title: Confronting dilemmas in the study of character.
abstract: Distinctive dilemmas in the psychoanalytic study of character are described. What they are and how they have been addressed illuminate the past achievements and some of the future directions of clinical research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abrams
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002605:Character; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004328:Drive; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy