INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH THE INSTITUTIONALIZED AGED

INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH THE INSTITUTIONALIZED AGED

Contrary to the predisposition of many mental health professionals, this paper contends that insight-oriented, dynamically-based, individual psychotherapy is an effective treatment modality with the institutionalized elderly. Issues such as dependency, transference and countertransference, contrasts...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1977-04, Vol.47 (2), p.275-283
Hauptverfasser: Ronch, Judah L, Maizler, Jan S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adjustment Disorders - therapy
Aged
Attitude to Death
Countertransference (Psychology)
Dependency (Personality)
Dependency (Psychology)
Elder Care
Female
Homes for the Aged
Human
Humans
Individual Psychotherapy
Inpatient
Institutionalization
Male
Personality Disorders - therapy
Predisposition
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Transference (Psychology)
Treatment Effectiveness Evaluation
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Zusammenfassung:Contrary to the predisposition of many mental health professionals, this paper contends that insight-oriented, dynamically-based, individual psychotherapy is an effective treatment modality with the institutionalized elderly. Issues such as dependency, transference and countertransference, contrasts to psychotherapy with younger patients, and methodological modifications are discussed, and clinical examples are offered.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1977.tb00982.x