title: Psychotherapy of a murderer: excerpts.
abstract: The psychotherapy of a murderer adjudged not guilty by reason of insanity is presented through dated excerpts from twenty-six months of process material. The patient was treated in a maximum security facility. The murder is interpreted psychodynamically as an identification with the aggressor, the patient's mother. It is also understood as a pathetic appeal for help.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D004325:Dreams; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D008297:Male; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*