Psychodynamic Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia

1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-0-89862-550-9
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Early treatment literature on anorexia nervosa and bulimia reported almost exclusively on brief treatment approaches that entailed either psychopharmacological or cognitive-behavioral interventions. While this literature demonstrated that one-third of these patients were treatable with brief therapy and another one third showed improvement, the final one-third of these patients did not respond to brief interventions. Recent research indicates that this last group of patients may also suffer from significant personality disorders or Axis II co-morbidity. Considered difficult to treat, these patients require longer term, informed individual psychotherapy. Designed specifically to address the challenges of this difficult-to-treat population, this volume is the first to focus exclusively on exploring eating disorders from a psychodynamic perspective.
Chapters are written by foremost clinicians in field who examine their current views regarding the etiology and treatment of this client population from a psychodynamic perspective. Part I, focusing on aspects of the self and questions of technique, covers such topics as the role of interpretation of transference and resistance; the relationship of bulimia, dissociation, and empathy; eating disorders as displacement from psychological self to body self; boundaries in the psychotherapeutic relationship; and an interpersonal psychoanalytic technique for treatment. Part II, addressing special subpopulations, discusses the implications of treating eating disorders with patients who also exhibit masochism, borderline personality disorder, and false-self/narcissistic disorders. This section also includes a unique chapter that delves into gender identity issues in male bulimia nervosa. Part III, reflecting feminist psychodynamic perspectives, offers new ways of thinking about development, countertransference, and the role of therapist in the treatment of women with eating disorders. Part IV examines the integration of such approaches as object relations and family systems, psychodynamic and behavior therapy, and offers discussion on disorders of the self in anorexia nervosa.
Written primarily for the advanced clinician who treats clients with eating disorders, PSYCHODYNAMIC TREATMENT OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health practitioners who work with this difficult-to-treat population. It also serves as supplementary reading for advanced graduate courses that feature a component on eating disorders.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Craig L

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Essstörungen & Therapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Essstörungen & Therapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. ASPECTS OF THE SELF AND QUESTIONS OF TECHNIQUE.
1. Bulimia: A Displacement from Psychological Self to Body Self, Sugarman. 2. Bulimia, Dissociation, and Empathy: A Self-Psychological View, Sands.
3. Bruch Revisited: The Role of Interpretation of Transference and Resistance in the Psychotherapy of Eating Disorders, Swift.
4. Reflections on Boundaries in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship, Davis.
5. Managing Opposing Currents: An Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Technique for the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Stern.
II. SPECIAL SUBPOPULATIONS.
6. Masochism in Subclinical Eating Disorders, Lerner.
7. The Clinical Stages of Treatment for the Eating Disorder Patient with Borderline Personality Disorder, Dennis & Sansone.
8. Treatment of Eating Disordered Patients with Borderline and False-Self/Narcissistic Disorders, Johnson.
9. Toward an Understanding of Gender Identity Issues in Male Bulimia Nervosa, Schneider.
III. FEMINIST PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVES.
10. New Maps of Development, New Models of Therapy: The Psychology of Women and the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Steiner-Adair.
11. Reflections on the Uses of Countertransference in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Wooley.
12. The Role of the Therapist in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Feminist Psychodynamic Approach, Kearney-Cooke.
IV. INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES.
13. Object Relations and the Family System: An Integrative Approach to Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders, Humphrey.
14. Disorders of the Self in Anorexia Nervosa: An Organismic Developmental Paradigm, Strober.
15. The Integration of Psychodynamic and Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: Clinical Issues versus Theoretical Mystique, Tobin & Johnson.

Über Autor(innen)

Craig L. Johnson, Laureate Psych. Clinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma.