The recommended readings in this bibliography address psychological aspects of patient care and are grouped into relevant categories.
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A-Tjak JG, Davis ML, Morina N, Powers MB, Smits JA, Emmelkamp PM: A meta-analysis of the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy for clinically relevant mental and physical health problems. Psychother Psychosom 2015; 84(1):30-36.
Denman C: What is the point of a formulation?, in Mace C (Ed), The Art and Science of Assessment in Psychotherapy. New York: Routledge, 1995. pp 167-181
Dindo L: One-day acceptance and commitment training workshops in medical populations. Curr Opin Psychol 2015; 2:38-42.
Harris R, Hayes SC: ACT Made Simple, An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2009.
Polk KL, Schoendorff B (Eds.): The ACT Matrix: A New Approach to Building Psychological Flexibility Across Settings and Populations. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2014.
Ruiz FJ: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus traditional cognitive behavioral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of current empirical evidence. Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica [International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy] 2012; 12(3):333.
Webster M: Rolling Back the Matrix, Rolling Back Addiction, in Polk KL, Schoendorff B (Eds), The ACT Matrix: A New Approach to Building Psychological Flexibility Across Settings and Populations. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2014, pp 77-92.
Janz NK, Becker MH, Hartman PE: Contingency contracting to enhance patient compliance: a review. Patient Educ Couns 1984; 5(4):165-178.
Kontos N, Freudenreich O, Querques J: Beyond capacity: identifying ethical dilemmas underlying capacity evaluation requests. Psychosomatics 2013; 54(2):103–110.
Kornfeld DS, Muskin PR, Tahil FA: Psychiatric evaluation of mental capacity in the general hospital: a significant teaching opportunity. Psychosomatics 2009; 50(5):468–473.
Saia M, Buja A, Mantoan D, et al: Frequency and trends of hospital discharges against medical advice (DAMA) in a large administrative database. Ann Ist Super Sanita 2014; 50(4):357-362.
Sim K, Gwee KP, Bateman A: Case formulation in psychotherapy: revitalizing its usefulness as a clinical tool. Acad Psychiatry 2005; 29(3):289-292.
Strada EA, Sourkes BM: Psychotherapy in the palliative care setting. Prim Psychiatry, May 2009; 16(5):34-40.
Beck JS: Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond (2nd ed). New York: Guilford Press, 2011.
Churchill R, Moore THM, Furukawa TA, et al: ‘Third wave’ cognitive and behavioural therapies versus treatment as usual for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013; Issue 10.
Huffman JC, Stern TA, Harley RM, Lundy NA: The use of DBT skills in the treatment of difficult patients in the general hospital. Psychosomatics 2003; 44(5):421–429.
Linehan MM: DBT® Skills Training Manual (2nd ed). New York: Guilford Press, 2014.
Fogel BS, Stoudemire A: Personality disorders in the medical setting, in Stoudemire A, Fogel BS, Greenberg DG (Eds), Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient (2nd ed). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp 443-458.
Groves JE: Management of the borderline patient on a medical or surgical ward: the psychiatric consultant’s role. Int J Psychiatry Med 1975; 6(3):337-348.
Groves JE: Taking care of the hateful patient. N Engl J Med 1978; 298(16):883-887.
Jimenez XF: Patients with borderline personality disorder who are chronically suicidal: therapeutic alliance and therapeutic limits. Am J Psychother 2013; 67(2):185-201.
Koekkoek B, van Meijel B, Hutschemaekers G: “Difficult patients” in mental health care: a review. Psychiatr Serv 2006; 57(6):795-802.
Zimmerman DJ, Groves JE: Difficult patients, in Stern TA, Fricchione GL, Cassem NH, Jellinek M, Rosenbaum JF (eds), Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry (6th ed). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier, 2010, pp 511-526.
Brendel RW, Wei M, Epstein LA, Cassem NH: Care at the End of Life, in Stern TA, Fricchione GL, Cassem NH, Jellinek M, Rosenbaum JF (Eds.), Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry (6th ed). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier, 2010, pp 555-564.
Brown JT, Stoudemire GA: Normal and pathological grief. JAMA 1983; 250(3):378-382.
Griffith JL, Gaby J: Brief psychotherapy at the bedside: countering demoralization from medical illness. Psychosomatics 2005; 46(2):109-116.
Yalom ID: Existential Psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books, 1980.
Blacher RS: The briefest encounter: psychotherapy for medical and surgical patients. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1984; 6(3):226-232.
Dubler NN, Liebman CB: Bioethics Mediation, A Guide to Shaping Shared Solutions (Rev. & expanded.ed). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2011.
Green SA. Principles of medical psychotherapy, in Stoudemire A, Fogel BS, Greenberg DG (eds), Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient (2nd ed). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp 3-15.
