Being stuck: Somatic symptoms and the conservation of ambivalence

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 53-70

  Fourie, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYBERNETICS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029953257     PISSN: 08975353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J085V07N02_04     Document Type: Article

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