Over the past two decades, the use of medication combined with
psychotherapy or psychoanalysis has shifted from an infrequent
occurrence to common practice. Concurrently, attitudes toward
medication have changed from viewing this intervention as
disruptive or as a last resort to a welcome aid in the
psychotherapeutic or psychoanalytic process. However, this
relatively rapid change has created difficulty in the integration
of medication use into the psychotherapeutic setting. Psychotherapy
and Medication is an exceptionally valuable and timely volume that
provides psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and other mental health
professionals with information on how to work with medication
theoretically, clinically, and technically in the context of a
psychotherapeutic or psychoanalytic treatment. Important areas of
discussion include evidence that a change in the use of medication
has taken place, an examination of the factors that have led to
this shift, as well as a review of the issues and questions about
combining treatments. Psychotherapy and Medication also serves as a
framework in how to best answer the many questions that have arisen
as the willingness of analysts to use medication increases. Such
significant questions include: How should analysts introduce
patients to medication? What are the clinical advantages of
combined treatment? What is the impact of medication discussions
and prescribing on the analyst's role and how is this best handled?
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