The self-destructive behaviour manifest in anorexia nervosa is inevitably enacted in the therapeutic relationship in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and leads to difยฎcult clinical management problems. The therapist's ability to tolerate, reยฏect upon and use the countertransference may be essential in g
The use of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with intractable anorexia nervosa
โ Scribed by Ferguson, James M.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 503 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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