American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 38
- Number 2
- April 1984
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages164–179DSM-III incorrectly designates the majority of paraphilias as atypical. Only eight are named, and those because of their forensic history, rather than their pathology and therapeutic need. In this paper, thirty-odd paraphilias are subdivided into six ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.164Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages180–189Data obtained in a study of 200 Dutch male homosexuals in treatment contradict the idea that parents are not causing homosexuality in their sons. Notably, the combination of overconcernedness of the mother and detachment and hypercriticism of the father ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.180Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages190–202Retrospective assessments of the type and outcome of psychotherapy with seventy-eight borderline patients were obtained from eleven experienced therapists. Differences in outcome based on length and type of treatment and amount of previous treatment, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.190Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages203–214Resolution of issues around loss and death are seen as an important developmental task for the elderly. Group psychotherapy can lessen social isolation and provide the opportunity to work on issues of loss and death in the here-and-now. An inpatient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.203Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages215–223Four major existential themes are explored, as they relate to the predicament of the relative supporting a demented elderly dependent at home. These issues, namely, death, isolation, freedom, and meaning are discussed with respect to their dynamic impact ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.215Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages224–228At the present time, psychosurgery is used very sparingly. This article reviews its current status with regard to indications, complications, frequency of utilization, and ethical and legal issues.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.224Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages229–238The approaches to understanding a person’s life represented by Freud’s psychoanalysis and Sartre’s “existential psychoanalysis” are fundamentally opposed. Starting from entirely different epistemological premises, they reach irreconcilable views on the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.229Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages239–247Psychological growth proceeds through emotional attachment and separation processes. Inhibition of emotional separation in late adolescence can result in delayed psychological differentiation and sometimes identity diffusion. Three cases of analytic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.239Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages248–256Exploratory psychotherapy with alcoholics must address the problem of requiring abstinence. This depends upon the patient’s capacity to abstain. In turn, this capacity is reflected in the specific transference issue of ability to introject the therapist’s ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.248Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages257–263Somatization has often been regarded as a defense against underlying unconscious conflict. However, it may also represent an internal experience which arises in response to psychological stress. During psychotherapy with patients with an unstable self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.257Case Report
Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages264–271Encopresis can be considered an indication for psychiatric hospitalization in the multiproblem child, such as the one described in this report. Integration of observations from multiple treatment modalities were helpful in assessing the patient’s progress ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.264Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages272–285A case is presented of a five-year-old boy with schizophrenia who received both art and play therapy within a multimodal therapeutic program. The course of the two therapies is presented followed by a discussion of the similarities and differences of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.272Publication date: 01 April 1984
Pages286–294This paper describes psychotherapy of a thirty-year-old man with documented temporal lobe epilepsy. After describing the commonly associated neuropsychiatric symptoms and personality syndrome, a case history and summary of treatment are presented. Changes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.286Book Review
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