Ego Mechanisms of Defense
George E. Vaillant
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Description for Ego Mechanisms of Defense
Hardcover. .
Not since Anna Freud's 1937 book, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense, has any one volume explored this topic as fully as Ego Mechanisms of Defense by George E. Vaillant.
By summarizing the latest empirical studies, proposing a universal language of defense mechanisms, and demonstrating how various assessment methods can be used in diagnosis, case formulation, and treatment, Dr. Vaillant and an interdisciplinary group of contributors provide the groundwork for clinical practice as well as future research in the field.
Product Details
Publisher
American Psychiatric Publishing United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
VA, United States
ISBN
9780880484046
SKU
V9780880484046
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Ref
99-2
Reviews for Ego Mechanisms of Defense
This book is at once thorough, creative, and enticing. . . This book is quite an important offering. Clinicians can benefit from the wisdom imparted in the chapter on clinical management of immature defenses, researchers from the summaries of the empirical studies, and educators from the whole work as a guide to thinking about patients in a most humane and ... Read more