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Book Synopsis Psychodynamic Concepts in General Psychiatry brings together 37 nationally recognized psychodynamic psychiatrists who discuss in detail their understanding of how to work with specific types of patients. Extensive clinical examples illustrating the underlying psychodynamic conflicts of patients with these disorders are presented as well.
Trade ReviewIt is well organized, generally well written, incredibly thorough, and loaded with cogent clinical examples and vignettes. Each of the three dozen analytically trained contributors is an experienced clinician and ably shares his or her expertise. . . . It is an invaluable reference and should be picked up by a psychiatric resident or new practitioner when he or she changes treatment settings, and by all practitioners when they are faced with a challenging patient or a treatment impasse.
* Psychiatric Services *
This book is a useful reference for any mental health professional. The fundamental principles of psychodynamic theories and the understanding that they provide can only benefit a clinician, even if the majority of treatment is medication-focused. This book illustrates this point clearly. Psychodynamic Concepts in General Psychiatry would be a worthy addition to any health sciences library or bookstore and would make an excellent text for psychiatry residents.
* Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal *
Careful editing lends form and consistency to a text that could easily have become fragmented and repetitive without it. Instead, the pieces work together cumulatively and synergistically which is a rarity in a multiauthored volume.
* General Hospital Psychiatry *
This medium-sized book is most appropriate at the resident level, though most practitioners could read it with profit. . . . [F]or the highly targeted and directed nature of the entire text, it must be singled out as of particular relevance to those teaching residents. In this book. . . psychoanalysis is alive and well, and is a source of wellness that can be brought to others.
* Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association *
Table of Contents Basic Concepts. Basic principles of psychodynamic psychiatry. The psychodynamic formulation. The self as a clinical instrument. Clinical Settings. The inpatient unit. The emergency room. The medical hospital. The community clinic. The managed care setting. The outpatient psychotherapy clinic. Clinical Syndromes. The psychotic patient. The self-destructive patient. The narcissistic patient. The patient with a neurosis. The depressed patient. The substance-abusing patient. The panic patient. The posttraumatic patient. The depressed male homosexual patient. The patient with a history of childhood sexual abuse or incest. The psychosomatic patient. The patient with bulimia. The bereaved patient. The suicidal adolescent patient. The depressed geriatric patient. Special Topics. The psychology of prescribing and taking medication. Interruptions of treatment. Research in psychodynamic therapy. A recommended curriculum for psychodynamic psychiatry. Index.
