When more is better than less: Three theories of psychosis-projection, double bind, and possession

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-13

  Zuk, Gerald H ^a   Zuk, Carmen V ^b  

^a Psychiatric Clinic ^*  (United States)

^b Psychiatric Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Double bind; Freud's Schreber case; Possession; Projection; Theories of psychosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032385214     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025080315724     Document Type: Article

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