Trichotillomania and the mourning process: A case report and review of the psychodynamics

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-199

  Hamie, Daniel ^a   Yoffe, Alik ^a   Roe, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 0032615085     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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