Flight into the imaginary world and dependence: Personality trait or opportunist defence mechanism in the transsexual;Fuite dans l'imaginaire et dépendance: Trait de personnalité ou défense opportuniste chez le transsexuel

Encephale

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Michel, A ^a   Mormont, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exner; Passivity; Rorschach; Sex reassignment surgery; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FANTASY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SNOW WHITE SYNDROME; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 2442459769     PISSN: 00137006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7006(04)95425-5     Document Type: Article

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