Handbook of psychiatric therapies

by Jules Hymen Masserman

Every discipline, particularly those intimately concerned with human welfare, should review its basic tenets and techniques at least every dozen years. This is especially true for psychiatry, which owes a clear explication of the developing theories and modalities in its interrelated fields to psychiatrists who may find it difficult to cover the immense literature in their various subspecialties. Such a review is also recommended for allies in social work, nursing, psychology, jurisprudence, urban organization, penology, and other professions who are necessarily and increasingly involved in individual, group, family, and community therapy of behavior disorders. This Handbook is designed to present a clear, specific, comprehensive, and integrated overview of progress in various modalities of psychiatric therapy. Chapters cover such subjects Genetic Counseling; Child Psychotherapy; Therapies of Austic Children; Trends in Adolescent Psychiatry; Youthful Offenders in Psychotherapy; Direct Psychoanalysis; Existential Theory and Therapy; Art Therapy; Aversion Therapy of Homsexuality; Therapy of Transvestism and Transsexualism; Treatment of Psychopaths; Pharmacotherapy of Tension and Anxiety; Family Therapy of Alcoholism; Prevention of Suicide; Dynamic Psychotherapy of the Aged; Music in Group Psychotherapy; and much, much more.

Hardcover

First published December 31, 1972