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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 32
  • Number 1
  • January 1978

Editorial

Articles

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages5–19

This article examines the methodological difficulties encountered in the epidemiological studies of affective disorders, the incidence and prevalence of these conditions, and the sociodemographic risk factors. The course of treated and untreated affective ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.5

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages20–32

Masked depression in the hospitalized child is precipitated by maternal separation and anxiety aggravated by environmental, somatic, and existing personality factors. Age, stage of ego development, and comprehension are important influences. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.20

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages33–47

Even severely depressed patients respond to psychotherapy. A knowledge of the psychodynamic patterns of the life of depressed patients is required for effective therapy. The psychodynamics and main psychotherapeutic procedures for the treatment of two ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.33

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages48–73

Eight hundred fifty-one severely depressed patients were treated on an outpatient basis over a twenty-year period with psychotherapy in combination with antidepressant drug therapy. The selection of patients and treatment technique is described. Eighty-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.48

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages74–80

The diagnosis and treatment of severe masked depression in schizophrenia is discussed, and the difficulties in management are stressed, with particular reference to drug therapy, E.C.T., and psychotherapy.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.74

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages81–92

Differences between bipolar and unipolar patients and the natural history of bipolar illness are discussed. Reviewing recent studies, the paper then outlines the treatment of mania, the treatment of depression, and the prophylactic treatment of bipolar ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.81

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages93–104

Biological changes more frequently associated with late onset depressions, such as cerebral arteriosclerosis, increased urinary MHPG concentrations, decreased gonadal functions, and increased MAO activity were reviewed and the therapeutic implications of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.93

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages105–116

All psychologic phenomena occur in consciousness. However, “consciousness” has two meanings: the faculty and the content of awareness. Traditional psychologies have largely concerned themselves with the content, neglecting the problem of the faculty, thus,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.105

Publication date: 01 January 1978

Pages117–127

Twenty-five residents (sixty-nine to ninety-three years old) of two Israeli homes for the elderly were investigated in order to see if there was a correlation between the creative attitude (self-actualizing personality) and the way of coping with the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.1.117

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