A 9-year-old with conversion disorder, successfully treated with psychoanalysis

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 623-631

  Milrod, Barbara ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annunciation fantasy; Conversion disorder; Ear pain; Latency; Somatiform disorder; Unconscious pregnancy fantasies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSULTATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DREAM; FANTASY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; CHILD; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; OTALGIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; EARACHE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LATENCY PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 85047690349     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/1F8K-T4CJ-VL37-UFFL     Document Type: Article

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