American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 34
- Number 1
- January 1980
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages4–19Evidence is reviewed for considering an ego-impairment/psychopathologic basis for understanding alcoholism. Despite conflicting reports, there is also evidence that psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic treatment may be effective. The author describes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.4Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages20–25Case histories involving three wives of sexual deviants—two pedophilics and one exhibitionist—are presented. The wives are recognized as an integral part of the dynamic system involving the men, and as such, the necessity for their participation in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.20Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages26–38Problem patients may be found in every form of mental disorder ranging from relatively mild neurosis to severe psychosis. It is suggested that the term be restricted to particular manifestations of a chronic nature. Working with difficult patients calls ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.26Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages39–50The relationship of psychotherapeutics to psychiatry is presently a focus of some contention. Herewith, we present a brief historical overview of the vicissitudes of that relationship as three “battles” and three “revolutions” set against a changing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.39Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages51–61Unresolved grief reactions often persist because of binds and obstacles that have inhibited grieving at the time of the loss. The removal of such binds and obstacles by helping the patient to relive, revise, and revisit scenes of the loss in present-time ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.51Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages62–71Religious delusions are prevalent among Jews as among Protestants and Catholics in a private psychiatric hospital population. The delusions, illustrated by five case examples, have Old Testament or Christian content. One of these delusions is discussed, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.62Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages72–80Recent controversies over psychoanalytic perspectives on the treatment of homosexuality have clouded over both differences of opinion among psychoanalysts, as well as the historical evolution of these views. This retrospective overview traces changes over ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.72Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages81–88This article discusses two specific issues in the psychotherapy of children with histories of incest. The first issue concerns the child’s often seductive initial presentation in therapy. The second issue addresses the more general difficulties and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.81Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages89–98The increased number of malpractice suits has had an impact on the practice of medicine. Fourteen of the most common reasons for suits against psychiatrists are listed. Prominent among them is the failure to care for an obvious suicide risk. The suicidal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.89Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages99–106Modern cognitive psychotherapies are examined from the perspective of Kant’s critique of eighteenth-century cognitive philosophy. Parallel strengths and weaknesses are found in the two systems. It is argued that modern psychiatrists interested in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.99Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages107–118Task-focused psychotherapy relies on Piaget’s formulations of children’s learning through action. Therapeutic tasks are designed to embody the child’s conflict and to create a new opportunity for resolution. Children’s conflicts are often maintained by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.107Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages119–126The article focuses on three cases to illustrate psychopathological responses of key family members toward a patient who has severe medical illness and who survives beyond the prognosticated time, either due to intervention of medical technology or newer ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.119Publication date: 01 January 1980
Pages146–147https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.146Book Review
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