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  1. Long Island Institute of Psychoanalysis, 140 East 83rd Street, Apt. 15B, 10028, New York, NY, USA

    Natalie Shainess (faculty member)

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Shainess, N. The roots of creativity. Am J Psychoanal 49, 127–138 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01248307

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