"Ego" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of internalized parental and social prohibitions or the conscience, (the superego), and of reality.
| Descriptor ID |
D004532
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.747.189 F02.739.794.206
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ego" by people in Profiles.
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Borderline personality disorder, complex trauma, and problems with self and identity: A social-communicative approach. J Pers. 2020 02; 88(1):88-105.
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Time perspective and social preference in older and younger adults: Effects of self-regulatory fatigue. Psychol Aging. 2016 09; 31(6):594-604.
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Deconstructing v?nculo. Psychoanal Q. 2012 Jul; 81(3):579-87.
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Learning from losing: ethical, psychoanalytic, and spiritual perspectives on managing the incremental losses of the distributed self in dementia. J Psychiatr Pract. 2011 Jan; 17(1):41-8.
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Borderline personality disorder and DSM-5. J Psychiatr Pract. 2010 May; 16(3):143.
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An examination of the construct validity of the Rorschach Mutuality of Autonomy (MOA) Scale. J Pers Assess. 2009 May; 91(3):227-37.
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Operative simulcasts: patient's donations to surgeon's education. J Vasc Surg. 2008 Feb; 47(2):476-7.
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Psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: mentalization based therapy and cognitive analytic therapy compared. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2007 Feb; 19(1):51-62.
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[Psychosis sight from the complexity research--a model for the examination of the self organisation of a dysfunctional self]. Neuropsychiatr. 2007; 21(4):275-83.
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The mentalization-focused approach to self pathology. J Pers Disord. 2006 Dec; 20(6):544-76.