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Psychoanalytic Theories of Addiction

    Recommended Reading on Psychoanalytic Theory
    Addiction and the Vulnerable Self: Modified Dynamic Group Therapy for Substance Abusers by Edward J. Khantzian   Addiction or Self Medication? The Truth by Manijeh Nikakhtar   Affect …
    Posted on Mon, 05/29/2006 - 03:00
     

    Brief Psychodynamic Therapy
    Chapter 7 Brief Psychodynamic Therapy Psychodynamic therapy focuses on unconscious processes as they are manifested in the client's present behavior. The goals of psychodynamic therapy are client…
    Posted on Mon, 04/03/2006 - 03:00
     

    Brief Psychodynamic Therapy
    Developmental Level Psychodynamic theory emphasizes that the client's level of functioning should determine the nature of any intervention. In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, substance abuse is co…
    Posted on Mon, 04/03/2006 - 03:00
     

    Drug Use as a Protective System
    The following discussion is restricted to the psychodynamic study of "compulsive drug use," the latter being defined as any form of substance abuse where there is substantial subjective psychologica…
    Posted on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 03:00
     

    A Life-Theme Theory of Chronic Drug Abuse
    A complete account of the causes of drug use and abuse must consider at least three groups of factors: physiological, social, and psychological. Furthermore, it must explain both grouped data (suc…
    Posted on Fri, 02/24/2006 - 03:00
     

    Theory of Drug Use
    By Harvey Milkman, Ph.D. William Frosch, M.D. This theoretical approach is based on the formulation that disturbances in the normally expected mastery of phase-specific conflicts during early…
    Posted on Wed, 02/22/2006 - 03:00
     

    An Ego/Self Theory of Substance Dependence
    INTRODUCTION Drug dependence is tied intimately to an individual??Ts attempt to cope with his or her internal emotional and external social and physical environment. Viewed from a contemporary psy…
    Posted on Fri, 02/17/2006 - 03:00
     

    Psychodynamics of Drug Dependence - Overview
    Edward J. Khantzian, M.D., and Catherine J. Treece, Ph.D. BACKGROUND Until recently, attempts to apply psychoanalytic theory to an understanding and treatment of drug dependence have been limite…
    Posted on Thu, 02/16/2006 - 03:00
     

    Psychodynamics of Drug Dependence - Introduction
    By Jack D. Blame, M.D., and Demetrios A. Julius, M.D. The Clinical-Behavioral Branch, Division of Research, NIDA, is interested in developing a comprehensive and practical approach to treatment of he…
    Posted on Wed, 02/15/2006 - 03:00
     

    Psychodynamics of Drug Dependence - Foreword
    Over the past two decades research in drug dependence has focused primarily on individual drugs-their pharmacokinetics, biochemical structure and physiological effects-or on their social impact, ind…
    Posted on Wed, 02/15/2006 - 03:00
     

 

 

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