title: Changing the name of dementia during residency training: from medication management to CBT to psychodynamic psychotherapy.
abstract: In a psychiatry residency outpatient clinic, an elderly woman with dementia and depression is successively treated with medication management, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. In the course of the treatment, the patient and her therapist struggle with what she can hope for as her dementia progresses. The use of a transference-based psychotherapy deepens and complicates the interactions between patient and therapist, challenging the hopes of patient and therapist alike.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. Abraham.Nussbaum@dhha.org
authors.forename: Abraham M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nussbaum
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000193:education*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000193:education*; D014167:Transference, Psychology
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents