Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjus... more Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjustment, anxiety, and mood disorders. Both alone and in combination with medication brief dynamic psychotherapy is an effective part of the treatment armamentarium. Clinicians should be trained in the brief as well as the longer term treatments and their use as brief, intermittent, and maintenance treatments. Skill in the longer term psychotherapies is important to developing skill in the brief dynamic psychotherapy where the needs for rapid establishment of the therapeutic alliance and the accurate assessment of transference and defence patterns are important. Empirical studies comparing well-defined brief dynamic psychotherapy with cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapies are limited. Future research must address which form of brief psychotherapy may be most helpful for which patient. An individual's preferred learning path-what he or she may see and observe most easily such as thoughts or feelings or interpersonal relations-may be an important variable in determining which brief psychotherapy for which patient. State, trait, and contextual variables will influence this learning modality. The process of change in brief individual psychodynamic psychotherapy, a process of altering neuronal organization through verbal means, is influenced by the patient's diagnosis, medications, past history, cognitive style, developmental stage, and affective availability, as well as the doctor–patient match.
Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjus... more Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjustment, anxiety, and mood disorders. Both alone and in combination with medication brief dynamic psychotherapy is an effective part of the treatment armamentarium. Clinicians should be trained in the brief as well as the longer term treatments and their use as brief, intermittent, and maintenance treatments. Skill in the longer term psychotherapies is important to developing skill in the brief dynamic psychotherapy where the needs for rapid establishment of the therapeutic alliance and the accurate assessment of transference and defence patterns are important. Empirical studies comparing well-defined brief dynamic psychotherapy with cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapies are limited. Future research must address which form of brief psychotherapy may be most helpful for which patient. An individual's preferred learning path-what he or she may see and observe most easily such as th...
ABSTRACT The physician–patient relationship is essential to the healing process and is the founda... more ABSTRACT The physician–patient relationship is essential to the healing process and is the foundation of effective treatment. This is especially true for psychiatric physicians and their patients. The physician–patient relationship is comprised of specific roles and motivations. Its formation begins during the assessment and evaluation and is influenced by elements such as the development of physician–patient rapport, the working alliance, transference, countertransference, defense mechanisms, and the mental status of the patient. Current research findings support the use of common therapy factors, of which the therapeutic alliance is the most powerful. There are multiple additional factors that may affect the physician–patient relationship such as the phases of treatment, the treatment setting, the transition between inpatient and outpatient settings, managed care and the health and illness of the physician. Finally, the physician must skillfully assess the needs and characteristics of specific populations, adopting the therapeutic approach that most effectively bridges the gap between physician and patient and leads to a healing relationship.
Hilde Bruch, the German-born American pediatrician, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, was born in ... more Hilde Bruch, the German-born American pediatrician, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, was born in 1904, the third of seven children. Originally planning to be a mathematician, she was convinced by her uncle, who sponsored her education after her father’s death, that medicine was a more practical career choice for a Jewish woman at the time. Receiving her medical degree from the University of Freiberg in 1929, Bruch completed research and training in pediatrics. Ultimately, the rise of antisemitism led Bruch to leave Germany for England in 1933 and then shortly thereafter for the United States. After obtaining her pediatric license in 1935, she sought further study in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins and underwent psychoanalytic training with Henry Stack Sullivan and Frieda FrommReichmann. Hilde Bruch helped rescue her mother and many of her siblings from Nazi Germany, but many of her relatives died there. In 1946, Dr. Bruch adopted her then 13-year -old orphaned nephew. Teaching at Columb...
Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjus... more Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjustment, anxiety, and mood disorders. Both alone and in combination with medication brief dynamic psychotherapy is an effective part of the treatment armamentarium. Clinicians should be trained in the brief as well as the longer term treatments and their use as brief, intermittent, and maintenance treatments. Skill in the longer term psychotherapies is important to developing skill in the brief dynamic psychotherapy where the needs for rapid establishment of the therapeutic alliance and the accurate assessment of transference and defence patterns are important. Empirical studies comparing well-defined brief dynamic psychotherapy with cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapies are limited. Future research must address which form of brief psychotherapy may be most helpful for which patient. An individual's preferred learning path-what he or she may see and observe most easily such as thoughts or feelings or interpersonal relations-may be an important variable in determining which brief psychotherapy for which patient. State, trait, and contextual variables will influence this learning modality. The process of change in brief individual psychodynamic psychotherapy, a process of altering neuronal organization through verbal means, is influenced by the patient's diagnosis, medications, past history, cognitive style, developmental stage, and affective availability, as well as the doctor–patient match.
Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjus... more Brief dynamic psychotherapy is an important treatment for numerous disorders, primarily the adjustment, anxiety, and mood disorders. Both alone and in combination with medication brief dynamic psychotherapy is an effective part of the treatment armamentarium. Clinicians should be trained in the brief as well as the longer term treatments and their use as brief, intermittent, and maintenance treatments. Skill in the longer term psychotherapies is important to developing skill in the brief dynamic psychotherapy where the needs for rapid establishment of the therapeutic alliance and the accurate assessment of transference and defence patterns are important. Empirical studies comparing well-defined brief dynamic psychotherapy with cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapies are limited. Future research must address which form of brief psychotherapy may be most helpful for which patient. An individual's preferred learning path-what he or she may see and observe most easily such as th...
ABSTRACT The physician–patient relationship is essential to the healing process and is the founda... more ABSTRACT The physician–patient relationship is essential to the healing process and is the foundation of effective treatment. This is especially true for psychiatric physicians and their patients. The physician–patient relationship is comprised of specific roles and motivations. Its formation begins during the assessment and evaluation and is influenced by elements such as the development of physician–patient rapport, the working alliance, transference, countertransference, defense mechanisms, and the mental status of the patient. Current research findings support the use of common therapy factors, of which the therapeutic alliance is the most powerful. There are multiple additional factors that may affect the physician–patient relationship such as the phases of treatment, the treatment setting, the transition between inpatient and outpatient settings, managed care and the health and illness of the physician. Finally, the physician must skillfully assess the needs and characteristics of specific populations, adopting the therapeutic approach that most effectively bridges the gap between physician and patient and leads to a healing relationship.
Hilde Bruch, the German-born American pediatrician, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, was born in ... more Hilde Bruch, the German-born American pediatrician, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, was born in 1904, the third of seven children. Originally planning to be a mathematician, she was convinced by her uncle, who sponsored her education after her father’s death, that medicine was a more practical career choice for a Jewish woman at the time. Receiving her medical degree from the University of Freiberg in 1929, Bruch completed research and training in pediatrics. Ultimately, the rise of antisemitism led Bruch to leave Germany for England in 1933 and then shortly thereafter for the United States. After obtaining her pediatric license in 1935, she sought further study in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins and underwent psychoanalytic training with Henry Stack Sullivan and Frieda FrommReichmann. Hilde Bruch helped rescue her mother and many of her siblings from Nazi Germany, but many of her relatives died there. In 1946, Dr. Bruch adopted her then 13-year -old orphaned nephew. Teaching at Columb...
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