Points of Contact and Divergence between Psychoanalytic and Attachment Theories: Is Psychoanalytic Theory Truly Different

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 448-480

  Fonagy, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Menninger Foundation   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1080/07351699909534264     Document Type: Article

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