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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 38
  • Number 4
  • October 1984

Editorial

Articles

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages472–483

In this paper an overview of the status of individual short-term dynamic psychotherapy in Europe and in North America is presented. Special emphasis is placed on the criteria for selection of suitable patients, on the technical interventions that are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.472

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages484–493

If the homosexual-heterosexual range is a continuum, individuals at the midpoint should be characterized by equal frequency, equal pleasure, and relatively random sex choice of their partners. A small sample of bisexuals, self-identified according to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.484

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages494–504

The phenomenal rise that group psychotherapy has experienced during the last 30 years, is likely to continue. Short-term and more superficial group modalities will prevail, however, with long-term psychoanalytic group treatment becoming relegated to the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.494

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages505–516

The author addresses the conduct of beginning psychotherapeutic work with incestuously assaulted children from preschool through adolescent ages. She sets forth a conceptualization of early treatment that includes knowledge of risk factors; identification ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.505

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages517–523

Profiles of ego functions of borderline patients are studied. Three ego functions were found to be significantly more disturbed: reality testing, object relations, and defense mechanisms. Further analysis of these and their subfunctions reveals a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.517

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages524–532

Religious compulsions in jour patients are presented to show the phenomenological similarities and differences between religious and compulsive rituals. The role of religious ritual observance in predisposing to obsessive-compulsive neurosis is discussed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.524

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages533–540

The authors discuss several psychotherapy techniques that mix well and are often indispensable adjuncts in the behavioral therapy of treatment-resistant anxiety-disorderpatients. These include psychoeducation, family therapy, psychodynamic interpretations,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.533

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages541–557

Two acutely suicidal adult patients with fantasized companions integral to the formation of suicide intent are presented. The phenomenon of the fantasized companion is reviewed, differentiated from true hallucinatory or psychotic phenomena, and related to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.541

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages558–565

Turner’s Syndrome and its associated problems are discussed. The developmental/adaptational difficulties surrounding Turner’s Syndrome necessitate a comprehensive treatment approach, with a special emphasis on psychological assessment of “space-form ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.558

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages566–570

The author describes the successful hypnotic treatment of a patient with an acute catatonic reaction. Because conversion mechanisms may underlie some presentations of catatonia, hypnosis may assist clinicians in the differential diagnosis of acute ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.566

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages571–578

In this paper we describe the long-term outpatient psychotherapy of a patient with Munchausen syndrome. We present detailed observations on the role of current object relations in the evolution of factitious symptoms, and discuss the communicative aspects ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.571

Publication date: 01 October 1984

Pages579–585

The authors report on a case in which the shared belief system of patient and therapist acted as a resistance. Discussion focuses on analysis of this problem from clinical and religious viewpoints, and some technical suggestions on management of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.579

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