You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
Rheumatoid arthritis is connected with a typical body image, characterized by hardened and tightened psychic barriers, a so-called high “barrier-score.” This oral mode of body image uses projective identification as its main defensive action. Case material describing work with a rheumatoid patient illustrates the development and change in the patient's body image over the course of eight years of analysis.