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Transference and countertransference to medication and its implications for ego function.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17650974     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Transference to medication can provide important information about specific ego dysfunction in sicker patients who often need medication. Whether positive or negative or both in content, the organization of the experience provides one example of the illness' effect on the patients' ego and can therefore be a specific diagnostic assessment strategy. Early resistances to medication may reveal the nature of resistances to the therapeutic alliance and to higher-level ego function. Understanding this can guide verbal and pharmacological interventions to strengthen ego function. Countertransference can similarly be helpful because it, too, can be a highly specific diagnostic indicator.
Authors:
Eric R Marcus
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1546-0371     ISO Abbreviation:  J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2007  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-07-26     Completed Date:  2007-08-30     Revised Date:  2007-09-07    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101177980     Medline TA:  J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  211-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, USA. erm4@columbia.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attitude to Health*
Countertransference (Psychology)*
Ego*
Emotions*
Humans
Mental Disorders / diagnosis*,  psychology*,  therapy
Models, Psychological
Physician-Patient Relations
Projection
Psychotherapy
Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use*
Transference (Psychology)*
Treatment Refusal / psychology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Psychotropic Drugs

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