American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 57
- Number 2
- April 2003
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages153–166It is widely known that people with schizophrenia have difficulty telling a coherent story of their lives and that this is linked to impoverished function. But what specifically has gone wrong in the narratives in schizophrenia? Is it the case that some ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.153Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages167–181In a world of technological breakthroughs, it is not surprising that psychotherapists have, along with the general population, taken to the multiple possibilities offered by devices or systems that affect communication. E-mail, now an ever-present ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.167Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages182–194Treatment of schizophrenic patients in an inpatient setting has become evermore challenging over time. Patients move in and out of hospital systems quickly, and the severity of patients’ illnesses during their hospital stay makes the experience chaotic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.182Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages195–205The present study was designed to revise the Vanderbilt Psychotherapy Process Scale (VPPS), an external-rater completed measure, into both patient and therapist-rated versions. The VPPS was altered into two versions by using simple pronoun changes and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.195Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages206–218Freud’s attitude toward homosexuals was overwhelmingly progressive for his time. In contrast, during the early forties, psychoanalysis began to adopt more pessimistic view about the mental health of homosexuals. This article describes a psychodynamic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.206Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages219–236The purpose of this study was to investigate attributes of mental representations of therapists by patients with specific personality disorders (PDs), schizotypal (STPD), borderline (BPD), avoidant (AVPD), and obsessive-compulsive (OCPD), and a comparison ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.219Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages237–251Bulimia nervosa is occurring with increasing frequency among adolescents. Yet, no studies have examined effective treatments for this patient population. Involving the family in the treatment of adolescents with anorexia nervosa has proven to be helpful. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.237Case Report
Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages252–269This paper investigates the psychological consequences of a social ethos that has emerged in the 1990s; the Bourgeois Bohemian (in short, Bobo) that claims that the bourgeois striving for financial success and status can be reconciled with the Bohemian ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.252Book Review
Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages277–279https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.2.277a