American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 35
- Number 2
- April 1981
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages160–172Ten factors play the dominant role in all depressions, regardless of etiology, such as problems of self-esteem, a sense of disappointment, feelings of deception, though in differing rank order for each depressed person. Areas of intervention and methods ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.160Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages173–186This paper reviews current practices regarding the treatment of psychotic patients and finds them wanting. The factors which determine our practices are discussed. Arguments for more rational and humane approaches are presented and guidelines for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.173Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages187–194“We asked for workers, and human beings came” is a saying often used by Germans regarding the two million foreign workers in their midst. Because of prejudice and discrimination, differential treatment is accorded these foreigners and their families ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.187Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages195–205The American Journal of Psychotherapy has been a leading publication in the field of futures research. For almost two decades it has stood alone as the only medical journal to focus on problems associated with the revolutionary changes that are occurring ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.195Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages206–214Although usually considered a medical intervention, pharmacotherapy may also function as a psychotherapeutic intervention. The prescription of medications may aid in the establishment of the working alliance, further the understanding of key dynamic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.206Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages215–225In a study of a group of violent patients in a psychiatric hospital setting it was found that there are two different types, each with its own characteristic range of behavior and certain identifiable elements in the childhood/adolescent background ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.215Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages226–234Patients with bipolar affective illness have often been viewed as poor candidates for psychotherapy. In this report we present the results of a long-term psychotherapy group composed exclusively of manic-depressive patients. Groups of this kind may offer ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.226Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages235–243Monoideism—a one-sided preoccupation with a constrictive thematic content of thoughts—appears in a variety of psychiatric disturbances. The insistent preoccupying thoughts constitute a pattern of suggestive stimulation that appears to be similar to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.235Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages244–250Freud’s original advice to psychoanalysts to be objective, gave rise to their tendency toward unresponsiveness. This artefact has its own natural history, and causes important problems for therapists, patients, and families. To avoid perpetuation of this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.244Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages251–261Cultural attitudes and stresses of past and present changes in environment and life style affect treatment of the Indochinese refugee patient. Specific approaches to diagnosis and treatment are based on understanding the patients and conveyed to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.251Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages262–267Paraverbal therapy in combination with the use of a child patient as “assistant therapist,” a technique found effective in treating elective mutism, is applied to the treatment of children who present acting-out behavior. A rationale for the treatment is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.262Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages268–275The adjustments in approaches and techniques necessary in psychotherapy with the disadvantaged are discussed. Through a case history, examples are drawn of the active role of the therapist in working with the disadvantaged and of the insights derived from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.268Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages276–286The persistence of an archaic, devalued self-image fixated in the ego—either conscious or unconscious—that exists split off from the remainder of the ego, interfering with work, play and object relations, contributes to the prolongation of treatment. Four ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.276Book Review
Publication date: 01 April 1981
Pages293–294https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.293aAbstracts
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