American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 44
- Number 1
- January 1990
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages5–25This paper brings the scattered literature on paranoid personality disorder together and synthesizes its various descriptive aspects into a multifaceted profile of the condition. The disorder consists of characteristic “overt” and “overt” findings in six ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.5Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages26–36Forensic sexology is not synonymous with either forensic psychiatry or forensic psychology. It is a specialty in its own right, and is needed in the courtroom. Paraphilic sex offenders on trial are misrepresented as being, by voluntary choice, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.26Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages37–43In the practice of psychotherapy it is of particular importance that a suitable balance be achieved, both in the kinds of work being done, and in outside interests and activities. Psychotherapists, who deal with the stresses and dissatisfactions of others,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.37Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages44–49Fifteen psychiatrists, who were still practicing at age 65 or over, were positive in their attitude toward their practice and did not seem to have suffered adverse effects from their prolonged exposure to dealing with the emotional problems of others.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.44Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages50–60Patients with primitive personalities form regressive transferences that tend to be unstable, repetitive, preverbal, and ungratifying. Pertinent transference examples are: primitive libidinal transference, automatism, and somatization. They present as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.50Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages61–67Exploring the psychological role played by the use of substances in borderline patients can enrich the evaluation phase of treatment by illuminating deficits in personality structure and regulation of affect. Focus on the psychological functions of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.61Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages68–74This article presents a theoretical discussion of the dynamic process of psychological defenses seen in adolescents with a history of sexual abuse. The fortress of defensive structures most commonly used by the patient will be illustrated conjointly with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.68Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages75–84A project designed to study patients’ reactions to surgery that despite surgeons’ best efforts was not successful found transformations in self-understanding of the surgeons if they continued to see such patients on a regular basis after postoperative ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.75Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages85–94The authors explore the way consultants make decisions when referring a person to a professional colleague. They discuss the complex transferencecountertransference issues during initial consultations, and when referrals are made and/or second opinions ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.85Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages95–106A mother and her six-week-old infant started to attend weekly group sessions designed to raise awareness of developmental events. After six months the infant began evincing signs of weaning behavior. Soon afterwards, the hitherto remarkably adaptive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.95Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages107–115The article describes the treatment of a 73-year-old boy who sought psychological help seven years after accidentally killing a younger relative. Because of the fragility of his ego and defensive system, as evinced by his symptomatic complaints and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.107Publication date: 01 January 1990
Pages116–128A quantitative single case study of an adolescent mother with a history of being abused as a child is presented to illustrate the diagnostic and treatment issues that occur in the course of an intervention designed to break the cycle of intergenerational ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.116Book Review
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Pages138–140https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.138Reshaping the Psychoanalytic Domain. The Work of Melanie Klein, W.R.D. Fairbairn, and D.W. Winnicott
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Pages151–153https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.151Notes and Comments
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