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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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Tree Number(s): F04.096.544.779

MeSH Unique ID: D011572

Entry Terms:

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

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