A fundamental polarity in psychoanalysis: Implications for personality development, psychopathology, and the therapeutic process

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 494-520

  Blatt, Sidney J ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Western New England Institute of Psychoanalysis   (United States)

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EID: 33846855675     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351690701310581     Document Type: Review

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