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A Guide to Psychotherapy Referral


  • Introduction
  • Defence mechanismsy
  • Types of therapy
  • Indications
  • Guide

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What condition?

Longstanding mild/moderate personality disorder
Interpersonal problems
Neurotic symptomatology
Psychosomatic symptomatology (some)
Psychotic symptomatology
Actively psychotic
Transient stress-related disturbance
Marital problems

Which patient?

Reasonably intact, coping personality
Average or above average intelligence
Some past indicators of success
Psychologically-minded
Chaotic, non-coping person
Psychopathic/impulsive/frequent overdoses
Withdrawn, schizoid person
Paranoid, hostile, suspicious person

With what objectives?

To understand self and life problems in order to find better solutions
Motivated to make personal changes
To learn better coping strategies
To "get better" symptomatically only
To get over present crisis and cope as usual
To maintain nurturing relationship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which therapy?

Long-term dynamic psychotherapy/ psychoanalysis
Short-term dynamic psychotherapy
Group therapy
Long-term supportive therapy

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Which therapy?

Long-term dynamic psychotherapy/ psychoanalysis
Short-term dynamic psychotherapy
Short-term behavioural/cognitive therapy
Group therapy

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Which therapy?

Short-term behavioural/cognitive therapy
Psychiatric treatment

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Which therapy?

Psychiatric treatment

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Which therapy?

Crisis intervention
Crisis support
Family therapy
Marital therapy

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Which therapy?

Marital therapy
Crisis intervention
Crisis support

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Which therapy?

Long-term dynamic psychotherapy/ psychoanalysis
Short-term dynamic psychotherapy
Short-term behavioural/cognitive therapy
Group therapy
Crisis intervention

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Which therapy?

Long-term dynamic psychotherapy/ psychoanalysis
Short-term dynamic psychotherapy
Group therapy
Crisis intervention

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Which therapy?

Family therapy
Marital therapy
Crisis support
Psychiatric treatment
Long-term supportive therapy

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Which therapy?

Crisis support
Psychiatric treatment

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Which therapy?

Crisis support
Long term supportive therapy

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Which therapy?

Crisis support
Psychiatric treatment
Long term supportive therapy

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Which therapy?

Long-term dynamic psychotherapy/psychoanalysis
Short-term dynamic psychotherapy
Short-term behavioural/cognitive therapy
Group therapy
Family therapy
Marital therapy

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Which therapy?

Long-term dynamic psychotherapy/psychoanalysis
Short-term dynamic psychotherapy
Group therapy

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Which therapy?

Short-term behavioural/cognitive therapy

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Which therapy?

Crisis intervention
Crisis support

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Which therapy?

Long-term supportive therapy

 

 

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