[Projective identification in human relations].

Melanie Klein, one of the pioneers of Object Relations Theory, first defined "projective identification", which is regarded as one of the most efficacious psychoanalytic concepts after the discovery of the "unconscious". Examination of the literature on "projective identification" shows that there are various perspectives and theories suggesting different uses of this concept. Some clinicians argue that projective identification is a primitive defense mechanism observed in severe psychopathologies like psychotic disorder and borderline personality disorder, where the intra-psychic structure has been damaged severely.

Problems in running a tuberculosis dispensary in a developing country: Turkey.

Declining use of the services of local dispensaries has often been suggested as a significant factor in the rising trend of tuberculosis in Turkey after 1970. Data confirming this view were insufficient until this study, which consists of an evaluation of the records of 51,086 subjects seen by the tuberculosis dispensary in Elaziğ between 1985-1989. We found that, despite an expected yearly population increase, there were no significant differences in the numbers of diagnostic and follow-up procedures as well as preventive and therapeutic interventions recorded in different years, and that cases of active tuberculosis lost to follow-up had gradually increased.