The question of survival: The death of desire and the weight of life

American Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-67

  Nguyen, Leanh ^a,b,c  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desire; Psychic deadness; Survival; Torture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DEATH; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; SURVIVAL; TORTURE; TORTURE SURVIVOR; VIGNETTE; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; TORTURE;

EID: 34347263799     PISSN: 00029548     EISSN: 15736741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ajp.3350007     Document Type: Article

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