defense mechanism to avoid traumatic representations. Regarding the underlying structure, most of the psychoanalysts conceptualized generalized anxiety as a trans-structural phenomenon that could be present in both neurotic and borderline structures. The study performed has triggered some questions and hypotheses about the nature of GAD from a psychoanalytic perspective. Future studies are needed to increase knowledge of the relationships (and potential mutual enrichment) between GAD and fundamental concepts of the psychoanalytic framework for clinical practice and psychotherapy research. E*0*.1.*$#2!$,!.4&!2.-'3!1#'!,-.-(&!'*(&/.*$#2! The qualitative and exploratory nature of this research was not orientated to test hypotheses but to generate them. Because of the non-probabilistic sampling, and the fact that we only studied expert psychoanalysts, generalization of these results to the population of psychoanalysts is unknown. Further research may analyze GAD conceptualization from the psychoanalytic perspective in a bigger sample and also study the links between these conceptualizations and the way in which psychoanalysts treat patients with GAD. G$#.1/.\!! Juan Martín Gómez Penedo 1, 2, 3 , Ignacio Etchebarne 2 , Santiago Juan 1 , & Andrés J. Roussos 1,2,3 1 Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2 Universidad de Belgrano, 3 CONICET. E-mail : juanmartin.gomez@comunidad.ub.edu.ar
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