Two play therapies applied by parents for darkness phobia in young children are compared. Seventy-eight children between the ages of 4 and 8 were recruited from twenty-seven schools. The participants were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions: bibliotherapy and games, emotive performances, and no treatment. The treatments were applied at home by parents who had previously been trai...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review of the evidence for the effectiveness of a range of possible treatments for depression in older people. DATA SOURCES Literature search using the PubMed, PsycInfo and Cochrane Library databases. DATA SYNTHESIS Treatments that have been suggested to be effective for depression were grouped under three categories: medical treatments, psychological treat...

This is the report of a somewhat standard psychiatric case which employed a treatment approach that is unusual in the psychotherapeutic literature and in my own practice as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. It concerns a 44 year old male, Mr. B, who was referred for psychiatric treatment by a psychoanalyst who had evaluated him for the workman's compensation board after he had suffered an indus...

INTRODUCTION Sex therapy techniques comprise behavioural and cognitive as well as psychodynamic and educational interventions, like reading ('bibliotherapy'), videotapes and illustrations of anatomical models. Contemporary approaches focus on desire, pleasure and satisfaction. DISCUSSION It is important to assess medical and biological factors involved in the genesis of sexual dysfunctions. S...