Background
Volkan, Kevin was born on December 5, 1958 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Vamik Djemal and Esther (Boger) Volkan.
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Dancing among the Maenads: The Psychology of Compulsive Drug Use (Reshaping of Psychoanalysis) by Volkan, Kevin (1994) Hardcover
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Dancing among the Maenads: The Psychology of Compulsive Drug Use (Reshaping of Psychoanalysis)
(Although a number of scholars have looked at the phenomen...)
Although a number of scholars have looked at the phenomenon of compulsive drug use from a psychoanalytic perspective, an objects relations approach has not yet been defined. Nevertheless, it has become increasingly clear that compulsive drug use is related to early object relations pathology. This study outlines the major tenets of classical psychoanalytic and object relations theory and practice with regard to the compulsive drug user. These theories give a clear understanding of the role drugs play in compensating for the experience of the object. It is concluded that individuals with healthy early object relations are not likely to become pathologically compulsive drug users. On the other hand, those with poor early object relations are at risk for addiction.
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Kevin Volkan
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Doctor of Education, Northern Illinois University, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, Center for Psychology Studies, Albany, California, 1991. Master in Public Health, Harvard University, 1998.
Career
Assistant to the Dean of Education, Department of Education Northern Illinois University, 1984-1985, research associate, Health Promotion Research Project, 1985-1987, assistant professor, director research, Department of Education, 1987-1988. Research associate ETR Associates, Scotts Valley, California, 1988-1989. Assistant to the Dean, Graduate Division University California, Santa Cruz, 1989-1991.
Clinical psychological Agnews State Hospital, San Jose, California, 1991-1995. Academy director Five Branches Institute, Santa Cruz, 1995-1996. Research consultant Hewlett-packard Company, Cupertino, California, 1996-1998.
Director assessment, lecturer Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1998. President Oz Projects, Santa Cruz, 1990-1994.
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Dancing among the Maenads: The Psychology of Compulsive Drug Use (Reshaping of Psychoanalysis)
(Although a number of scholars have looked at the phenomen...)
- Dancing among the Maenads: The Psychology of Compulsive Drug Use (Reshaping of Psychoanalysis) by Volkan, Kevin (1994) Hardcover
- Dancing among the Maenads: The Psychology of Compulsive Drug Use (Reading Plus,) by Kevin Volkan (1994-10-01)
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Dancing among the Maenads: The Psychology of Compulsive Drug Use (Reshaping of Psychoanalysis)
Membership
Member American Psychological Society, Western Psychological Association, Mid-Coast Psychological Association, California Psychological Association.
Connections
Married Panda Lynn Kroll, December 20, 1987.
