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Dynamic Consultations with Psychiatrists

Author : Jason Maratos
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119900506
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Dynamic Consultations with Psychiatrists written by Jason Maratos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique resource detailing the day-to-day activity of doctors who work on “the coal face” of psychiatry in an acute setting Dynamic Consultations With Psychiatrists is the outcome of a collaboration between the psychiatrists of a certain hospital and the author, which has continued successfully for more than ten years, containing a number of patient consultations and cases where psychiatry was used successfully to solve a patient’s problem. The presentation of each case, and particularly of the consultation, is meant to demonstrate the process by which insights were gained. Each consultation is written in plain English with the deliberate avoidance of terminology and especially psychoanalytic jargon. Naturally, all identified features of the patients have been deleted or changed so that the patients’ privacy is not compromised. The format is near to a transcript so that the work demonstrates how the understanding evolves and emerges from the process. The structure of the book is not according to a diagnosis but according to “presenting problem” (in other words, the most prominent feature), allowing for easy and efficient accessibility. Sample concepts and learning resources covered and included in Dynamic Consultations With Psychiatrists are as follows: How a doctor is faced with a patient who is suffering in their own particular way and how the clinician gets to develop a deeper understanding of their predicament Difficulties the “coal face” doctors encounter and the challenges they will face in their personal emotional wellbeing Relationships with the other professionals both within their hospital and other agencies Curtailed histories so that there is a seamless exposition of how the conclusions of the consultation have been reached Psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and students/instructors in related programs of study can use Dynamic Consultations With Psychiatrists to gain valuable insight into the thought process of practicing psychiatrists in relation to a myriad of patient problems, allowing them to learn vicariously and become better at dealing with their own patients’ problems.

The Psychiatric Consult

Author : Alyson Gorun
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783030964269
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book The Psychiatric Consult written by Alyson Gorun and published by Springer. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides psychiatry trainees through some of the most common psychiatric consultation requests in the general medical hospital, using accessible, case-based narratives. Clinical case scenarios are used to demonstrate how to consider both medical and psychological factors involved in the consultation, and the approach to challenging interpersonal dynamics that may occur between the hospitalized patient and the primary medical team. Each case illustrates how to begin to think like a consultation-liaison psychiatrist in order to arrive at a diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan in complex clinical situations. Cases unfold in real time to highlight the critical role of the psychiatrist as liaison to the patient and medical team in order to guide psychiatric management and facilitate effective communication and treatment in the hospital. In addition to clinical cases, each chapter features a concise list of strategies to identify and address patient symptoms and behaviors, interpersonal dynamics, and barriers to care that arise in the hospital. The Psychiatric Consult features resident-specific recommendations and a case-based format that make it a unique, realistic, and engaging learning tool.

Consultations in Dynamic Psychotherapy

Author : Peter Hobson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429912188
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Consultations in Dynamic Psychotherapy written by Peter Hobson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates clinical, psychoanalytic approaches to understanding people in depth, even when breadth of understanding is severely constricted by the brevity of a consultation. It considers the changing times in which psychoanalytic psychotherapists carry on consulting.

The Psychiatric Consultation

Author : Werner Max Mendel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Psychiatric Consultation written by Werner Max Mendel and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Practicing Psychiatry in the Community

Author : Jerome V. Vaccaro
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780880486637
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (866 download)

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Book Synopsis Practicing Psychiatry in the Community by : Jerome V. Vaccaro

Download or read book Practicing Psychiatry in the Community written by Jerome V. Vaccaro and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 1996 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's rapidly changing mental health care environment has created both complex challenges and unique opportunities for the community psychiatrist. Practicing Psychiatry in the Community: A Manual is an indispensable resource for practitioners and psychiatric residents. Clinically active psychiatrists will find this manual invaluable as they adopt new roles in this dynamic and exciting field. This comprehensive work by leading experts in the field addresses the major issues currently facing community psychiatrists. It even includes a user-friendly guide to the development of a research program in a community setting. Organized into three main sections, this manual provides essential information on treatment settings, target populations, and special topics in the community psychiatry domain. The Treatment Continuum explores the varied environments in which community psychiatric services may be offered, including outpatient treatment, crisis resolution services, and psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Populations such as mentally disordered children, adolescents, and the elderly; HIV-infected patients; the homeless mentally ill; the developmentally disabled; chemically dependent patients; dually diagnosed patients; violent patients; and the chronically mentally ill have unique needs requiring skilled clinical care. The Target Populations section provides the community psychiatrist with useful and practical guidelines for the treatment of each of these patient groups. The Special Topics section ushers the community psychiatrist into the era of contemporary community psychiatric practice with vital information on emerging issues like cultural diversity, the principles of effective collaboration with advocacy and family/self-help groups, the role of the multidisciplinary team, and legal and training issues.

