Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychoanalysis

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

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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specialty; for therapy use PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY or specifics

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychoanalysis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011572. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011572
  2. Psychoanalysis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis
  3. Psychoanalysis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41630