American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 41
- Number 4
- October 1987
Editorial
Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages485–488https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.485Articles
Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages489–498There 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.1987.41.4.489Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages499–518Various 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.1987.41.4.499Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages519–530Cultural 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.1987.41.4.519Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages531–541Hypnotic 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.1987.41.4.531Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages542–554A 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.1987.41.4.542Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages555–562The 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.1987.41.4.555Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages563–570A 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.1987.41.4.563Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages571–579Lacan’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.1987.41.4.571Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages580–592This 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.1987.41.4.580Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages598–603The 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.1987.41.4.598Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages604–612This 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.1987.41.4.604Case Report
Publication date: 01 October 1987
Pages593–597The 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.1987.41.4.593Book Review
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Pages629–630https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.629Index
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Pages631–637https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.631Past Issues
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