Showing papers in "American Journal of Psychotherapy in 1975"
TL;DR: Every youngster who attempts or threatens suicide should have a thorough psychiatric evaluation, and most of them require intense therapy, either individually or in a group.
Abstract: Suicide figures are generally underestimated, more so for children and adolescents than for adults. Yet suicide among adolescents has shown the greatest rise for any age group. Every youngster who ...
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TL;DR: The future of psychotherapy in both East and West lies in discovering a conceptual framework with universal validity within which ad hoc therapies--for symptom relief, personality development, or interpersonal adjustment--can be developed.
Abstract: If psychotherapy is defined as "interpersonal method of mitigating suffering" then many psychotherapeutic systems have existed in India a long time. Unlike Western systems, these have lacked a clinical bias but have provided a more global framework. The future of psychotherapy in both East and West lies in discovering a conceptual framework with universal validity within which ad hoc therapies--for symptom relief, personality development, or interpersonal adjustment--can be developed.
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TL;DR: The psychodynamic significance of suicide in the young, the family constellations that produce such suicides, the psychosocial forces contributing to the dramatic rise in the suicide rate of young people, and the special problems in the treatment of the severely suicidal young person are discussed.
Abstract: This article discusses the psycho dynamic significance of suicide in the young, the family constellations that produce such suicides, the psychosocial forces contributing to the dramatic rise in th...
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TL;DR: Patients' reasons for their suicide attempts were categorized and related to levels of hopelessness and depression and the findings are discussed in the light of the psychotherapy of suicidal individuals.
Abstract: Patients’ reasons for their suicide attempts were categorized and related to levels of hopelessness and depression. The findings are discussed in the light of the psychotherapy of suicidal individuals.
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TL;DR: Of 12 otherwise health individuals facing honorable discharge from the military because of intractable sleepwalking, six chose to participate in a short-term treatment program involving hypnosis, and four reported total alleviation of symptoms.
Abstract: Of 12 otherwise health individuals facing honorable discharge from the military because of intractable sleepwalking, six chose to participate in a short-term treatment program involving hypnosis. Four of these reported total alleviation of symptoms. Therapeutic design and treatment implications are discussed and a brief review of the literature is presented.
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TL;DR: Several interrelated instances of unethical conduct in mental health professionals, occurring at a psychiatric hospital, serve to highlight the importance of the traditional ethical canons in the authors' field.
Abstract: Several interrelated instances of unethical conduct in mental health professionals, occurring at a psychiatric hospital, serve to highlight the importance of the traditional ethical canons in our f...
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TL;DR: Considering homosexuality as a complex configuration resulting from the interplay of unconscious drives with defensive processes and adaptive implications offers a comprehensive dynamic approach.
Abstract: Homosexuality as a diagnostic category has been of limited value since the sexual functioning, ego development, and object relations of patients are not always correlated. Considering homosexuality as a complex configuration resulting from the interplay of unconscious drives with defensive processes and adaptive implications offers a comprehensive dynamic approach. Illustrative case material is presented.
TL;DR: Therapy is applied politics, where every therapy implements some utopian political vision against which the client will measure his own success and failure in the therapy.
Abstract: Therapy is applied politics. From hospitalizing a patient to offering psychoanalytic insight, a therapist’s every action reflects his own attitudes toward political issues, including individual fre...
TL;DR: It was concluded that affect intensity may be a useful psychologic parameter in studying psychophysiologic relationships in psychotherapy.
Abstract: Eight physiologic parameters were correlated with global ratings of affect intensity in four psychotherapeutic interviews with one patient. Highly significant covariation of affect with five of the...
TL;DR: The requirements that one who treats suicidal patients should meet are described and the phases of treatment and aims of each phase are outlined.
Abstract: The treatment of patients with suicidal drives and ideas is often less than adequate due to theoretic and technical prejudices. This paper describes the requirements that one who treats suicidal pa...
TL;DR: An art-drama therapy group for latency-age boys made possible the exploration of personal symbols and intense fantasies which resulted in a therapeutically powerful and productive experience.
Abstract: An art-drama therapy group for latency-age boys made possible the exploration of personal symbols and intense fantasies which resulted in a therapeutically powerful and productive experience. This ...
