Fantasizing as process, not fantasy as content: The importance of mental organization

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-189

  Sugarman, Alan ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 43049135888     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351690701856922     Document Type: Review

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