150 Years of Sigmund Freud: What would Freud have said about the obesity epidemic?

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1070-1072

  Bornstein, S R ^a   Wong, M L ^b   Licinio, J ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Sigmund Freud; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID;

BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF ESTEEM; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

DEPRESSION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 33845241300     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001912     Document Type: Short Survey

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