A developmental perspective on psychotherapy and psychoanalysis

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The distinction between psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, and the way each process works, are central to many important issues in psychiatry. While the goals of the two processes are clearly different, they are easily confused because the methods used overlap. Some experts have suggested that the two activities are part of a continuum, from supportive psychotherapy to insight- oriented psychotherapy to psychoanalysis; these differ on the basis of intensity and orientation towards gaining insight. Others believe each process is distinguished by its goal; psychoanalysis strives to reorganize the self, while psychotherapy attempts to heal the self. Psychotherapy is undertaken to solve specific problems, whereas psychoanalysis is used to cure the patient through in-depth analysis. The controversy over the definitions and nature of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis is discussed in detail, based on recent advances in psychiatric theory and practice.

Analysis, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Pathological, Psychopathology

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The challenge to psychiatry as society's agent for mental illness treatment and research

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The field of psychiatry has the responsibility of taking care of society's mentally ill patients, given its valuable insights on mental illness and therapeutic interventions. One major benefit of psychiatry is that the advances that have been gathered in the field since the 1950s have given society the confidence in psychiatry's ability to diagnose mentally ill individuals and treat them. However, psychiatric investigations should be tempered with regulations to protect human subjects and the ethical conduct of the investigation.

Care and treatment, Ethical aspects, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Psychiatric research

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Putting DSM-IV in perspective

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Empathizing with the patient is key to understanding the patient and, hence, imperative to his diagnosis and treatment. DSM-IV, as opposed to DSM-III which relied simply on diagnostic categories, attempts to incorporate the subjective experiences of the patient into the diagnosis. Symptoms are evaluated in terms of antecedents, consequences, overall context, and fluctuations in intensity. DSM-III restricted psychiatrists into simply looking for a predetermined set of symptoms.

Practice, Psychiatrists, Diagnostic services

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