1: Biopsychosocial research and male homosexuality -- Introductory concepts -- Psychobiological considerations -- Gender identity and male homosexuality -- Freud's Three essays revisited -- The role of the family in the etiology of homosexuality -- 2: Psychopathology and sexual orientation in males -- Character pathology and sexual orientation: introductory concepts -- Homosexuality-heterosexuality and obsessional character disorders: character neuroses -- Homosexuality-heterosexuality and obsessional character discorders: character neuroses -- Homosexuality-heterosexuality and obsessional disorders: borderline syndromes -- Bisexuality, obsessional character neurosis, and borderline syndromes -- Masochism and sexual orientation -- Homosexuality and paranoid psychopathology -- Psychopathology and sexual orientation: further reflections -- 3: Developmental considerations -- Childhood -- Adolescence -- 4: Theoretical issues and conclusion -- Gender identify and the sense of masculinity -- Male sexual fantasy differentiation -- Sexual fantasy, ego, and self -- Hierarchy and sexual orientation -- Conclusion: psychoanalysis, science, and homosexuality.
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