Fundamentals of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

Author : Mallika Lavakumar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536154580
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (545 download)

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Book Synopsis Fundamentals of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry by : Mallika Lavakumar

Download or read book Fundamentals of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry written by Mallika Lavakumar and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although consultation liaison (CL) psychiatry has been practiced informally for many years, it has been recognized as a psychiatry subspecialty for less than two decades. This textbook addresses the important interface between the wide range of medical or surgical conditions and comorbid psychiatric disorders encountered in most hospital settings as well as outpatient sites. Because many patients admitted to a general hospital may have one or more psychiatric conditions that require attention and treatment to facilitate their recovery, this book will be an essential addition to any CL psychiatrist's library; it will be equally useful for consultation liaison psychiatry fellows, psychiatry residents, general psychiatrists who are interested in CL psychiatry or who perform psychiatric consultations from time to time, medical students on their CL psychiatry clerkships, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and attending neurologists and neurology residents and fellows.This book includes chapters that address the most prevalent, as well as rare medical conditions found among hospitalized patients and reviews assessment and treatment of the co-occurring psychiatric condition. For example, the Heart Disease chapter addresses patients' responses to a new, potentially life-threatening cardiac event, and explains the essential steps and interventions a CL consultant should take to optimize patient care and safety - as well as ways to help the care team to better understand and manage their own stress. Other chapters, among a total of 24, include Women's Health, Ethical and Legal Issues, and Eating Disorders. In addition, this book covers new areas or ones that are rarely or less comprehensively addressed in other CL texts, among them: Vulnerable Populations (including sections on psychiatric assessment and care of veterans, refugees, prisoners, LGBTQ-identified patients, and elders), Quality and Outcomes, Collaborative Care, and Telepsychiatry. This text includes more than 60 tables, and each chapter includes five multiple choice study questions with annotated answers. As a stand-alone reference, it is an inclusive, up-to-date, and state-of-the art database for this exciting and essential subspecialty. When paired with its sister text, Fundamentals of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry: Neuropsychiatry, these two volumes will empower readers to more precisely and comprehensively assess and treat medical or surgical patients suffering with one or more psychiatric conditions that may be adversely affecting their health and recovery.

Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Author : Hoyle Leigh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387781285
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry written by Hoyle Leigh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-05 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consultation-liaison psychiatry interfaces between psychiatry and the rest of medicine as well as psychology, social work, nursing, and other behavioral science disciplines. This is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing a biopsychosocial, integrative perspective and drawing of the expertise of two renowned psychiatrists in the field. The book offers five major sections addressing the fundamentals of the field as well as an assessment the current status of the field.

Concise Guide to Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Therapy

Author : Hanna Levenson
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 1585627739
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (856 download)

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Book Synopsis Concise Guide to Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Therapy by : Hanna Levenson

Download or read book Concise Guide to Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Therapy written by Hanna Levenson and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2008-08-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world of managed care -- characterized by limited mental health resources, emphasis on accountability, concerns of third-party payers, and consumer need -- the demand for mental health professionals to use briefer therapeutic approaches is on the rise. Fully 84% of all clinicians are doing some form of planned brief therapy (6-20 sessions per year per patient). Yet despite clinical advances and outcome data that demonstrate the effectiveness of short-term therapy, many therapists -- in fact, 90% of those whose theoretical orientation is psychodynamic rather than cognitive-behavioral -- are reluctant to learn briefer interventions, seeing value only in long-term, depth-oriented work. The second edition of this Concise Guide is intended to help educate both beginning and experienced clinicians in the strategies and techniques of time-attentive models and to foster more positive and optimistic attitudes toward using these important therapies. The seven therapeutic models presented here -- including an entirely new chapter on time-limited group therapy -- highlight the importance of the interpersonal perspective. The seven models, one per chapter, represent well-established short-term approaches to clinical issues that therapists commonly encounter in their clinical practices. These models also have clearly defined intervention techniques and formulation strategies and can be used within the 10- to 20-session time frame of most managed care settings. The first part of each chapter dealing with a therapeutic model lists the various presenting problems the authors deem most suitable for treatment by that particular approach. The authors discuss the overall framework of each model, selection criteria, goals, therapeutic tasks and strategies, empirical support, and relevance for managed care, with clinical cases to illustrate the application of each model. The authors include updated chapters on supportive, time-limited, and interpersonal therapies; time-limited dynamic psychotherapy; short-term dynamic therapy for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder; brief dynamic therapy for patients with substance abuse disorders; an entirely new chapter on time-limited group therapy; and a final chapter on the reciprocal relationship between pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Meant to complement the more detailed information found in lengthier psychiatric texts, this Concise Guide (it is designed to fit into a jacket or lab coat pocket) is a practical and convenient reference for psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, and medical students working in a variety of treatment settings, such as inpatient psychiatry units, outpatient clinics, consultation-liaison services, and private offices.

