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A guide to psychotherapy and aging: Effective clinical interventions in a life-stage context.Modern psychoanalytic treatment of the older patient.

A guide to psychotherapy and aging: Effective clinical interventions in a life-stage context.:... explore the clinical application of modern psychoanalytic treatment using 2 cases of elderly patients to illustrate how similar the aged can be to every patient if the therapist operates from a nonageist position / compare treatment of the child with treatment of the elderly to clarify some salient factors that may influence the therapist in working with the older patient / review the psychoanalytic literature on work with aging patients, proposing the study of case material that describes such work / describe the modern psychoanalytic approach and its relevance for treating the older patient / the cases of Mr. F. and Mrs. T. are presented to illustrate that office treatment of the older patient does not have to differ from that of young adults in the therapist's private practice the 1st case involves brief psychodynamic treatment of [Mr. F.] an 82-yr-old, frail, retired businessman; the 2nd case involves long-term modern psychoanalytic treatment of [Mrs. T.] a 69-yr-old woman who taught school / the businessman was in acute distress, and the schoolteacher was a chronic and seriously disturbed patient who had fought mental illness her whole life (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A guide to psychotherapy and aging: Effective clinical interventions in a life-stage context.Modern psychoanalytic treatment of the older patient.

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1996 American Psychological Association
Pages
101 –120
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10.1037/10211-004
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explore the clinical application of modern psychoanalytic treatment using 2 cases of elderly patients to illustrate how similar the aged can be to every patient if the therapist operates from a nonageist position / compare treatment of the child with treatment of the elderly to clarify some salient factors that may influence the therapist in working with the older patient / review the psychoanalytic literature on work with aging patients, proposing the study of case material that describes such work / describe the modern psychoanalytic approach and its relevance for treating the older patient / the cases of Mr. F. and Mrs. T. are presented to illustrate that office treatment of the older patient does not have to differ from that of young adults in the therapist's private practice the 1st case involves brief psychodynamic treatment of [Mr. F.] an 82-yr-old, frail, retired businessman; the 2nd case involves long-term modern psychoanalytic treatment of [Mrs. T.] a 69-yr-old woman who taught school / the businessman was in acute distress, and the schoolteacher was a chronic and seriously disturbed patient who had fought mental illness her whole life (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Aug 31, 2004

Keywords: brief & long-term modern psychoanalytic treatment, 69-yr-old female with mental illness & 82-yr-old frail male in acute distress, case reports

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