American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 40
- Number 1
- January 1986
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages4–16Clinical psychiatry is in a crisis state and might not survive in its present form. Health-care costs, in general, have escalated tenfold over a period of twenty years. The various factors that are threatening the existence of clinical psychiatry in its ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.4Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages17–25Patients who have a concrete cognitive style are psychotherapeutically best treated by methods that take into account their cognitive style, whether it is defensive or results from a cognitive developmental arrest. Concrete thinking, while an obstacle to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.17Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages26–35Patients who can’t do what they need to do should be treated differently than those who won’t take responsibility for themselves. Mistakenly treating one as the other leads to a confusing sense of failure or may foster regression, and the clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.26Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages36–51This article deals with the diagnostic criteria of obsessive-compulsive neurosis. Attention is given to the diagnostic problems related to patients presenting with symptoms similar to those that accompany obsessivecompulsive neurosis.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.36Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages52–61The spouse of the borderline often presents for individual psychotherapy. This patient manifests a variety of ego-defenses and reactions. Several psychotherapeutic themes and strategies are discussed.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.52Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages62–69Short-term psychotherapy is a technique with a long history of development and a some solid data supporting its effectiveness. There is also some evidence for cost effectiveness in terms of medical utilization. Certain broad principles involving patient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.62Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages70–82The authors discuss the role of repeated exposure, a universal aspect of learning theory, in implosive therapy and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. After demonstrating that it is one common denominator of these distinctive treatment modalities, they ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.70Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages83–95“Philosophical anthropology” and a powerful continental movement in philosophy and psychology have greatly influenced the practice of psychiatry in Europe. Martin Heidegger brought this approach to a position of prominence and wide attention and I ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.83Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages96–109In reviewing the literature on twin separation, the authors argue that achieving a “relational shift” (the ability to separate yet retain feelings of closeness), may be problematic for this sibling group. A descriptive communication framework is presented ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.96Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages110–124This study explores the preference of patients for humorous or nonhumorous therapist interventions. Hysterical, obsessive, and depressive patients were presented with three functional kinds of humorous interventions: emotional confrontation, anxiety ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.110Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages135–143This paper defines certain conflicts between the clinical treatment process of borderline pathology in severely disturbed adolescents and the legal “patients rights” issues. It shows how these conflicts become part of the externalization of the internal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.135Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages158–159https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.158Case Report
Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages125–134Psychiatric inpatient treatment of a child with multiple life-threatening symptoms, including suicidal behavior and food refusal, is described. Changes in symptomatology were monitored by applying research scales and research interview methods during the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.125Book Review
Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages144–145https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.144Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages145–146https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.145Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages146–147https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.146Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages147–148https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.147Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages148–149https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.148Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages149–150https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.149Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages150–152https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.150Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages152–153https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.152Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages153–154https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.153Publication date: 01 January 1986
Pages155–156https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.155aPublication date: 01 January 1986
Pages156–157https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.1.156Erratum
Past Issues
View Issues Archive
Vol. 77 | No. 4
Vol. 77 | No. 3
Vol. 77 | No. 2