Integrated Care

Author : Lori E. Raney
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 1585625485
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Integrated Care written by Lori E. Raney and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goals of Integrated Care: Working at the Interface of Primary Care and Behavioral Health are to educate psychiatrists about the fundamental shift underway in health care and to prepare them to be successful and effective in the new health care arena. The passage and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act presents an opportunity for newly insured patients and for funding models of integrated care, enabling psychiatrists to have a more significant population-level impact. The only book of its kind, the guide defines integrated care, reviews the evidence base, and addresses the three potential benefits of this model of care: improved outcomes, cost containment, and enhanced patient experience (also known as the "triple aim"). The new models of integrated care presented in this book are population-based, which is the key to improved outcomes, and they represent a change in how medicine in general and psychiatry in particular will approach health care delivery moving forward. The book's features are both high-impact and user-friendly: The book is divided into two sections, "Behavioral Health in Primary Care Settings" and "Primary Care in Behavioral Health Care Settings," with Section 1 focused on improving the detection and treatment of behavioral health conditions by integrating behavioral health services into primary care settings and Section 2 focused on improving the health status of patient populations with serious mental illness by integrating primary care into behavioral health treatment. Each chapter presents a set of "core principles of effective collaborative care," which serve as a guide for the structure and provision of care for the varying models, regardless of the setting. Contributors provide dozens of examples that highlight the impact psychiatrists can make in achieving the triple aim of improved outcomes, cost containment, and enhanced experience. Detailed case vignettes integrated throughout the book bring concepts to life and help clinicians to understand and improve the patient-provider relationship. The information presented in these chapters allows both practicing psychiatrists and those in training to develop a skill set essential to designing, working in, teaching, or promoting an integrated care program within a health care system. Evidence based and timely, Integrated Care: Working at the Interface of Primary Care and Behavioral Health is a must read for clinicians in the brave new world of health care reform.

Common Mental Health Disorders

Author : National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain)
Publisher : RCPsych Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781908020314
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Common Mental Health Disorders written by National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain) and published by RCPsych Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together treatment and referral advice from existing guidelines, this text aims to improve access to services and recognition of common mental health disorders in adults and provide advice on the principles that need to be adopted to develop appropriate referral and local care pathways.

Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Author : Don R. Lipsitt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317443454
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry written by Don R. Lipsitt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: The Bumpy Road to Specialization documents the development of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry from its inception to the present. The book draws on contributions from philosophy, physiology, psychoanalysis, epidemiology and other disciplines to define the broad scope of the field. Distinctions and similarities between Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine will be of interest to psychiatrists, social workers, and health psychologists, as well as students, residents, and fellows pursuing careers in these disciplines.

Consultation-liaison Psychiatry in Japan

Author : Isao Fukunishi
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 3805572433
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Consultation-liaison Psychiatry in Japan written by Isao Fukunishi and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents the vibrant energy and productivity of Japanese consultation-liaison psychiatrists who have developed a new biopsychosocial model for the treatment of patients with a variety of serious diseases. It begins with an overview on the historical background and the present issues in Japan. Further articles deal with psychiatric problems in transplant medicine, psychonephrology, psychooncology and HIV/AIDS. Finally drug-induced psychosis and psychosomatic problems of diabetes patients are discussed. The book will be useful to any physician or mental health care professional who works with the medically ill. It demonstrates the wide range of knowledge and treatment options available to mental health care professionals to intervene when dealing with patients suffering of a serious disease.

Psychiatric Consultation in Case Work Agencies

Author : United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychiatric Consultation in Case Work Agencies written by United States. Children's Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Author : Fredric N. Busch, M.D.
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 1615373241
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Book Synopsis Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy by : Fredric N. Busch, M.D.

