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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 41
  • Number 4
  • October 1987

Editorial

Articles

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages489–498

There has been an understandable rejection by psychotherapists of any natural language processing (computer/human interaction by means of usual language exchange) which is intended to embrace aspects of psychotherapy. For at least twenty years therapists ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.489

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages499–518

Various views of schizoid personality disorder in descriptive psychiatry, psychoanalysis, DSM-III and DSM-III-R are reviewed and synthesized to develop a composite picture of the syndrome. The disorder is seen as consisting of characteristic deficits in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.499

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages519–530

Cultural belief systems, along with traditional family and social role expectations, greatly affect psychosocial adjustment in individuals recovering from severe trauma. In the cross-cultural psychotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.519

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages531–541

Hypnotic techniques can add to effective therapy with self-cutting patients, but only in the context of a strong, communicative, and flexible relationship. “Neutral hypnosis” and relaxation techniques can be employed to counteract the frightening ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.531

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages542–554

A study of God images, personality splits, and religious lives of seven women with multiple personality disorder shows different God images in primary and secondary personalities. Splits in God images reflect the dynamics of personality splits and splits ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.542

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages555–562

The resident’s countertransference to his/her patient may offer essential information about certain denied processes within that patient. It may also signal the existence of countertherapeutic scotomas within the resident. This paper offers a clinically ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.555

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages563–570

A theoretical framework for treating cultic victims is presented. Data from over 70 cases treated with a conjoint model focuses on the value of this methodology. The specific and special treatment needs of these clients and the nature of their imposed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.563

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages571–579

Lacan’s efforts in the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of patients with structural deficits aim at separating truth, desire, and ideals from each other so that the analysand is freed up to find or create the desire that gives him or her “joy.” This paper ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.571

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages580–592

This paper examines an alternative model for a long-term care facility for the mentally ill. Termed the “family model,” it is based upon the assumption that the primary function of a psychiatric environment is the delivery of services in loco familias. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.580

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages598–603

The psycho dynamic etiology of kleptomania has historically been linked to “ungratified sexual instinct.” This paper is the first report of kleptomanie behavior associated with masturbation during the shoplifting or at the time of discovery by ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.598

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages604–612

This article presents a case of self-induced diseases (Munchausen syndrome), among them a very dangerous cardiac condition. The psychotherapeutic process is described, through which the Munchausen behavior was effectively abolished. It is suggested that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.604

Case Report

Publication date: 01 October 1987

Pages593–597

The case of a Buddhist man suffering from formicophilia, a rare paraphilia, is presented. Rather than aiming at the elimination of the sexual deviation, counseling and behavior therapy were applied to alleviate the patient’s feelings of guilt and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.593

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