance
pearance of psychotic disorders. Far from promoting arid theoretical concepts far removed from clinical phenomena, metapsychology has much to offer to the thinking of analysts, particularly those involved in the treatment of the more serious types of mental pathology.