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Medical and psychological characteristics of "crocks".
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Parallels are drawn between Freud's description of “negative therapeutic reaction” and characteristics of the “crock,’ and practical suggestions are offered for the early recognition and treatment of these people.Abstract:
The so-called “crock” is a familiar and difficult patient for physicians to treat. This paper presents, through case illustration, one example of the treatment and course of such patients and descr...read more
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Managing emotions in medical school: Students' contacts with the living and the dead.
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Some Suggestions for Treating the Depressed Patient
TL;DR: In this paper, some suggestions for treating the depressed patient are given, and the psychoanalytic journal Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 37-65 are discussed.