... eating disorders are conceived of as resulting from disturbances during the oral phase. Yet the concept of instinct has been widely debated. Freud himself proposed many theoretical formulations and remained critical of all his efforts to formulate a fixed theory of instinct. A definite progression can be recognized in his concept of the instinctual drives, represented in the id, from the reflex arc ... results in searching, even fighting for food to relieve the torment. For a psychological study, it is of the utmost importance to separate the physiological state of nutritional need fro...

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