Assessing ego strength: Spinning straw into gold

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-23

  Bjorklund, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego function; Ego strength; Nursing assessment; Psychoanalysis; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EGO; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EGO; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033992885     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2000.tb00685.x     Document Type: Article

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