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FOR THE PRACTISING PSYCHIATRIST, in so far as he is concerned with psychotherapy, it is a matter of necessity to have some concepts of the nature of the human psyche and its ailments. Such concepts are by no means always systematized and inwardly consistent; they are often not even explicit in the psychiatrist’s mind. Many psychotherapists, particularly those who lack training in psychoanalysis, are not even aware that they have a theory of personality and neurosis. But as they treat and advise with their patients, they function in terms of a theory of this kind which is at least implicit.
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Silverberg, W.V. (1952). Introduction. In: Childhood Experience and Personal Destiny. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39901-9_1
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