The components of psychic conflict and its consequences in mental life.
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.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004328:Drive; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory