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Psychotherapy – a Last Resort

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert Whyte*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric O.P.C., Carswell House, 5 Oakley Terrace, Glasgow

Abstract

A patient in whom a series of treatments of all sorts had failed was given two trials of psychotherapy over a prolonged period. Although the patient judged the trials of psychotherapy to be a failure, and therapy was terminated, he does seem to have matured, and his disturbed behaviour has ceased. The possible reasons for this are discussed.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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References

Murphy, G. E. & Guze, S. B. (1960) Setting limits: the management of the manipulative patient. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 14, 3047.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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