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In recent years most publications dealing with female psychology, reflecting current cultural and social trends, appear to be rather critical of psychoanalysis. Many authors advocate the need for a “new female psychology.” Therefore it is a most challenging and difficult task, to attempt to clarify the contribution of the different psychoanalytic schools towards an adequate understanding of female psychology.
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Hertz, D.G. (1982). Changing Female Identity: A Historical and Critical Review of Psychoanalytic Aspects of Femininity. In: Prill, HJ., Stauber, M., Pechatschek, PG. (eds) Advances in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81876-9_2
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