TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Aspects of psychoanalytic theory: drives, defense, and the pleasure-unpleasure principle
JO  - Psychoanalytic quarterly
A1  - Brenner, Charles
SP  - 707
EP  - 717
VL  - 77
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2828
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -