Current Psychiatry Reviews - Volume 14, Issue 3, 2018

Background: Short-term dynamic psychotherapy is a well-established treatment modality. Habib Davanloo, MD was a pioneer in bringing it to the forefront of psychotherapy. Objective: The aim of this paper is to highlight Habib Davanloo's unique contribution to the field of dynamic psychiatry and psychotherapy by tracing the development of his metapsychological theory of the unconscious, placing it in historical perspective. M Read More

Background: Davanloo's IS-TDP has gained attention as a uniquely targeted and effective short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Despite this awareness, the psychotherapeutic community seems relatively uninformed about his active teaching and research programs over the last decade. Method: The purpose of this paper is to update readers about several new metapsychological and technical concepts which have been d Read More

Background: Davanloo's ISTDP has been the subject of much focus and attention. He has published extensively on his earlier work. But many of his newer theories and techniques, developed during the last decade in the Montreal Closed Circuit Training Program, have not been disseminated as widely as his original publications. These include his opinions and theories on transference neurosis (and its various presentations), inter Read More

Background: Meaning Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) was developed by Breitbart and collaborators for patients with advanced cancer and suffering from an existential distress in the face of death. It was first settled in a group format (MCGP) and subsequently has been adapted to an individualized format (IMCP). To this point, MCP is adapted to cancer caregivers (MCP-C), cancer survivors (MCGP-CS), bereaved parents Read More

Background: First person, or subjective, experiences of persons with schizophrenia are recognized to play a fundamental role in the outcome. From psychoanalytic, existential, phenomenological, rehabilitation-oriented and dialogical perspectives, this review explores five descriptions of alterations in subjective experience, which are sometimes called self-disorders. While each provides rich accounts of these experiences, Read More

Background: Ethical dilemmas are common in the field of mental health, and often, ethical guidelines fail to provide clear courses of action. Historically, ethical decision-making models have been proposed which utilize a position rationality and positivism. While these ethical decision-making models have expanded over time to incorporate contextual factors, they often fail to adequately integrate personal imperatives Read More

Background: Studies on the effects of microorganisms living in the guts of human health and the etiopathogenesis of diseases, especially psychiatric disorders, have rapidly increased in recent years. According to the results of these studies, evidence has been found that there is direct and indirect (immune system) interaction between the microbiota bacteria and their metabolites and neurons. Objective: The purpose o Read More

Background: This study aims to review the connection between socioeconomic status and schizophrenia and the many ways by which social class of origin contributes to the epidemiology of schizophrenia. For almost a century, numerous studies have reported that the prevalence of schizophrenia varies by social class. A clear majority of these reports uncovered a significantly higher prevalence in the lower class. However, the spec Read More