title: Psychotherapy with the substance-dependent physician: pitfalls and strategies.
abstract: Psychotherapy with substance-dependent physicians presents special problems. Accurate assessment and effective response is rendered difficult due to underrepresentation or denial by the patient and countertransference impediments to recognition and limit setting by the therapist. Case examples illustrate problems, pitfalls, and therapeutic strategies.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010815:Physician Impairment; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014167:Transference, Psychology