American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 42
- Number 1
- January 1988
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages4–27Narcissism has become a construct attracting increasing attention in mental health. Its precise definition, its normal and abnormal developmental features, its assessment, the pathogenesis of its aberrations, and the treatability of its pathological ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.4Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages28–39The depressive impulse-ridden character is differentiated from the more pathological core borderline personality by a focus on reality testing, defenses, and identity. In accordance with the differentiation, conclusions are drawn bringing new ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.28Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages40–52Multiple personality disorder, once considered to be rare, is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in the 1980s. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss twenty techniques used in the treatment of multiple personality disorder. The primary ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.40Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages53–66The authors present questionnaire data from 509 psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers on their personal treatment experiences. The findings address the relative importance of various therapist selection criteria, the professional and personal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.53Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages67–76Resistance to learning about behavior therapy, due to role conflict, model conflict, and disparagement, remains high in the mental-health field despite growing interest in behavioral methods and mounting evidence of their efficacy. Effects of these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.67Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages77–85Psychotherapy with obese patients requires management of the therapist’s feelings about obesity. These feelings are multiply determined. Fostering an awareness of one’s attitudes towards obesity, reviewing countertransference as a source of information ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.77Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages86–95The psychoanalytic view of feminine psychology is rapidly changing. This paper organizes and presents thirty areas of currently unresolved questions on this controversial topic, as they have appeared in the literature of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.86Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages96–106In this exploratory study the authors investigate the practice of intermittent brief psychotherapy in an HMO setting. It was found that returning patients represented 27 percent of the requests for treatment in a four-month period. The majority of these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.96Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages107–123The theme of house and dwelling arises in psychotherapy as patients speak about their homes. Houses imply issues of containment, safety, entrapment, building, and hiding that also pertain to the experience of psychotherapy. This paper looks at the theme ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.107Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages171–172https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.171Case Report
Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages124–134This report describes treatment strategies used in the case of child physical abuse. It especially focuses on the strategy of encouraging the parents to report themselves to the Bureau of Child Welfare (B.C. W.). In so doing, the sense of therapeutic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.124Publication date: 01 January 1988
Pages135–150The evaluation and brief treatment of a less-than-a-year-old girl whose parents were concerned she was autistic is described. We review what is known about the initial symptoms of autism and consider how early it is feasible to make a diagnosis. We ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.135Book Review
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Pages169–170https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.1.169Notes and Comments
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