A study of stability and change in defense mechanisms during a brief psychodynamic investigation

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 496-502

  Drapeau, Martin ^a,b,c   De Roten, Yves ^a   Perry, J Christopher ^b   Despland, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brief investigation; Change; Defense Manual Rating Scale; Defense mechanisms; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NARCISSISM; NEUROSIS; OBSESSION; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041837572     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000082210.76762.ec     Document Type: Article

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