American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 123
- Number 9
- March 1967
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1967
Pages1049–1057The child of an individual whom society has identified as charismatic may find it difficult to achieve the individuality and freedom for independent growth necessary to his own maximal adjustment and self-realization. In working with such a patient, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.9.1049Publication date: 01 March 1967
Pages1058–1068Current techniques and programs for the prevention of mental disorder are presented. Although the problems of vagueness of concepts, social resistance, and lack of research must be met, the authors have found a significant existing body of knowledge and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.9.1058Publication date: 01 March 1967
Pages1069–1074The author presents a conceptual framework for two different kinds of psychotherapy of short duration, which he calls the anxiety-provoking and the anxiety-suppressive types. Criteria for the selection of patients and the techniques used in each type are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.9.1069Publication date: 01 March 1967
Pages1075–1080The development of psychoanalytic thought on phobia is traced from Freud's demonstration of the unconscious pathways that select the phobic topos, through the distinctions of the various phase-conditioned sources of anxiety, to the present conception of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.9.1075Publication date: 01 March 1967
Pages1081–1086The phobic reactions are specific neurotic patterns of reaction which are widespread in their occurrence and result in substantial individual suffering and handicap. As such they deserve a larger measure of attention and study. The author recommends ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.9.1081Publication date: 01 March 1967
Pages1087–1093Many psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, and medical students experience difficulty in formulating the psychodynamics of their patients. Three conceptual models are presented as guides in formulating or teaching psychodynamics: a psychogenetic model ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.9.1087Publication date: 01 March 1967
Pages1094–1099The state vocational rehabilitation agency offers an important potential for serving the psychiatric patient. If this resource is to be fully utilized, the authors point out, psychiatrists must assume a greater role in psychiatric consultation and in the ...
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