RELIEF OF SUFFERING: OUR FUNDAMENTAL THERAPEUTIC VOCATION

• December 17, 2015,
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Pauline Pytka MD, FRCPC Medical care in general, and psychiatry specifically, has shifted from the principle of easing suffering to specific ‘approaches’ to the diagnosis and treatment of illness. It is easy to forget that we are r..

PSYCHODYNAMIC EMOTION FOCUSED THERAPIES: THE NEXT PSYCHIATRIC FRONTIER

• January 23, 2016,
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ALAN EPPEL MB, FRCPC Due to the increasing recognition among psychiatrists of the constraints of psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders, there has been an intensified interest in psychotherapies. Current research is focused o..

THE PSYCHIATRIST PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

• August 28, 2016,
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  Alan Eppel The nature and quality of the relationship between physician and patient is central to all therapeutic endeavors. The relationship is the pivot around which all other activities revolve. The attributes of the physician patien..