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  • Title: Object relations units and the ego.
    Author: Hamilton NG.
    Journal: Bull Menninger Clin; 1995; 59(4):416-26. PubMed ID: 8535382.
    Abstract:
    The author selectively reviews the literature on object relations units and suggests that a fourth element, ego functioning, should be added to self, object, and affect-sensation for a more clinically comprehensive theory. He suggests that ego functioning may always shift with self, object, and affect-perception in an organically integrated fashion. Such a conceptualization can apply to both healthier and less well-integrated individuals. This expanded concept may or may not be sufficiently comprehensive to replace the traditional structural theory of id, ego, and superego.
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