The fate of the ego in contemporary psychiatry with particular reference to etiologic theories of schizophrenia

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-88

  Diamond, David B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; EGO; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS;

ADOPTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; EGO; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS;

EID: 0030988114     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1997.11024788     Document Type: Article

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