American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 41
- Number 3
- July 1987
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages336–348Psychotherapy in a postindustrial society will differ markedly from that practiced in the past and present. It will be necessary for psychotherapists to comprehend the interrelationships of macrosocial as well as microsocial forces in relation to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.336Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages349–360The inefficient manner in which psychotherapy is delivered renders mental-health practitioners vulnerable to the new emphasis in health-cost containment. It is estimated that in 1995 most health-care delivery will be controlled by five or six giant health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.349Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages361–368Historically, psychiatry has played a dominant role in psychotherapeutics, but recently, other mental-health professionals are challenging the role. This paper discusses psychiatrists’ different conceptualization of problems and underlines the special ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.361Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages369–383Social work’s long and historical involvement in psychotherapy has resulted in many significant contributions to practice such as the use of time, family and group therapy, the development of innovative settings and practices, and skill in using action ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.369Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages384–390Up to now not many patients have interacted with trained psychiatric nurses, since their numbers have been small. It is only a recent development that nurses are continuing their education to the Master’s and Ph.D. levels. Suggestions for courses are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.384Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages391–401Abused and neglected children and parents who were maltreated as children tend to follow a sequence of seven phases of progression in their treatment: realization, protest, dealing with guilt, working through despair, reevaluating relationships, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.391Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages402–408Cognitive immaturity and distortion are frequently observed in normal adolescents, as well as those with severe psychiatric and behavioral disorders. Misunderstandings of the therapy process and an unstable therapeutic alliance often complicates ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.402Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages409–416Four cases of compulsive hoarding are described, all sharing the following characteristics: (1) onset in the twenties, (2) preoccupation with hoarding to the exclusion of zuork and family, (3) diminished insight, (4) little interest in receiving treatment,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.409Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages417–427This paper provides a theoretical model of anger arousal based on Leventhal’s Perceptual-Motor Theory of Emotion and elucidates a number of dimensions of anger that must be considered from a therapeutic viewpoint. Means of assessing these dimensions and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.417Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages428–442Interviews with spouses of individually referred psychiatric outpatients reveal relevant complaints about the ways the spouses have been approached by previous psychotherapists of their patient-partner. Suggestions are given to incorporate these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.428Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages443–452The concept of working through, initially addressed by Freud in 1914, and elaborated upon over the past seventy years, remains controversial. Theoretical elaborations of this concept are reviewed and the central role of working through in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.443Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages453–458This paper describes a man who mutilated his genitals while psychotic. His personal case history is analyzed and compared to the findings earlier described in similar patients. The present article attempts to make a psychotic process understandable both ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.453Publication date: 01 July 1987
Pages459–465Treatment of chronically violent patients poses problems for the therapist in a number of ways. Institutional demands, concern for one’s personal safety, and psychotic transferences are common. This case details the treatment of one young violent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.3.459Book Review
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