Lipowski ZJ: Consultation-liaison psychiatry: an overview. Am J Psychiatry 1974; 131(6):623-630.
Lipowski ZJ: Linking mental and medical health care: an unfinished task. Psychosomatics 1988; 29(3):249-253.
Ramchandani D, Lamdan RM, O’Dowd MA, et al: What, why, and how of consultation-liaison psychiatry. An analysis of the consultation process in the 1990s at five urban teaching hospitals. Psychosomatics 1997; 38(4):349-355.
Rosenbaum M, McCarty T: The relationship of psychosomatic medicine to consultation-liaison psychiatry. Psychosomatics 1994; 35(6):569-573.
Schlozmon SC, Groves JE, Gross AF, Weisman AD: Coping with illness and psychotherapy of the medically ill, in Stern TA, Fricchione GL, Cassem NH, Jellinek M, Rosenbaum JF (eds), Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry (6th ed). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier, 2010, pp 425-432.
Ursano RJ, Hales RE: A review of brief individual psychotherapies. Am J Psychiatry. 1986; 143(12):1507-1517.
Wahl CW: The technique of brief psychotherapy with hospitalized psychosomatic patients. Int J Psychoanal Psychother 1972; 1(4):69-82.
Walker A, Pao M, Nguyen N: Pediatric psychosomatic medicine: creating a template for training. Psychosomatics 2012; 53(6):532–540.
Krasner M, Epstein R: Mindful Communication: Bringing Intention, Attention, and Reflection to Clinical Practice. Curriculum Guide [PDF]. New York Chapter of the American College
of Physicians,
Physicians Foundation for Health Systems Excellence, 2010.
Krasner MS, Epstein RM, Beckman H, et al: Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians. JAMA 2009; 302(12):1284-1293.
Barnes AJ, Gold MA: Promoting healthy behaviors in pediatrics: motivational interviewing. Pediatr Rev 2012; 33(9):e57-68.
Miller WM, Rollnick S: Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (3rd ed). New York: Guilford Press, 2012.
Naar-King S, Suarez M: Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults. New York: Guilford Press, 2011.
Norcross JC, Krebs PM, Prochaska JO. Stages of Change. J Clin Psychol 2011; 67(2):143-154.
Prochaska JO, DiClemente CC: The transtheoretical approach, in Norcross JC, Goldfried MR (Eds), Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration (2nd ed). New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp 147-171.
Prochaska JO, DiClemente CC: Toward a comprehensive model of change, in Miller WR, Heather N (Eds), Treating Addictive Behaviors: Processes of Change. New York: Plenum Press, 1986, pp 3–27.
Rollnick S, Miller WR, Butler CC. Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior. New York: Guilford Press, 2012.
Rosengren DB: Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook. New York: Guilford Press, 2009.
Ainsworth MDS, Biehar MC, Waters E, Wall SN: Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation. New York: Psychology Press, 2015.
Auchincloss EL, Samberg E: Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012.
Berman L: Countertransference and attitudes of the analyst in the therapeutic process. Psychiatry 1949; 12(2):159-166.
Bird B: Notes on transference: universal phenomenon and hardest part of analysis. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 1972; 20(2):267-301.
Blumenfield M: The place of psychodynamic psychiatry in consultation-liaison psychiatry with special emphasis on countertransference. J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry 2006; 34(1):83-92.
Bowlby J: Attachment (2nd ed.), vol. 1 of the Attachment and Loss trilogy. New York: Basic Books, 1983. (First edition published 1969.)
Bowlby J: Separation: Anxiety and Anger, vol. 2 of the Attachment and Loss trilogy. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
Bowlby J: Loss: Sadness and Depression, vol. 3 of the Attachment and Loss trilogy. New York: Basic Books, 1980.
Bowman ES, Markand ON. Psychodynamics and psychiatric diagnoses of pseudoseizure subjects. Am J Psychiatry 1996; 153(1):57-63.
Ciechanowski P, Russo J, Katon W, et al: Influence of patient attachment style on self-care and outcomes in diabetes. Psychosom Med 2004; 66(5):720-728.
Ciechanowski P, Russo J, Katon WJ, et al. Relationship styles and mortality in patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care 2010; 33(3):539-544.
Freud S: Remembering, Repeating, and Working Through, in Strachey J (Ed. & Trans.), The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (Vol. 12). London: Hogarth Press, 1958, pp 147-156. (Original article by S. Freud published 1914.)
Gabbard GO: Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (3rd ed.). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2000, pp. 67-119.
Gabbard GO: Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2017.
Gottlieb RM: Psychosomatic medicine: the divergent legacies of Freud and Janet. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 2003; 51(3):857-881.
