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Schizoid Personality Disorder
The Autism “Epidemic” Marches On: What is Driving Rates Even Higher?
May 26, 2011
A large and comprehensive study recently performed in Korea has produced a surprising and disturbing result. The rate of autism is reported to be an astounding 1 in 38...
The Little Psychotherapy Book: Object Relations in Practice
February 10, 2011
This book is recommended for therapy trainees who are interested in relational psychodynamic approaches and concerned with putting these seemingly abstract concepts into “real world” practice.
Update on Autism
October 15, 2010
Autism is demanding increased attention by professional and lay audiences; prevalence seems to be increasing. There are differing opinions about whether the increase is due to greater recognition and reporting, diagnostic expansion and substitution, or increasing acceptability.
Practice Management: Managing Risks When Practicing in Three-Party Care Settings
February 04, 2009
Following trends in medicine, psychiatry is faced with limited resources and third-party administration of resource allocation. This has affected psychiatric practice in many ways and altered the doc-tor-patient relationship. Trends toward resource-sensitive, third-party–related psychiatric practice may be accelerated by the current social concerns regarding the economy. Thus, an awareness of social context and the growing recognition that autonomy-enhancing alternatives to paternalistic care are fundamental to improve both the effectiveness and accessibility of care in limited-resource environments are each becoming vital for an informed clinical and risk-management practice perspective.1
The Rehabilitation of Oneness
June 01, 2007
He was young, schizoid, and had experienced brief periods of psychotic-like disorganization. We worked together in psychotherapy for many years. None of the then available psychotropic agents were helpful. He believed, however, that marijuana was helpful, and, if he smoked a joint in the hours preceding a session, his way of relating to me was different. He was less "there," more deeply into himself. His descriptions of the marijuana experience never varied. "I am," he would say, "at peace. I feel connected to everything. I am part of the universe, part of nature, part of God." He was, I thought, a person with significant ego boundary problems who, for the most part, maintained his basic sense of self by distancing himself from both the world and inner turmoil. Marijuana appeared to lead to the internal experience of greater connectedness and peace, although I felt he was less available to me after using it.
Unmasking Comorbid Pyromania and Psychosis in a Patient With Anorexia
August 01, 2006
Although psychosis is rare in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa restricting type, the possibility should be explored because it may be the underlying cause of the eating disorder.
Avoidant Personality Disorder: Boundaries of a Diagnosis
July 02, 2006
A discussion of the epidemiology, assessment, diagnostic dilemmas, and treatment of avoidant personality disorder.
A Woman Who Refused Treatment for a Paranoid Psychosis
July 01, 2006
Dr Muller describes a case of a patient with a paranoid psychosis who clearly needs help, yet refuses treatment.
Emotional Maltreatment of Children: Relationship to Psychopathology
June 01, 2006
Emotional maltreatment is of two major types: emotional abuse and emotional neglect. While emotional abuse is easier to identify, emotional neglect is subtler, possibly more damaging, and poses even more challenging barriers to definition and study.