On the prescribing analyst.
The value of medication for some patients in psychoanalysis serves to highlight the potential challenges of the medical analyst and invites exploration into possible motivations for assuming the prescribing role. Prescribing medication is one way in which the medical analyst integrates the dual identities of physician and analyst while dealing with significant cultural influences and intrapsychic tensions. Technical challenges posed by assuming the prescribing role are explored, as are the potential benefits of split treatment. The educational implications of this argument are discussed in relation to identity formation for candidates who are physicians.
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical Center and a Lecturer at Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
Larry S
LS
Sandberg
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D024382:Professional Role; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D011600:Psychopharmacology; D012008:Recurrence; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Medication; analyst's psychology; analytic candidates; lay analysis; mood disorders; physicians; prescriptions; psychiatry; psychopharmacology; split treatment