Neurotic Disorders - Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The question of drive vs. motive in psychoanalysis: a modest proposal.

21 Jul 2009 This essay explores the possibility of an alternative hypothesis to the prevailing psychoanalytic instinctual drive theory whose theoretical and clinical validity has been variously critiqued and challenged. Arguments are suggested in support of the ... Read more...

Freud, transference, and therapeutic action.

29 Jun 2009 The author traces the development of Freud's conception of the nature and significance of transference in the psychoanalytic process. He notes that from 1910 onward, Freud was convinced that the analysis of the transference is the sole factor ... Read more...

'Can you push a camel through the eye of a needle?' Reflections on how the unconscious speaks to us and its clinical implications.

30 Jan 2009 There has been a recent surge of interest in a type of thinking seen in some patients most of the time, and all patients some of the time. In the past it was simply called regressive thinking, but attempts to be more specific have led it to be ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neurotic Disorders - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The question of drive vs. motive in psychoanalysis: a modest proposal. 21 Jul 2009
• Commentary on Sander M. Abend's "Freud, transference, and therapeutic action". 29 Jun 2009
• Freud's technique: more from experience than theory. 29 Jun 2009
• Comments on Sander M. Abend's "Freud, transference, and therapeutic action". 29 Jun 2009
• Freud, transference, and therapeutic action. 29 Jun 2009
• 'Can you push a camel through the eye of a needle?' Reflections on how the unconscious speaks to us and its clinical implications. 30 Jan 2009
• Negative will, self-image, and personality dysfunction. 30 Jan 2009
• [Comparative efficacy of non-medicamentous methods for the treatment of patients with neurotic anxiety disorders] 30 Oct 2008
• A model for self-treatment of four sub-types of symptomatic 'depression' using non-prescription agents: neuroticism (anxiety and emotional instability); malaise (fatigue and painful symptoms); demotivation (anhedonia) and seasonal affective disorder 'SAD'. 7 Oct 2008
• Non-traditional psychiatric treatments in Asia. 29 Sep 2008
• [Integration without equalization: on necessary modifications of therapeutic strategies in the treatment of migrants] 8 Sep 2008
• Complementary oppositions in the construal of self and others. 30 Aug 2008
• Effects of inpatient psychotherapy on the stability of alexithymia characteristics. 19 May 2008
• Efficacy of music therapy in the treatment of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia. 30 Mar 2008
• Forty cases of gastrointestinal neurosis treated by acupunture. 28 Feb 2008
• Therapist effects on outcome and alliance in inpatient psychotherapy. 28 Feb 2008
• A further excavation of seduction, seduction trauma, and the seduction theory. 30 Dec 2007
• [Target dimensions of psychosomatic-psychotherapeutic care] 30 Dec 2007
• [Influence of therapy effectiveness of neurotic and stress disorders on selected aspects of psychological function] 30 Dec 2007
• New prospects for process research in group therapy: Text-based process variables in psychotherapeutic Internet chat groups. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Neurotic Disorders'

Definition: Disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the individual and recognized by him or her as being unacceptable. Social relationships may be greatly affected but usually remain within acceptable limits. The disturbance is relatively enduring or recurrent without treatment.

Descriptor UI: D009497

Alternative terms: Neurotic Disorders; Disorder, Neurotic; Disorders, Neurotic; Neurotic Disorder; Psychoneuroses; Neuroses;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.650;

Online Note: use NEUROTIC DISORDERS to search NEUROSES 1966-80

History Note: 81; was NEUROSES 1963-80