American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 43
- Number 3
- July 1989
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages310–320Differential results in psychotherapy should be both clinically substantial and attributable to the differences alleged in various treatments. This paper reviews the nonspecific elements of psychotherapy, and inspects cognitive, interpersonal, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.310Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages321–342An ego-psychological diagnostic approach to the borderline patient has been presented and detailed in previous publications. This paper modifies and expands this approach, providing a new, up-to-date model. This new model tries to accomplish the somewhat ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.321Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages343–355Culture pervades psychotherapy regardless of whether the psychotherapy is intracultural or obviously cross-cultural. This paper looks toward an integration of cultural awareness and appreciation of cultural differences into the mainstream of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.343Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages356–367This paper describes a particular family dynamics involved in suicidal behaviors of adolescents. Certain family situiations create a split between some family members and the suicidal adolescent to the point of total estrangement. The adolescent copes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.356Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages368–377Characteristics of future physicians and psychiatrists that are conducive to superior professional competency are possibly comparable to attributes that facilitate the learning of psychotherapy skills. For supervisors and supervisees, this article ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.368Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages378–386Significant changes in the nature of doctor-patient relationships have required more patient involvement in decision making and the therapeutic use of informed consent. Particularly in family therapy, open acknowledgment and discussion of potential ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.378Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages387–397Supervision in psychotherapy is a complex series of tasks for both supervisor and supervisee/therapist. At times, the anxiety experienced by the supervisees within a highly charged supervision can signal critical opportunities for their professional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.387Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages398–404Ethnocultural differences between supervisor and resident can play a significant role during the course of psychotherapy supervision. Failure to deal with these issues can adversely affect the supervisory relationship, the supervised therapy, and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.398Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages405–413Using Freud’s “Question of Lay Analysis” as a starting point, the author discusses the role of psychotherapy in contemporary psychiatry. Certain larger concerns are addressed, including psychiatric theorization, training, stigma, and “the problem of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.405Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages414–426A primiparous mother, aged 25 years, first presented for treatment when her infant was three months of age. A comprehensive case history disclosed that the mother had experienced two prior full-fledged psychotic episodes requiring hospitalization. During ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.414Publication date: 01 July 1989
Pages427–432This case history records a rare form of self-mutilation, venesection. Underlying psychopathological mechanisms are presented, and contrasted with findings in the only other similar case reported in the English literature. The complex etiology of self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.3.427Book Review
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