Concise Guide to Psychodynamic Psychiatry: Principles and Techniques in the Era of Managed Care - Softcover

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This updated volume contains coverage of the major principles and important issues in psychodynamic psychotherapy, including concepts and techniques, initiation and termination of treatment, and patient evaluation and education. Four key chapters review resistance and defence, transference, countertransference, and dreams, providing information for the beginning therapist. A special chapter covers practice issues, including the office setting, suicidal and dangerous patients, and what to do when the therapist makes errors. This guide also reviews data from efficacy and cost effectiveness studies and emphasizes that psychodynamic psychotherapy remains an effective part of mental health care even in the managed world.

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