Attachment disorganization: The reunion of attachment theory and psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-299

  Diamond, Diana ^a,b,c,d  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New York University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTACHMENT DISORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; INJURY; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; REVIEW; SCHIZOIDISM;

EID: 2442679063     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.21.2.276     Document Type: Review

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