Some Preliminary Notes on an Empirical Test of Freud’s Theory on Depression

A review of the literature indicates that empirical researchers have difficulty translating Freud’s theory on depression into appropriate research questions and hypotheses. In their attempt to do so, the level of complexity in Freud’s work is often lost. As a result, what is empirically tested is no...

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Main Author: Mattias eDesmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00158/full