Change in object and self-representations in long-term, intensive, inpatient treatment of seriously disturbed adolescents and young adults

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-107

  Blatt, Sidney J ^a   Stayner, David A ^a   Auerbach, John S ^a   Behrends, Rebecca S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0029892068     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1996.11024752     Document Type: Article

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