The investigation of object relations of individuals with opioid dependence by Rorschach test

The aim of this study is to examine the early-stage object relations of individuals with opiate dependence by Rorschach test. Sample of the study, Ministry of Health Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Nervous Diseases education and Research Hospital, AMATEM clinic, treated at the diagnosis of opiate use disorder, ages 21-35 between 20 volunteer participants. The Rorschach test was performed after a psychoanalytic-oriented preliminary interview with participants whose preferred substance was heroin. The results of the Rorschach test were analyzed and evaluated according to the French school and interpreted according to psychoanalytic and object relations theory. The results of the Rorschach test shed light on the early object relationships of the participants., VII. and IX. II of the test, which reveals the nature of libidinal investment and impulsive organization in object relations with their responses to their cards. and III. cards evaluated. Content analysis and preliminary findings based on the evaluation of qualitative data obtained from the interviews, the maternal figure of the container, due to deficiencies in maintenance and transmitter functions with him holding and soothing in the early period of the world, a reliable mother-infant relationship cannot be established in the separation-individuation process that is experiencing a glitch is observed. However, it was found that participants had difficulty representing their impulses and processing their emotions, had difficulties in impulsively investing in object relationships, and that the relationship with objects that can be impulsively invested was of an aggressive nature. Key Words: Opioid, heroin addiction, substance use disorders, object relations, Rorschach Test