Download or read book Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy written by Fredric N. Busch, M.D. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whereas psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy have traditionally avoided focusing too much on specific symptoms or problems--lest they interfere with free association--this new guide articulates the value of more active and symptom-focused interventions. Having worked on focused psychodynamic treatments of panic disorder, depression, trauma, and behavioral change, Fredric Busch, M.D. expands on that work here, articulating how a focused approach can be adapted for patients in general. Drawing on a wealth of case vignettes, the book describes how to apply Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PrFPP) to symptoms, personality issues, behavioral problems, and relationship difficulties. It provides novice and experienced clinicians alike with the tools they need to help patients identify problem areas and understand how specific dynamics emerge in different contexts and overlap in contributing to issues. The psychodynamic techniques readers will glean in these pages demonstrate how to rapidly address core difficulties, expanding patients' self-reflective capacities and the identification of their own dynamics--even in the case of short-term interventions.

The Teaching of Dynamic Psychiatry

Author : Grete Lehner Bibring
Publisher : International Universities Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Teaching of Dynamic Psychiatry written by Grete Lehner Bibring and published by International Universities Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Clinical Handbook of Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Medical Settings

Author : Bryan D. Carter
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030355985
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Clinical Handbook of Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Medical Settings written by Bryan D. Carter and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook examines pediatric consultation-liaison psychology in pediatric medical settings. It offers a brief history of pediatric psychologists’ delivery of consultation-liaison services. The handbook provides an overview of roles, models, and configurations of pediatric psychology practice in diverse inpatient and outpatient medical settings. Chapters discuss the most frequently seen major pediatric conditions encountered in consultation practice. Coverage includes evaluation, intervention, and treatment of each condition. Each clinical condition addresses the referral problem in the context of history and family dynamics. In addition, chapters address important aspects of the management of a consultation-liaison service and provide contextual issues in delivering evidence-based services in hospital and medical settings. Topics featured in this handbook include: The role of assessment in the often fast-paced medical environment. Modifications of approaches in the context of disorders of development. Consultation on pediatric gender identity. The presentation of child maltreatment in healthcare settings. The use of technological innovations in pediatric psychological consultation. Important ethical considerations in consultation-liaison practice. Clinical Handbook of Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Medical Settings is a must-have resource for clinicians and related professionals as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students in pediatric and clinical child and adolescent psychology, pediatrics, social work, developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and related disciplines.

Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology

Author : Eve Caligor
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 1585626422
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology written by Eve Caligor and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2007-04-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a sophisticated introduction to a contemporary psychodynamic model of the mind and treatment, this book provides an approach to understanding and treating higher level personality pathology. It describes a specific form of treatment called "dynamic psychotherapy for higher level personality pathology" (DPHP), which was designed specifically to treat the rigidity that characterizes that condition. Based on psychodynamic object relations theory, DPHP is an outgrowth of transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) and is part of an integrated approach to psychodynamic treatment of personality pathology across the spectrum of severity -- from higher level personality pathology, described in this volume, to severe personality pathology, described in a companion volume, Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing on Object Relations. Together, they provide a comprehensive description of an object relations theory-based approach to treatment of personality disorders, embedded in an integrated model of personality. As a guide to treatment, Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology provides a clear, specific, and comprehensive description of how to practice DPHP from beginning to end, presented in jargon-free exposition using extensive clinical illustrations. The authors offer a comprehensive description of psychodynamic consultation that includes sharing the diagnostic impression, establishing treatment goals, discussing treatment options, obtaining informed consent, and establishing treatment frame. Throughout, the book emphasizes fundamental clinical principles that enable the clinician to think through clinical decisions moment-to-moment and also to develop an overall sense of the trajectory and goals of the treatment. Among the book's benefits: Takes a diagnosis-driven approach, presenting a clear model of both the psychopathology and its treatment; Explains underlying theory and basic elements of DPHP for those first learning dynamic therapy; Offers an integrated, innovative synthesis of contemporary psychodynamic approaches to personality pathology and psychodynamic psychotherapy; Describes goals, strategies, tactics, and techniques of the treatment to demonstrate its flexibility over a relatively long course of treatment; Provides sophisticated discussion of integrating dynamic psychotherapy with medication management and other forms of treatment. DPHP offers a broad range of patients the opportunity to modify maladaptive personality functioning in ways that can permanently enhance their quality of life. Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology provides experienced clinicians with a hands-on approach to that method, and is also useful as a primary textbook in courses focusing on the technique of dynamic psychotherapy or in courses on psychodynamics.