Self-mutilation, substance abuse, and psychoanalytic approach: Four cases

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-27

  Waska, Robert T ^a,b  

^a S Francisco Inst Psychoanal P

^b Priv Practice San Francisco MC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; DESTRUCTION; EGO STRENGTH; FANTASY; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031948858     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1998.52.1.18     Document Type: Review

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3. Novotny, G.(1972). Self-cutting, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 36, 505-514.
4. Shapiro, S. (1991). Affect integration in psychoanalysis: A clinical approach to self-destructive behavior. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 55, 363-74.