Unresolved issues in the psychoanalytic theory of homosexuality and bisexuality

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-27

  Kernberg, Otto F ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexuality; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality; Narcissism; Neurosis; Object choice; Personality structure; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042305432     PISSN: 08917140     EISSN: 15407128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J236v06n01_02     Document Type: Article

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