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A Dynamic Theory of Anxiety and Hysteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. J. Eysenck
H. J. Eysenck*
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Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital
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It has often been said that America and Britain are separated by a common language and a similar statement might, with equal justification, be made with respect to some of the misunderstandings between psychiatrists and psychologists. Particularly in the personality field, it is quite obvious that many of the terms used are similar, that some at least of the aims of the two groups are identical, and that methods are freely exchanged. Yet, on the whole, it cannot be said that satisfactory integration has been achieved between these two disciplines.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 101 , Issue 422 , January 1955 , pp. 28 - 51
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1955 

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