Psychoanalysis
"Psychoanalysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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).
| Descriptor ID |
D011572
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.096.544.779
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| Concept/Terms |
Psychodynamic Analysis- Psychodynamic Analysis
- Analyses, Psychodynamic
- Analysis, Psychodynamic
- Psychodynamic Analyses
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Psychoanalysis" by people in Profiles.
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Rudnick LP, Heru AM. The 'secret' source of 'female hysteria': the role that syphilis played in the construction of female sexuality and psychoanalysis in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hist Psychiatry. 2017 Jun; 28(2):195-208.
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Emde RN. Remembering Daniel Stern (1934-2012): a legacy for 21st century psychoanalytic thinking and practice. Int J Psychoanal. 2013 Aug; 94(4):857-61.
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Jordan L, Emde RN. How do we evaluate learning from the curriculum? Thirty phone interviews with Institutes of the American Psychoanalytic Association. J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 2006; 54(1):231-49.
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Emde RN. Moving ahead: integrating influences of affective processes for development and for psychoanalysis. Int J Psychoanal. 1999 Apr; 80 ( Pt 2):317-39.
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Emde RN, Fonagy P. An emerging culture for psychoanalytic research? Int J Psychoanal. 1997 Aug; 78 ( Pt 4):643-51.