Psychotherapy with the substance-dependent physician: pitfalls and strategies

Psychotherapy with substance-dependent physicians presents special problems. Accurate assessment and effective response is rendered difficult due to underrepresentation or denial by the patient and countertransference impediments to recognition and limit setting by the therapist. Case examples illus...

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Published inAmerican journal of psychotherapy Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 220 - 230
Main Authors NOTMAN, M. T, KHANTZIAN, E. J, KOUMANS, A. J. R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bronx, NY Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy 01.04.1987
Subjects
Adult
Alcoholism - rehabilitation
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Opioid-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Physician Impairment
Physician-Patient Relations
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Psychotherapy - methods
Referral and Consultation
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Transference (Psychology)
Treatments
Human
Drug abuse
Profession
Treatment
Alcoholism
Physician
Psychotherapy
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Summary:Psychotherapy with substance-dependent physicians presents special problems. Accurate assessment and effective response is rendered difficult due to underrepresentation or denial by the patient and countertransference impediments to recognition and limit setting by the therapist. Case examples illustrate problems, pitfalls, and therapeutic strategies.
ISSN:0002-9564
2575-6559
DOI:10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.2.220