From abandonment to symbiosis: A developmental reversal in suicidal adolescents

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-166

  Orbach, Israel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Adolescence; Family; Rejection; Suicidal behavior; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY; EGO; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33846871230     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.24.1.150     Document Type: Article

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