Psychopathology I
Adult Psychotherapy Program- First Yr. Class
David Cole, M.D.
Second Trimester 2014-15
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Institute for Psychoanalytic Education. The American
Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per hour of instruction.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Important Disclosure Information For All Learners: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to
disclose.
This course provides a foundation for the understanding of adult psychopathology from a
psychodynamic perspective. As such, it is divided in two parts. The first part of the course focuses on
basic psychodynamic concepts and the idea of psychodynamic theory as a model for understanding the
formation of symptoms. The second part of the course focuses on the psychodynamic understanding
and treatment of specific clinical “Axis I” diagnoses.
*- Available on P-E-P
Part I: PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Session 1
Neurosis, Psychosis, and the Ego
MacKinnon, R.A. & Michaels, R. (1971). The Psychiatric Interview, Chapter 2, pp. 65-85
*Freud, S. (1924). Neurosis and Psychosis. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological
Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XIX (1923-1925): The Ego and the Id and Other Works, 147-154
Session 2
Topographic and Structural Theory I
Arlow, J.A. & Brenner, C. (1964) Psychoanalytic Concepts and the Structural Theory. Chapters 1-3
(pp. 1-30)
Session 3
Topographic and Structural Theory II
Arlow, J.A. & Brenner, C. (1964) Psychoanalytic Concepts and the Structural Theory. Chapters 4-5
(pp. 31-55)
Session 4
Unconscious Defense
Blackman, J.S. (2004). 101 Defenses: How the Mind Shields Itself. Introduction & Chapter 1, pp. xii16 & 113-135.
Session 5
Kleinian Object Relations Theory
*Spillius, E.B. (2001). Freud and Klein on the Concept of Phantasy. The International Journal of
Psychoanalysis, 82:361-373
Session 6
Kohut’s Self-Psychology
*Kohut, H. (1979). The Two Analyses of Mr. Z. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 60:3-27
Session 7
American Relational Theory
Greenberg, J.R. & Mitchell, S.A. (1983). Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory, Introduction,
Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 12, 1-20 & 388-393
Part II:
CLINICAL SYNDROMES
Session 8
Depression
Gabbard, G.O. (2005). Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, Chpt. 8, pp. 213-241
Additional Reading
Maltsberger, J.T. (2004). The descent into suicide. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 85,
653-667
Session 9
Anxiety
Gabbard, G.O. (2005). Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, Chpt. 9, pp. 249-282
Additional Reading
Gabbard, G.O. (2001). Psychoanalytically-informed approaches to the treatment of obsessivecompulsive disorder. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 21, 208-221
Session 10
Trauma and Dissociation
Gabbard, G.O. (2005). Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, Chpt. 10, pp. 283-312.
Additional Reading
Shengold, L. (1992). Child abuse and treatment examined. Bulletin of the Anna Freud Centre, 15,
189-204