The distinction between needs and wishes: Implications for psychoanalytic theory and technique

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-151

  Akhtar, Salman ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CATHEXIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; LITERATURE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SATISFACTION; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 0032965093     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651990470010201     Document Type: Article

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