Therapeutic Change: An Object Relations Perspective (Nato Science Series B: (Closed))

Author: Sidney J. BlattPublisher: SpringerPaperback:ISBN 10: 1489910123ISBN 13: 978-1489910127This book details the successful psychodynamically-oriented inpatient treatment of 90 young adults suffering from severe mental illness. It documents the nuances of changing troubled behavior, describes behaviors which predict future positive behavioral change, and provides a sophisticated new technique to document change. Clinicians will appreciate the comprehensive, focused approach to all aspects of long-term treatment. Review `Elegant and complex...well organized, well written, and exciting to read....an impressive report of sophisticated and valuable research that gives voice to the revitalization of dynamic psychotherapy research and to the notion that intensive psychotherapy is not just expensive but effective as well....The report of this research will become common knowledge to both researchers and clinicians int