Grossman S: A psychoanalyst-liaison psychiatrist’s overview of DSM III. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1982; 4(4):291-295.
Grossman S: The use of psychoanalytic theory and technique on the medical ward. Int J Psychoanal Psychother 1984-1985; 10:533-548.
Hyland J, Book M: A psychoanalytic orientation to consultation-liaison psychiatry. Bull Menninger Clin 1981; 45(5):395-408.
Hyphantis TN, Arvanitakis KI: Physicians’ “compliance with treatment” in the context of consultation-liaison psychiatry: the role of “triangle” relationships and projective identification. Patient Prefer Adherence 2008; 2:189-193.
Jimenez XF, Thorkelson GD, Alfonso CA: Countertransference in the general hospital setting: implications for clinical supervision. Psychodyn Psychiatry 2012; 40(3):435-449.
Jimenez XF, Thorkelson GD. Medical countertransference and the trainee: identifying a training gap. J Psychiatr Pract 2012; 18(2):109-117.
Johnson JM, Beresin EV, Stern TA: Using Breaking Bad to teach about defense mechanisms. Acad Psychiatry 2014; 38(6):716-719.
Lefer J. The psychoanalyst at the medical bedside. J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry 2006; 34(1):75-81.
Lerner S, Jimenez XF: Empathic failures from the patient perspective: validation in the acute setting. Journal of Patient Experience 2015; 2(1):29-31. (Link is to full-text PDF.)
Levenson H, Servis M, Hales RE: Brief psychodynamic therapy in the medicaly ill, in Stoudemire A, Fogel BS, Greenberg DG (Eds.), Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp 17-30.
Lichtman C: Coping with loss, retribution, and closure in mediation. ACResolution Magazine, Spring 2006, pp. 36-37.
[For a copy of this reference, please contact the author at clichtman2@gmail.com.]
Lichtman C: Book Review: Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM). Psychosomatics 2008; 49(2):178–179.
Lichtman C: Psychosomatic Medicine: A Psychoanalyst’s Journey Through a Somatic World. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 2010; 30(5):380–389.
Lichtman C: The mind of a leaderless organization. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 2012; 32(4):412-423.
Karasu TB, Skodol AE: VIth axis DSM-III: psychodynamic evaluation. Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137(5):607-610.
Luborsky L. Principles of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Manual for Supportive- Expressive Treatment. New York: Basic Books, 1984.
McWilliams N: Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (2nd ed). New York: Guilford Press, 2011.
Mendelson M, Meyer E: Countertransference problems of the liaison psychiatrist. Psychosom Med 1961; 23:115-122.
Meyer E, Mendelson M: Psychiatric consultations with patients on medical and surgical wards: patterns and processes. Psychiatry 1961; 24:197-220.
Moore BE, Fine BD, editors: Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990.
Nierenberg HH: Symptom formation. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 1963; 11(1):161-172.
Parker JD, Taylor GJ, Bagby RM: Alexithymia: relationship with ego defense and coping styles. Compr Psychiatry 1998; 39(2):91-98.
PDM Task Force: Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual. Silver Sping, MD: Alliance of Psychoanalytic Organizations, 2006.
Perry S, Cooper AM, Michels R: The psychodynamic formulation: its purpose, structure, and clinical application. Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144(5):543-550.
Rizzuto AM: Psychoanalysis: the transformation of the subject by the spoken word. Psychoanal Q 2003; 72(2):287-323.
Weissman M, Markowitz J, Klerman GL: Clinician’s Quick Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Avila LA. Somatization or psychosomatic symptoms? Psychosomatics 2006; 47(2):163-166.
Bass C, Halligan P: Factitious disorders and malingering: challenges for clinical assessment and management. Lancet 2014; 383(9926):1422-1432.
Braun IM, Greenberg DB, Smith FA, Cassem NH: Functional Somatic Symptoms, Deception Syndromes, and Somatoform Disorders, in Stern TA, Fricchione GL, Cassem NH, Jellinek M, Rosenbaum JF (Eds.), Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry (6th ed). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier, 2010, pp 173-188.
Folks DG, Feldman MD, Ford CV: Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering, in Stoudemire A, Fogel BS, Greenberg DG (Eds), Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient (2nd ed). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp 459-476.
Griffith JL, Polles A, Griffith ME: Pseudoseizures, families, and unspeakable dilemmas. Psychosomatics 1998; 39(2):144-153.
Menza MA: A suicide attempt following removal of conversion paralysis with amobarbital. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1989; 11(2):137-138.
Pilowsky I: The concept of abnormal illness behavior. Psychosomatics 1990; 31(2):207-213.
Stoudemire A: Somatothymia (parts I and II). Psychosomatics 1991; 32(4):365-381.
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