Mentalization and the changing aims of child psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-114

  Fonagy, Peter ^a,b,c   Target, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Menninger Foundation   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032331273     PISSN: 10481885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10481889809539235     Document Type: Article

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