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On the Psychopathology of Repetitive Phenomena

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Thomas Freeman*
Affiliation:
Holywell Hospital, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Extract

This paper has three separate yet interrelated aims. First, it sets out to describe a series of clinical phenomena and attempts to show that they arise from a common source. Secondly, the consideration of this data may possibly amplify statements which have been made in the past regarding the nature of mental activity. Thirdly, there seems reason to believe that some of the phenomena described may help to provide a more rigorous definition of the transference concept.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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