Volume 36 · Number 5
MAY 2006
Psychodynamic Perspective on Combining Therapies
By Michelle B. Riba, MD, MS; Allan Tasman, MD
It is now common practice for psychiatrists to provide combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. The other articles in this issue discuss the relative merits of either one clinician providing both the pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy (integrated treatment), or two or more clinicians providing the medication and therapy (split treatment). Other related topics include treating patients with certain types of diagnostic problems (eg, personality disorders); particular types of psychotherapies that have been used as combined treatments (eg, cognitive-behavior therapy); and sequencing of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy (ie, whether they should be started at the same time or one before the other).
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. Riba is clinical professor and associate chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Tasman is professor and chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
Address reprint requests to: Allan Tasman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292-0001; or e-mail allan.tasman@louisville.edu.
Targeted Treatments: Harmonic or Sequential Augmentation
Jan Fawcett, MD
Combining Pharmacotherapy & Psychotherapy
Jesse H. Wright, MD, PhD;
Michael Hollifield, MD
A 28-year-old Woman and Her 58-year-old Mother With a Shared Psychotic Disorder
Nahla Mahgoub, MD;
Asghar Hossain, MD, DFAPA
The Rationale for Combining Medication and Psychotherapy
Glen O. Gabbard, MD
Combining Cognitive Therapy and Medication for Mood Disorders
Edward S. Friedman, MD;
Jesse H. Wright, MD, PhD;
Robin B. Jarrett, PhD;
Michael E. Thase, MD
Integrating Therapies for Anxiety Disorders
Michael Hollifield, MD;
Amanda Mackey, MD;
Jonathan Davidson, MD
Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Somatoform Disorders
Don R. Lipsitt, MD;
Vladan Starcevic, MD, PhD, FRANZCP
Integrated Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
John M. Oldham, MD
