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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 41, Issue 4

October 1987

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Editorial

October 1987

Stanley Lesse, M.D.

Pages:485–488
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.485

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October 1987

The Inhuman Computer / the Too-Human Psychotherapist

Theodore Nadelson, M.D.

Pages:489–498
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.489

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There has been an understandable rejection by psychotherapists of any natural language processing (computer/human interaction by means of usual language exchange) which is intended to embrace aspects of psychotherapy. For at least twenty years therapists ...

October 1987

Schizoid Personality Disorder: A Synthesis of Developmental, Dynamic, and Descriptive Features

Salman Akhtar, M.D.

Pages:499–518
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.499

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Various views of schizoid personality disorder in descriptive psychiatry, psychoanalysis, DSM-III and DSM-III-R are reviewed and synthesized to develop a composite picture of the syndrome. The disorder is seen as consisting of characteristic deficits in ...

October 1987

Culture and Society in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Implications for Psychotherapy

James K. Boehnlein, M.D.

Pages:519–530
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.519

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Cultural belief systems, along with traditional family and social role expectations, greatly affect psychosocial adjustment in individuals recovering from severe trauma. In the cross-cultural psychotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...

October 1987

Hypnosis with Self-Cutters

Don W. Malon, Ph.D.,
Deborah Berardi, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.

Pages:531–541
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.531

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Hypnotic techniques can add to effective therapy with self-cutting patients, but only in the context of a strong, communicative, and flexible relationship. “Neutral hypnosis” and relaxation techniques can be employed to counteract the frightening ...

October 1987

Religious Psychodynamics in Multiple Personalities: Suggestions for Treatment

Elizabeth S. Bowman, M.D., S.T.M.,
Philip M. Coons, M.D.,
R. Stanley Jones, M.Div.,
Mark Oldstrom, M.Div.

Pages:542–554
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.542

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A study of God images, personality splits, and religious lives of seven women with multiple personality disorder shows different God images in primary and secondary personalities. Splits in God images reflect the dynamics of personality splits and splits ...

October 1987

The Resident’s Countertransference: Approaching an Avoided Topic

Howard E. Book, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C)

Pages:555–562
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.555

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The resident’s countertransference to his/her patient may offer essential information about certain denied processes within that patient. It may also signal the existence of countertherapeutic scotomas within the resident. This paper offers a clinically ...

October 1987

Toward a Theory of Therapy with Cultic Victims

Julia C. Morse, B.A.,
Edwin L. Morse, Ph.D.

Pages:563–570
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.563

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A theoretical framework for treating cultic victims is presented. Data from over 70 cases treated with a conjoint model focuses on the value of this methodology. The specific and special treatment needs of these clients and the nature of their imposed ...

October 1987

Lacan’s Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

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

Pages:571–579
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.571

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Lacan’s efforts in the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of patients with structural deficits aim at separating truth, desire, and ideals from each other so that the analysand is freed up to find or create the desire that gives him or her “joy.” This paper ...

October 1987

Developing Alternate Models for Long-Term Care: The “Family Model” and the Therapeutic Community

Robert D. Stroghak, Ph.D.

Pages:580–592
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.580

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This paper examines an alternative model for a long-term care facility for the mentally ill. Termed the “family model,” it is based upon the assumption that the primary function of a psychiatric environment is the delivery of services in loco familias. ...

October 1987

Kleptomania as Risk-taking Behavior in Response to Depression

David A. Fishbain, M.D.

Pages:598–603
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.598

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The psycho dynamic etiology of kleptomania has historically been linked to “ungratified sexual instinct.” This paper is the first report of kleptomanie behavior associated with masturbation during the shoplifting or at the time of discovery by ...

October 1987

Munchausen Syndrome as a Suicide Equivalent: Abolition of Syndrome by Psychotherapy

Helen Schoenfeld, M.D.,
Jacob Margolin, M.D.,
Stephen Baum, M.S.W.

Pages:604–612
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.604

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This article presents a case of self-induced diseases (Munchausen syndrome), among them a very dangerous cardiac condition. The psychotherapeutic process is described, through which the Munchausen behavior was effectively abolished. It is suggested that ...

Case Report

October 1987

Formicophilia, an Unusual Paraphilia, Treated with Counseling and Behavior Therapy

Ratnin Dewaraja, B.Sc.

Pages:593–597
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.593

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The case of a Buddhist man suffering from formicophilia, a rare paraphilia, is presented. Rather than aiming at the elimination of the sexual deviation, counseling and behavior therapy were applied to alleviate the patient’s feelings of guilt and ...

Book Review

October 1987

Forty-two Lives in Treatment: A Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Donald G. Langsley, M.D.

Pages:613–614
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.613

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October 1987

The Structure of Individual Psychotherapy

Jerry M. Lewis, M.D.

Pages:614–615
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.614

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October 1987

Casebook of Eclectic Psychotherapy

D. Ray Freebury, F.R.C.P.(C).

Pages:615–616
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.615

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October 1987

Cross-cultural Training for Mental Health Professionals

J. David Kinzie, M.D.

Pages:616–617
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.616

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October 1987

Anxiety in Children

Marvin L. Blumberg, M.D.

Pages:617–618
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.617

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October 1987

Anxiety Disorders in Childhood

Rudolf Hoehn-Saric, M.D.

Pages:618–619
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.618

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October 1987

Psychological Trauma

Magnus Lakovics, M.D.

Pages:619–620
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.619

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October 1987

Melanie Klein: Her World and Her Work

Martin Grotjahn, M.D.

Pages:620–621
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.620

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October 1987

Responsive Therapy

Benjamin Wolstein, Ph.D.

Pages:621–622
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.621

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October 1987

Treatment Development Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease

Edward E. Seelye, M.D.

Page:622
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.622

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October 1987

About Mourning: Support and Guidance for the Bereaved

C.E. Schorer, M.D.

Pages:622–623
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.622a

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October 1987

The Uses of Countertransference

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

Pages:624–625
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.624

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October 1987

Cognition and Affect

Gene L. Cary, M.D.

Pages:625–626
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.625

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October 1987

The Death of Desire

Carl Goldberg, Ph.D.

Pages:626–627
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.626

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October 1987

The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing

John Irving Langdell, M.D.

Page:628
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.628

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October 1987

Helping Delinquents Change: A Treatment Manual of Social Learning Approaches

Milton Rochkind, MSW

Pages:628–629
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.628a

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October 1987

Essential Papers on Object Relations

John F. Borriello, Ph.D.

Pages:629–630
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.629

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Index

October 1987

Pages:631–637
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.4.631

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