On mental pain: From Freud to Bion

International Forum of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-36

  Fleming, Manuela ^a,b  

^a University of Porto ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Early infant mother relationship; Frustration; Thought; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; FRUSTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PAIN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THINKING;

EID: 41349086233     PISSN: 0803706X     EISSN: 16512324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037060701743100     Document Type: Review

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