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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 43, Issue 2

April 1989

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Editorial

April 1989

Stanley Lesse, M.D.

Pages:155–157
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.155

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April 1989

Toward a Psychology of Human Survival: Psychological Approaches to Contemporary Global Threats

Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D., FRANZCP

Pages:158–180
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.158

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Nuclear weapons, population explosion, resource and food-supply depletion, and environmental deterioration have been posing increasing threats to human survival. Moreover, for the first time in history, all these major global threats are human caused and ...

April 1989

Specifics and Nonspecifics in Psychotherapy

Haim Omer, Ph.D.

Pages:181–192
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.181

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The specifics/nonspecifics issue in psychotherapy has given rise consecutively to three major positions: (a) The systems’ position, in which each specific approach to therapy views itself alone as embodying true theory and rightful practice, while ...

April 1989

Mourning and Longing from Generation to Generation

Tamar Shoshan, M.A.

Pages:193–207
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.193

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Violent sudden separation from their closest family members determined the extent of survivors’ individual traumas. Uncompleted mourning and the depression and somber states of mind it created were absorbed by their children from birth on. Children of ...

April 1989

The Dynamics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in South African Political Ex-Detainees

Kevin Solomons, M.B. Ch.B

Pages:208–217
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.208

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This paper explores the dynamic factors involved in the generation of the classical posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a population of Black South African political ex-detainees. A model is proposed of the evolution of inner psychic events in ...

April 1989

Psychiatric Symptoms in Refugee Families from South East Asia: Therapeutic Challenges

Soma Ganesan, M.D. FRCPC,
Stuart Fine, M.B. FRCPC,
Tsung Yi Lin, M.D. FRCPC

Pages:218–228
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.218

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South East Asian refugees refuse mental health services until behavior is quite extreme. This reflects their attitude to mental illness. Refugees suffer from depression and posttraumatic stress disorder especially when separated from their families and ...

April 1989

An Integrated Psychotherapy for Eating-disorder Patients

Howard Steiger, Ph.D.

Pages:229–237
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.229

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This paper presents a rationale for integrating brief dynamic and cognitive-behavioral techniques in the treatment of eating-disorder patients. It emphasizes psychodynamic work useful in neutralizing defenses and resistances to therapy, which aids access ...

April 1989

The Concept of Projective Identification and Its Clinical Relevance

Dilip Ramchandani, M.D.

Pages:238–247
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.238

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After briefly reviewing various contributions to the concept of projective identification, the author describes the clinical manifestations of this defense. These include (7) disownment and redirection of an intolerable experience to another, (2) ...

April 1989

Developing the Story in Psychotherapy

David M. Berger, M.D., C.R.C.P.

Pages:248–259
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.248

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Psychotherapeutic work entails many paradoxes. Emphasizing the patient’s imagery and deemphasizing theory enhances understanding at the manifest level, the level of hidden themes, and the level of transference counter transference patterns. A useful ...

April 1989

The Dysphorimeter: An Objective Analogue for the Assessment of Depression, Anxiety, Pain, and Other Dysphoric States

Leopold Bellak, M.D.,
Stanley R. Kay, Ph.D.,
Lisa M. Murrill, M.A.

Pages:260–268
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.260

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This paper describes a newly invented apparatus, the Dysphorimeter. By manipulating a selector-slide, the patient can indicate the levels of depression or anxiety. The Dysphorimeter emits increasingly noxious sounds when moved downward on a scale of 1 to ...

April 1989

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Apparently Related to Abortion

Ronald K. McCraw, Ph.D.

Pages:269–276
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.269

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This case study presents a young woman who developed a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder after a routine medical procedure. It is suggested that this procedure brought back repressed guilt from three abortions and thus led to the onset of symptoms. The ...

April 1989

Use of Lithium Carbonate in the Treatment of Autoerotic Asphyxia

John A. Cesnik, M.D.,
Eli Coleman, Ph.D.

Pages:277–286
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.277

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We report the successful use of lithium carbonate to promptly extinguish life-threatening behavior in a case of autoerotic asphyxia occurring in a 26-year-old male. In addition to his paraphilia, the patient met the DSM-III-R criteria for dysthymia, and ...

Book Review

April 1989

The Search for the Real Self: Unmasking the Personality Disorders of Our Age

Stephen S. Dashef, M.D.

Pages:287–288
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.287

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April 1989

Psychology of the Self and the Treatment of Narcissism

Stephen S. Dashef, M.D.

Pages:288–289
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.288

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April 1989

The Kohut Seminars (On Self-psychology and Psychotherapy with Adolescents and Young Adults)

Suk Choo Chang, M.D.

Pages:289–291
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.289

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April 1989

The Need to Have Enemies & Allies: From Clinical Practice to International Relationships

Arnold Goldstein, M.D.

Pages:291–292
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.291

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April 1989

Charles Keith, M.D.

Pages:292–293
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.292

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April 1989

Immaterial Facts: Freud’s Discovery of Psychic Reality and Klein’s Development of His Work

John D. Rainer, M.D.

Pages:293–294
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.293

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April 1989

My Three Mothers and Other Passions

Ann Hazzard, Ph.D.

Pages:294–295
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.294

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April 1989

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in a College Context

Donald G. Langsley, M.D.

Pages:295–296
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.295

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April 1989

Male Homosexuality, a Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective

Abram Chipman, Ph.D.

Pages:296–297
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.296

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April 1989

Children and Death: Perspectives from Birth Through Adolescence

C.E. Schorer, M.D.

Pages:297–298
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.297

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April 1989

The Anatomy of Humor–Biopsychological and Therapeutic Perspectives

Carl Goldberg, Ph.D.

Pages:298–299
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.298

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April 1989

Autistic Barriers in Neurotic Patients

Myron F. Weiner, M.D.

Pages:299–300
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.299

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April 1989

Healing the Incest Wound—Adult Survivors in Therapy

Robert D. Strochak, Ph.D.

Pages:300–301
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.300

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April 1989

The Psychology of Separation and Loss

Rosalyn Benitez-Bloch, D.S.W.,
Gottfried R. Blogh, M.D.

Pages:301–302
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.301

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April 1989

Living with Difference: Families with Dwarf Children

Sophie Freud, Ph.D.

Pages:302–303
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.302

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April 1989

The Milan Approach to Family Therapy

J. Solis, Ph.D.

Page:304
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.304

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April 1989

Modern Hospital Psychiatry

J. David Kinzie, M.D.

Pages:304–305
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.304a

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April 1989

Advancing Psychiatric Hospital Treatment

Bernard S. Arons, M.D.

Pages:305–306
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.2.305

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