A history of homosexuality and organized psychoanalysis

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-460

  Drescher, Jack ^a,b,c,d  

^a WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 58149395318     PISSN: 15460371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2008.36.3.443     Document Type: Review

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