TL;DR: Beginning in the 1930's all Western psychologic theories, especially psychoanalysis, were labeled reactionary and Pavlov's theory remained as the sole "truly materialistic" basis for Soviet psychotherapy.
Abstract: Beginning in the 1930's all Western psychologic theories, especially psychoanalysis, were labeled reactionary. Pavlov's theory remained as the sole "truly materialistic" basis for Soviet psychotherapy. Only in recent years has theoretical research shown signs of life. Certain concepts from cybernetics, information theory, and even social psychology are now used widely.
TL;DR: The conclusion is drawn that not enough attention is paid to sociopolitical exigencies in the formulation of the goals of therapy and the role of the psychotherapist.
Abstract: In this paper the authors cite examples of problems experienced in conducting psychotherapy in a highly prejudiced societal context—South Africa. The conclusion is drawn that not enough attention i...
TL;DR: A patient in brief psychotherapy told of a sexual advance made to her now by a former psychotherapist, and computer testing predicted her motivation and behavior accurately.
Abstract: A patient in brief psychotherapy told of a sexual advance made to her now by a former psychotherapist. Computer testing predicted her motivation and behavior accurately. A number of related issues in professional ethics and in dynamic psychology are discussed. Legal cases are cited.
TL;DR: Psychotic patients' participation in two kinds of inpatient group therapy, one staff-led, and the other patient-led with staff observing, revealed that patients talked more in the patient- Led group than in the traditional staff- led group.
Abstract: Psychotic patients' participation in two kinds of inpatient group therapy, one staff-led, and the other patient-led with staff observing, revealed that patients talked more in the patient-led group than in the traditional staff-led group. Discussion explored the importance of peer, self-help influences in groups for stimulating psychotic patients to take more responsibility for themselves and other patients.
TL;DR: This paper offers a suitable rationale and methodology for psychotherapists to exercise their enormous capacity to assist patients effecting meaningful change in a brief time period.
Abstract: Resistance to using limited goal, brief psychotherapy often rests upon the mythology that a patient’s problems must require a great deal of time for resolution. This paper offers a suitable rationale and methodology for psychotherapists to exercise their enormous capacity to assist patients effecting meaningful change in a brief time period.
TL;DR: The Crisis Intervention Therapy developed by Dr. Kiev emphasizes the acquisition of Life Strategy Skills, using motivational audiotaped material, for the management of depressed and suicidal patients.
Abstract: This paper examines the Crisis Intervention Therapy developed by Dr. Kiev’s Cornell Program, for the management of depressed and suicidal patients. Combining chemotherapy with supportive psychother...
TL;DR: According to a new and still unorthodox principle, a syndrome may have a common psychodynamic denominator, shared by all or most carriers of the syndrome, which expedites the psychodiagnostic and psychotherapeutic procedures.
Abstract: In the orthodox theory and practice of psychotherapy and counseling, each case is considered to be unique or idiodynamic in terms of psychodynamic history. According to a new and still unorthodox p...
TL;DR: The ego strengthening use of wit and the comic by a borderline psychotic child served a valuable defensive function and allowed him to eventually confront the despair beneath the comedy.
Abstract: The ego strengthening use of wit and the comic by a borderline psychotic child is discussed. Serving a valuable defensive function, this patient’s use of wit allowed him to eventually confront the despair beneath the comedy. Specific techniques for therapeutic reinforcement of wit are suggested.
TL;DR: This paper shows that the rates of psychiatric disorder are a function of social mobility, direction of mobility, distance moved, and the locus of mobility in the status hierarchy.
Abstract: There has been growing interest in social mobility (that is, an individual’s movement within a social system) and the problems associated with it. This paper shows that the rates of psychiatric disorder are a function of (a) social mobility, (b) direction of mobility, (c) distance moved, (d) the locus of mobility in the status hierarchy. A central concept in this discussion is the concept of “anomie.”
TL;DR: An operant conditioning orientation and a psychoanalytic one are compared, in terms of differences and likenesses, on a number of dimensions.
Abstract: An operant conditioning orientation and a psychoanalytic one are compared, in terms of differences and likenesses, on a number of dimensions. A few ideas are offered as to why advocates of each approach have generated more heat than light in their discussions with one another; and thereby worked against mutual enrichment and integration of the two viewpoints.