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Psychotic Depression: Psychoanalytic Psychopathology in Relation to Treatment and Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Charles Lund
Charles Lund*
Affiliation:
Regional Department of Psychotherapy, Claremont House, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA
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Abstract

Jacobson's theory of affects and psychotic depression can be of benefit to the management of patients, even when recourse to physical therapies is required. Awareness of such psychodynamic issues would improve staff training, morale, and practice; rotation schemes for junior staff may have serious effects through the abandonment of patients and established therapeutic relationships.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 4 , April 1991 , pp. 523 - 528
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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