WHATEVER HAPPENED TO NEUROSIS? WHO ARE WE ANALYZING? AND HOW?: The Importance of Mental Organization

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-428

  Sugarman, Alan ^a,b  

^a San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

affect regulation; mental organization; mentalization; neurosis; self reflective capacity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NARCISSISM; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 34548817052     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.24.3.409     Document Type: Article

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