title: A psychotherapeutic approach to severely depressed patients.
abstract: Even severely depressed patients respond to psychotherapy. A knowledge of the psychodynamic patterns of the life of depressed patients is required for effective therapy. The psychodynamics and main psychotherapeutic procedures for the treatment of two common types of severe depression are described.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012649:Self Concept