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Idle hands and giddy minds

Our psychological and emotional unpreparedness for free time

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    Alexander Reid Martin M.D., D.P.M. (Training and Supervising Analyst, American Institute for Psychoanalysis and Former President)

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    Alexander Reid Martin M.D., D.P.M. (Training and Supervising Analyst, American Institute for Psychoanalysis and Former President)

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Martin, A.R. Idle hands and giddy minds. Am J Psychoanal 29, 147–156 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01873847

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