An Analysis of Therapeutic Factors Seen in a Ten-Year Study of a Psychophysiologically and Psychodynamically Oriented Treatment for Migraine

Migraine ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 186-196
Author(s):  
Charles S. Adler ◽  
Sheila Morrissey Adler
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Factors ◽  
Psychodynamically Oriented

Sweat Therapy: Effects on Group Therapeutic Factors and Feeling States

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Colmant ◽  
Carrie L. Winterowd ◽  
Evan A. Eason ◽  
Chris Cashel ◽  
Sue C. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Factors ◽  
Feeling States

The assessment of therapeutic factors on treatment outcome: An ongoing challenge

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. D. Irvine ◽  
Krystal R. Gregg ◽  
Michelle Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Therapeutic Factors

Factor structure and validity of the Therapeutic Factors Inventory--Short Form

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony S. Joyce ◽  
Rebecca MacNair-Semands ◽  
Giorgio A. Tasca ◽  
John S. Ogrodniczuk
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Therapeutic Factors

Exploring the Therapeutic Factors to contribute to the Counseling Outcome in Adolescent Counseling

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Young Joo Han ◽  
Soon Ju Park ◽  
Seon Ki Chae ◽  
Soo Jin Kim ◽  
Jeong Ho Choi
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Factors ◽  
Counseling Outcome

Psychosis in adolescence: A prognosis or a diagnosis? Integrated treatment with psychodynamic peer support

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S126-S127
Author(s):  
L. Ciampa ◽  
F. Gucci
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Integrated Treatment ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Psychodynamically Oriented ◽  
Rehabilitative Intervention ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
One Year

IntroductionOur work comprises an integrated intervention strategy for the treatment of psychotic manifestations and functioning in adolescents which, following the theories of Laufer and Chan, questions the usefulness of the diagnosis ‘psychotic’ during adolescence. We apply an “open light treatment” (IPOLT), which includes psychodynamically oriented peer-support.ObjectivesTo build a new form of therapeutic alliance with peer-support based on shared real life experiences enabling adolescents to reintegrate within their environment and re-establish cognitive functioning which has become disorganised, aiding a gradual return of the cohesion of ego and self and in some cases, cessation of psychotic symptoms.MethodologyAn observational study of one year on a group of ten adolescents aged 17 to 20 in institutional and private settings with psychotic manifestations and functioning. The group were tested at the start and end of the study using WAIS-IV and MMPI-A.ResultsThe adolescents recruited showed a faster recovery of the cohesive processes of their fragmented ego as well as a quicker resumption of social relations. Our model provided an organising function and a flexible yet secure ‘container’ (Bion, 1988) for the young people's psychic structure. The tests showed a demonstrable improvement in their verbal comprehension, visual-spazial reasoning, fluid reasoning, working memory and processing speed.ConclusionsPsychotic manifestations occurring in adolescence may decrease with an immediate integrated and rehabilitative intervention, without need of an institutional psychiatric setting. In conclusion, we find that “psychosis” in adolescence is a prognosis and not a diagnosis.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Deficits of Affect Mentalization in Patients with Drug Addiction: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetoslav Savov ◽  
Nikola Atanassov
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Complex Form ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Empirical Testing ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Psychodynamically Oriented

Traditionally treated with wariness, drug addictions have provoked a serious interest in psychodynamically oriented clinicians in recent decades. This paper discusses the development of contemporary psychodynamic conceptualizations of addictions, focusing specifically on mentalization-based theories. The concept of mentalization refers to a complex form of self-regulation which includes attribution of psychological meaning to one’s own behavior and affective states, as well as those of the others. We hypothesize that drug-addicted patients have severe impairments in mentalizing, associated with developmental deficits, characteristic for the borderline personality disorder and psychosomatic conditions. Psychodynamic models of mentalization and their corresponding research operationalizations are reviewed, and implications for a contemporary understanding of drug addictions and psychotherapy are drawn. The authors propose that mentalization-oriented theories provide an adequate conceptualization, which is open to empirical testing and has clear and pragmatic guidelines for treatment.

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