title: The components of psychic conflict and its consequences in mental life.
abstract: This paper surveys current psychoanalytic concepts of drives, unpleasure related to drives, defense and compromise formation, with special attention to the author's contributions to each subject during the years 1950-1978.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004328:Drive; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory