Synthesizing psychoanalytic and biological approaches to trauma: Some theoretical proposals

Neuropsychoanalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-110

  Saporta, José ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute   (United States)

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EID: 67649239825     PISSN: 15294145     EISSN: 20443978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15294145.2003.10773413     Document Type: Article

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