Narcissism and the self: Psychoanalytic considerations

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 461-494

  Meissner, W W ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Psychoanalytic Institute of New England East   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGO; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY;

EGO; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION;

EID: 58149378641     PISSN: 15460371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2008.36.3.461     Document Type: Review

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