The mental organization of primitive personalities and its treatment implications

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 755-784

  Robbins, Michael ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Boston Psychoanalytic Society   (United States)

^c Psychoanal Inst of N California   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; BORDERLINE STATE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF DISCLOSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029763498     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000306519604400305     Document Type: Review

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