Why perversion? 'False love' and the perverse pact

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 775-799

  Stein, Ruth ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

'False love'; Means ends reversal; Perverse pact; Perversion; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; EROTISM; EXCITEMENT; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LEGAL LIABILITY; MASOCHISM; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SADISM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DREAM; FEMALE; HATE; LOVE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NOMENCLATURE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DREAMS; EROTICA; FEMALE; HATE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MASOCHISM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARAPHILIAS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; SADISM; SEXUALITY; TERMINOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044440487     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/PFHH-8NW5-JM3Y-V70P     Document Type: Article

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