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Psychoanalysis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Analyses, Psychodynamic
  • Analysis, Psychodynamic
  • Psychodynamic Analyses
  • Psychodynamic Analysis

Note

  • specialty; for therapy use PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY or specifics

Scope note

  • The separation or resolution of the psyche into its constituent elements. The term has two separate meanings: 1. a procedure devised by Sigmund Freud, for investigating mental processes by means of free association, dream interpretation and interpretation of resistance and transference manifestations; and 2. a theory of psychology developed by Freud from his clinical experience with hysterical patients. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011572

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