The unbearable agony of being: Interpreting tormented states of mind in the psychoanalysis of sexually traumatized patients

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-519

  Diamond, Michael J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Ctr Psychoanal Res   (United States)

^c WRIGHT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; IDENTITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 0030709468     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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