title: The symbol of telephoning.
abstract: Two clinical excerpts illustrate the patient's use of telephoning as an equivalent for and a symbol of masturbation. Some of the many and multidetermined latent meanings of telephoning are indicated.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D005201:Fantasy; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008418:Masturbation; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D013561:Symbolism; D013689:Telephone