Anna Freud: The Hampstead War Nurseries and the role of the direct observation of children for psychoanalysis

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 939-959

  Midgley, Nick ^a  

^a ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytic reconstruction; Anna Freud; Child studies; Direct observation; Fathers; Hamstead War Nurseries

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSFERENCE; WAR;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NURSERIES; PORTRAITS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 34548023976     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/V28R-J334-6182-524H     Document Type: Article

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