"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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ego" by people in Profiles.
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Akhtar S. Identity in the contemporary world. Am J Psychoanal. 2009 Mar; 69(1):1-3.
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Akhtar S. Four roadblocks in approaching Masud Khan. Psychoanal Q. 2007 Jul; 76(3):991-5.
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Platek SM, Keenan JP, Gallup GG, Mohamed FB. Where am I? The neurological correlates of self and other. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2004 Apr; 19(2):114-22.