RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Commentary: Psychotherapy in a Forensic Hospital
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 567
OP 571
VO 36
IS 4
A1 Papapietro, Daniel J.
YR 2008
UL http://jaapl.org/content/36/4/567.abstract
AB Very little is written in American forensic journals about psychodynamic psychotherapy for patients committed to forensic hospitals. Relatively little is known of the process of helping these patients cope with their mental illnesses, to gain insight into their crimes and their unconscious dynamics, or simply to cope with the dreary landscape of the forensic maximum‐security institution. In this commentary, the author hopes to shed light on some of those processes.