The Older Patient in Psychoanalysis

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1563-1589

  Valenstein, Arthur F ^a  

^a Psychoanalytic Institute of New England   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGING; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0034569256     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651000480042601     Document Type: Article

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