American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 38
- Number 4
- October 1984
Editorial
Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages469–471https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.469Articles
Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages472–483In 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.1984.38.4.472Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages484–493If 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.1984.38.4.484Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages494–504The 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.1984.38.4.494Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages505–516The 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.1984.38.4.505Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages517–523Profiles 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.1984.38.4.517Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages524–532Religious 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.1984.38.4.524Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages533–540The 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.1984.38.4.533Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages541–557Two 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.1984.38.4.541Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages558–565Turner’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.1984.38.4.558Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages566–570The 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.1984.38.4.566Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages571–578In 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.1984.38.4.571Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages579–585The 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.1984.38.4.579Publication date: 01 October 1984
Pages599–600https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.599Book Review
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Pages597–598https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.597Index
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Pages601–607https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.4.601Past Issues
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