American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 40
- Number 2
- April 1986
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages165–176This paper reports on an interview study of 47patients, all mental health professionals, who believed they had been harmed by psychotherapy or analysis. The harmful therapies were therapies characterized as distant, cold, unengaged, and lacking in “human ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.165Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages177–188Agoraphobia is a disabling disorder with many diverse views about its genesis, maintenance, and treatment. In this paper three perspectives—attachment and misattribution, safety signal, and interpersonal context—are described in a composite formulation of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.177Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages189–200“Manipulative” is a popular but often misused description of behavior seen in some patients who come to psychiatric attention. The authors suggest a definition of “manipulation” which can impart helpful information about symptoms, diagnosis, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.189Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages201–212The authors explored the depressive symptomatology in 9 hospitalized preschool children with suicidal thoughts and behaviors and compared them with 16 suicidal and 16 behavior-disordered outpatient preschoolers. Results indicate that suicidal preschool-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.201Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages213–223Clinical guidelines are presented for conducting group therapy with sexually abused adolescent girls, based on a literature review and the authors’ clinical experience. Common treatment themes, pragmatic issues related to setting up a group treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.213Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages224–232The authors discuss two bulimic adolescent girls who also met the criteria for narcissistic personality disorder. The literature for both disorders is reviewed and three areas of common dynamics are elucidated. Bulimia appears to be part of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.224Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages233–242This paper provides an overview of the rapidly growing area of divorce therapy and describes three models that are currently used by clinicians: psychotherapy only, divorce mediation, and conciliation court intervention. Some tentative conclusions are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.233Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages243–251This paper describes a psychotherapeutic intervention of grief in elderly subjects. The technique rapidly and efficiently facilitated grief work. The paper further illustrates the feasibility and usefulness of psychotherapy with the aged, contrary to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.243Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages252–264Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is understood in terms of a complex interaction between neurophysiological growth, environmental demand, and ego-development. Various therapeutic approaches have been recommended, including cognitive training and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.252Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages265–276Eighteen therapists-in-training working with outpatient transfer cases were interviewed by the author. Seven major factors which impacted upon the trainees’ treatment of these cases were identified. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.265Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages277–289A set of criteria for psychoanalytic work that can be used to define various forms of psychoanalytic therapy is proposed. Four patients who were involved in short-term individual psychotherapy with the same therapist, but who evidenced considerably ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.277Case Report
Publication date: 01 April 1986
Pages290–299The course of time-limited psychotherapy of a case of an acute posttraumatic stress disorder is presented in detail and the material is analyzed in structural-theory and self-psychological terms. Theoretical and technical issues concerning the self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.290Book Review
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