Distinction between mental pain and psychic suffering as separate entities in the patient's experience

International Forum of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 195-200

  Fleming, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alpha function; Tolerance; Transference; Transformation; Wilfred Bion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DREAM; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL PAIN; MENTAL STRESS; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIC SUFFERING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33751570903     PISSN: 0803706X     EISSN: 16512324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037060500522754     Document Type: Article

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