Defense mechanisms, negative emotions, and psychopathology in adolescent inpatients

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-41

  Offer, R ^a,b,c,d   Lavie, R ^a,b,c,d   Gothelf, D ^a,b,c,d   Apter, A ^a,b,c,d  

^a Offer Institute for Psychotherapy   (Israel)

^b NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; EGO STRENGTH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OBSESSION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033967857     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(00)90129-9     Document Type: Article

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