Diagnosing the English Patient: Schizoid Fantasies of Being Skinless and of Being Buried Alive

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 279-309

  Doidge, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BURN; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOIDISM; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; BURNS; DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MOTION PICTURES; SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0035650453     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651010490010601     Document Type: Article

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