Pathological love: Is it a new psychiatric disorder?;Amor patológico: Um novo transtorno psiquiátrico?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Sophia, Eglacy Cristina ^a,b   Tavares, Hermano ^a   Zilberman, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compulsive behavior; Dependency (psychology); Love; Object attachment; Obsessive behavior

Indexed keywords

ANGER; CHILD NEGLECT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL LOVE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 34147185844     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462007000100016     Document Type: Review

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