title: Psychoanalytically informed treatment of psychosis: reflections on its U.S. history and current dilemmas.
abstract: This paper reviews the history of psychodynamic treatment of psychosis in the United States, emphasizing the current severe problems in this area, and exploring their causes. It recommends that we bring back the older interpersonal, humanistic approaches, recognizing that reliance on salience-muting medications is both short-sighted and dangerous.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA. asilver@mdpsychotherapy.com
authors.forename: Ann-Louise S
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States