[Narcoanalysis, "la belle au bois dormant" (author's transl)]. / La narco-analyse, la belle au bois dormant.

Narcoanalysis, used as a diagnostic tool, seems to permit a more rapid and deeper psychological examination. Therapeutically, it seems to enhance results, without having more specific effects than other forms of psychotherapy in any neuropsychiatric condition. The mechanisms of action of narcoanalysis remain unclear: maybe it frees repression or other mechanisms may have a role. The authors wish to study what happens to the ego functions during narcoanalysis. They wish also to learn how affective inhibition disappears and how traumatic events may be integrated in the ego.