Countertransference Reactions to Violent Patients

JOHN R. LION and STEFAN A. PASTERNAKAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.2.207

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Treating violent patients can evoke countertransference reactions of fear and anger in therapists that may interfere with effective management. The authors present six case reports in which countertransference reactions deleteriously affected the treatment outcome. They stress the importance of the physician's being aware of his fear and of how this fear may distort, by projection, his view of the patient as being dangerous.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 2 • February 1973

Pages: 207 - 210

PubMed: 4685245

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Published in print: February 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOHN R. LION

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STEFAN A. PASTERNAK

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Assistant Professor and Director, Clinical Research Program for Violent Behavior, Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 645 W. Redwood St., Baltimore, Md. 21201

Assistant Professor and Director, Outpatient Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

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Countertransference Reactions to Violent Patients

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