American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 32
- Number 3
- July 1978
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages338–356Contextual therapy of phobias is based upon the observation, analysis, and conceptualization of phobic behavior as it changes in its natural contexts. Detailed, tape-recorded studies of phobic behavior changing in context were used to develop concepts and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.338Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages357–369For effective treatment of agoraphobia both patient and therapist must understand the mechanisms of sensitization and self-desensitization. Rather than aiming to adapt to difficult situations, to achieve desensitization by suggestions, or to avoid panic, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.357Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages370–378Case reports of children of Nazi holocaust survivors are sparse in psychiatric literature despite a relative abundance of material on the “survivor syndrome.” The case presented here illustrates that the long-range effects of the holocaust include ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.370Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages379–392The system of dyadic human relationship, designated System C, is examined in terms of unique qualities and measures useful for both research and teaching in the area of dynamic psychiatric interviews. Implications are indicated in polyadic systems, and a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.379Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages393–401The purpose of this paper is to consider the advantages and disadvantages of including the examination of the supervisory relationship in the process of psychotherapy supervision.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.393Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages402–413The concept of coping is firmly embedded in warlike connotations. This article explores three settings for coping behavior that illustrate long-term consequences of coping: the coping of survivors of Nazi concentration camps, the coping of an ancient city,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.402Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages414–426This paper presents an historical account and a critical analysis of the diagnostic problems surrounding our understanding of the sexual deviations and their position in our classification system. Appropriate therapy can only be based on accurate ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.414Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages427–439Patients who eventually display clear signs of bipolar manic-depressive illness may initially be relatively asymptomatic and indistinguishable from classically analyzable cases. Several patients are presented whose subsequent manic decompensation was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.427Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages440–449The uniqueness of the psychotherapeutic relationship requires the therapist to maintain a careful equilibrium between objectivity at the price of empathy and closeness at the expense of the necessary perspective. Crises in the course of long-term ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.440Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages450–456Because technological innovations will enable geographic proximity to be replaced eventually by electronic proximity, telecommunication systems could play a substantial role in psychiatry’s future. As a result, the uses, advantages, and limitations of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.450Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1978
Pages457–468The immediate subjective world of the psychotic patient is presented in a striking personal account of a paranoid woman. The diary reveals hallucinatory processes that span auditory, visual, tactile, and olfactory sensory modalities as well as the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.457Book Review
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