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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 36, Issue 2

April 1982

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Editorial

April 1982

Stanley Lesse, M.D.

Pages:143–145
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.143

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Articles

April 1982

Psychotherapeutic Strategies in Hypochondriasis: A Clinical Study

Robert Kellner, M.D., Ph.D.

Pages:146–157
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.146

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Thirty-six patients who had hypochondriacal neurosis for six months or longer were treated with individual psychotherapy. The therapy focused mainly on: accurate information about the psychophysiologic processes involved, emphasis on the innocuousness of ...

April 1982

The Adolescent Suicide Attempt: A Cardinal Symptom of a Serious Psychiatric Disorder

Frank E. Crumley, M.D.

Pages:158–165
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.158

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The rate of adolescent suicides has been increasing over the past decade. This article is a review of the literature regarding the adolescent who attempts suicide with emphasis on the underlying pathology and shows that a true adolescent suicide attempt ...

April 1982

Selection Criteria for the Brief Psychotherapies

John F. Clarkin, Ph.D.,
Allen Frances, M.D.

Pages:166–180
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.166

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Selection criteria are outlined for five forms of brief psychotherapy—crisis intervention, psychodynamic, problem-solving, marital/family, and behavior. Indications, patient enabling factors, and contraindications are suggested for each. This is organized ...

April 1982

Aspects of the Treatment of Borderline Children

Henry F. Smith, M.D.,
Jules R. Bemporad, M.D.,
Graeme Hanson, M.D.

Pages:181–198
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.181

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The authors review the history of the concept of borderline children and the criteria for diagnosis. They then outline the various stages of the treatment of these children, paying particular attention to the vicissitudes of the psychotherapeutic ...

April 1982

Clinical Psychopharmacology—Some Problems in Methodologic and Experimental Design

Stanley Lesse, M.D., Med. Sc.D.

Pages:199–205
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.199

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While enormous strides have been made in clinical psychopharmacologic research during the past decade, fundamental improvements in methodologic and experimental designs are needed, if we are to have meaningful progress in the future. The challenges noted ...

April 1982

The Healing Process in African Psychotherapy

David Awanbor, Ed. D.

Pages:206–213
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.206

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Some orientations in African psychotherapy were examined. The holistic concept in a therapeutic context and the community network approach to treatment are discussed. The paper presents the individual in African psychotherapy as one whose disease ...

April 1982

Paradoxical Interventions with People Who Insist on Acting Crazy

Joel S. Bergman, Ph.D.

Pages:214–222
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.214

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This article describes the use of paradoxical interventions with patients who have had an impressive history of prior treatment failure. Six brief case studies are presented which illustrate different interventions such as: prescribing the symptom; ...

April 1982

Group Therapy with Gender-ldentity Patients—A Four-year Study

Ann C. Keller, M.S.S.A., A.C.S.W.,
Stanley E. Althof, Ph.D.,
Leslie M. Lothstein, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

Pages:223–228
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.223

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Group psychotherapy has proven to be an ideal setting for treatment, observation, and evaluation of gender-dysphoric patients prior to, during, and after sex reassignment surgery. Forty-three percent of the patients seen in the Case Western Reserve ...

April 1982

The Regressed Inpatient Group in a Graded Group Treatment Program

R. William Betcher, Ph.D.,
Cecil A. Rice, Ph.D.,
Daniel M. Weir, M. Ed.

Pages:229–239
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.229

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This article describes the progress of severely regressed inpatients as part of a graded group treatment program. Leaders must actively initiate structure, formulate goals, and emphasize the eventual “graduation” of patients to higher-level groups. ...

April 1982

On Fear in the Countertransference

C.V. Haldipur, M.D.,
Mantosh Dewan, M.D.,
Michael Beal, M.D.

Pages:240–247
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.240

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The rational and irrational aspects of fear in the countertransference will be discussed. Arguments are presented for the potent force of fear in personality development and psychotherapy hitherto underemphasized in the literature. Manifestations of ...

April 1982

Court Rulings on Psychotherapists

Ebrahim J. Kermani, M.D.

Pages:248–255
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.248

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A review of court rulings on psychotherapists reveals that: privilege of communication may be overruled; lawsuits may be brought against psychiatrists because they were unable to curb their countertransference and because they had had sexual encounters ...

April 1982

What Is a Headshrinker?

Silas L. Warner, M.D.

Pages:256–263
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.256

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This paper speculates on the origins of the slang term “headshrinker,” commonly used to designate and devalue a psychiatrist. It is concluded that the term was coined shortly after World War II. The term serves to lessen patients’ anxiety over their view ...

April 1982

Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy

Page:285
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.285

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Case Report

April 1982

Filicidal Impulses as an Anniversary Reaction to Childhood Incest

Christopher M. Green, M.B. Ch.B. M.R.C. Psych.

Pages:264–271
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.264

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Successful psychotherapy with a potentially filicidal woman is described. The case clearly illustrates how childhood incestuous experiences may later result in the formation of filicidal impulses. This occurred when the patient’s daughter reached the age ...

Book Review

April 1982

Critique: Proust’s Way

Richard D. Chessick, M.D., Ph.D.

Pages:272–274
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.272

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April 1982

The Dream in Clinical Practice

Charles J. David, M.D.

Pages:274–276
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.274

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April 1982

Changing Concepts in Psychoanalysis

Martin Grotjahn, M.D.

Pages:276–277
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.276

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April 1982

Dynamic Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Alcoholism

Edward E. Seelye, M.D.

Pages:277–278
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.277

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April 1982

The Psychology of Apartheid

Nathan Roth, M.D.

Pages:278–279
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.278

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April 1982

A Casebook in Time-Limited Psychotherapy

Ronald J. Karpf, Ph.D.

Pages:279–280
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.279

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April 1982

First Child, Second Child

Charles R. Keith, M.D.

Page:280
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.280

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April 1982

The Adolescent: A Psychological Self-Portrait

Marvin L. Blumberg, M.D.

Pages:280–281
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.280a

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April 1982

Couples Therapy. A Nontraditional Approach

Martin Grotjahn, M.D.

Pages:281–282
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.281

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April 1982

Divorce, Child Custody and the Family

Susan Contratto

Pages:282–283
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.282

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April 1982

Eros on Crutches: Reflections on Psychopathy and Amorality

William H. Reid, M.D., Ph.D.

Page:283
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.283

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April 1982

Ralph Slovenko, LL.B., Ph D.

Pages:283–284
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.283a

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Abstracts

April 1982

Abstracts of Forthcoming Articles

Page:286
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.286

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