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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 44
  • Number 1
  • January 1990

Editorial

Articles

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages5–25

This 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.1990.44.1.5

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages26–36

Forensic 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.1990.44.1.26

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages37–43

In 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.1990.44.1.37

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages44–49

Fifteen 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.1990.44.1.44

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages50–60

Patients 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.1990.44.1.50

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages61–67

Exploring 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.1990.44.1.61

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages68–74

This 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.1990.44.1.68

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages75–84

A 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.1990.44.1.75

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages85–94

The 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.1990.44.1.85

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages95–106

A 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.1990.44.1.95

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages107–115

The 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.1990.44.1.107

Publication date: 01 January 1990

Pages116–128

A 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.1990.44.1.116

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