Citation

Brenner C. Psychoanal. Q. 2008; 77(3): 707-717.

Affiliation

New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, New York, NY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18686788

Abstract

Freud explained certain fundamentally important aspects of mental motivation by assuming the existence of two drives, one libidinal and the other aggressive/destructive. Elements of this theory that seem invalid are identified and discussed, and revisions are proposed that appear to have more validity and greater clinical usefulness.

Language: en