The two-person construction of defenses: Disorganized attachment strategies, unintegrated mental states, and hostile/ helpless relational processes

Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 107-119

  Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^a  

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EID: 84906045899     PISSN: 15289168     EISSN: 19409214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15289168.2002.10486422     Document Type: Article

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