Trauma and traumatic neurosis: Freud's concepts revisited

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-353

  Zepf, Siegfried ^a   Zepf, Florian D ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Protective shield against stimuli; Trauma; Traumatic neurosis

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DREAM; EGO; EXCITATION; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; ILLUSION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPEREGO; WORKING MEMORY;

FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 43049156311     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2008.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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