American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 45
- Number 2
- April 1991
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages160–172Through a review of the schools of psychoanalysis and developments in the understanding of narcissism and the self, the authors suggest that paranoid phenomena arise out of pathological narcissism. The roles of the ego-ideal, self-objects and deficits in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.160Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages173–180This study explores treatment impressions and termination experiences of 39 faculty members who work with patients diagnosed as borderline personality disorder. Respondents perceived individual psychotherapy to be the most valuable treatment modality, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.173Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages181–197This work explores syndromes of antisocial behavior and offers a model for understanding the relationship between such behaviors and Personality Disorders. Vertical and horizontal continua of antisocial behaviors and some practical issues relevant to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.181Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages198–210To view power in psychotherapy from a perspective unencumbered by tradition has not been very popular until now, neither with clinicians nor with theoreticians. Its relevance increases however because of the hierarchical rigidity in the relationships ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.198Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages211–220The origin of sleep disorders is described from an anthropological point of view. Case studies are used to illustrate three causes of sleep disorders that derive from this theory: (1) failure to maintain a primary relationship, (2) increased vulnerability ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.211Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages221–230This article explores the problems faced in working with the “cold-sick/love-sick” marital system. Particular attention is paid to the dynamics of these relationships and the variety of cold-sick/love-sick partners seen in treatment. Utilizing case ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.221Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages231–242Clinical observation has disclosed a phenomenon of interaction operating within the mother-infant relationship that serves to enhance adaptive development and generate an attuned rapport within the dyad. This phenomenon, referred to as previewing, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.231Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages243–260The archetypal portrait of the nurturing parent and the dependent child is coming under increased scrutiny as therapists begin to explore the bonds of intimacy joining parent and infant and to uncover the oftentimes less than idyllic circumstances that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.243Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages261–268Recent data indicate that ten to eleven percent of all children and adolescents in America need psychiatric treatment. When one adds to the at-risk statistics the number of children living in poverty, the recognition of the role that prevention has in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.261Case Report
Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages269–278Despite consensus regarding the etiology of multiple personality disorder, dynamics and treatment remain more controversial. The following article proposes a treatment approach in which the Personality fragments are viewed from a systemic perspective. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.269Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages279–283Patients all too frequently are provided with psychotherapeutic aid in spite of poor responses to treatment in the past. The result, at times, is the creation of an iatrogenically infantilized patient. This phenomenon is discussed and a case study is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.279Book Review
Publication date: 01 April 1991
Pages288–289https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.288aPublication date: 01 April 1991
Pages290–291https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.290aPublication date: 01 April 1991
Pages293–294https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.2.293aAbstracts
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