Psychoanalytic explanation of pathological grief: Scientific observation of a single case

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-57

  Fridhandler, Bram ^a   Eells, Tracy D ^b   Horowitz, Mardi J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032959029     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.16.1.34     Document Type: Review

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