Actual neurosis as the underlying psychic structure of panic disorder, somatization, and somatoform disorder: An integration of Freudian and attachment perspectives

Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1317-1350

  Verhaeghe, Paul ^a   Vanheule, Stijn ^a   De Rick, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; METAPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 36448929497     PISSN: 00332828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2007.tb00306.x     Document Type: Article

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