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A developmental perspective on psychotherapy and psychoanalysis

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.11.1404

Some of the most important issues in dynamic psychiatry involve the mechanisms of action of and the distinctions between psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Recent advances in developmental psychology and in clinical practice and theory provide new insights into these long- standing controversies.

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