Ego function assessment of the psychoanalytic process.
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چکیده
Pressing needs for objective and rapid clinical assessment of the psychoanalytic process are emerging in the current climate of social and medical change. The Ego Function assessment (EFA) method is presented as an available, valid, and reliable quantitative technique which can be used by clinicians for such objective evaluations. EFA formulations are dynamically highly relevant. They are directly derived from psychoanalytic theory and practice.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Psychoanalytic quarterly
دوره 47 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978