- Preface: About This Book
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Interpersonal Psychotherapy Platform
- 2 An Outline of IPT
- 3 What Is IPT?
- 4 Beginning IPT
- 5 Grief
- 6 Role Disputes
- 7 Role Transitions
- 8 Interpersonal Deficits (Social Isolation; No Life Events)
- 9 Termination and Maintenance Treatment
- 10 IPT Techniques and the Therapist’s Role
- 11 Common Therapeutic Issues and Patient Questions
- 12 Overview of Adaptations of IPT
- 13 Peripartum Depression
- 14 Depression in Adolescents and Children
- 15 Depression in Older Adults
- 16 Depression in Medical Patients
- 17 Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia
- 18 Bipolar Disorder
- 19 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- 20 Eating Disorders
- 21 Anxiety Disorders
- 22 Trauma- and Stress-Related Disorders
- 23 Borderline Personality Disorder
- 24 IPT Across Cultures and in Resource-Poor Countries
- 25 Group, Conjoint, Telephone, and Internet Formats
- 26 Training and Resources
- Appendix A Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
- Appendix B Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
- Appendix C Interpersonal Psychotherapy Outcome Scale, Therapist’s Version
- References
- About the Authors
- Index
(p. 72) Interpersonal Deficits (Social Isolation; No Life Events)
- Chapter:
- (p. 72) Interpersonal Deficits (Social Isolation; No Life Events)
- Author(s):
Myrna M. Weissman
, John C. Markowitz
, and Gerald L. Klerman
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med-psych/9780190662592.003.0008
This chapter covers the definition, goals, and strategies of the problem area regarding interpersonal deficits. Interpersonal deficits, loneliness, social isolation, or a paucity of attachments may be chosen as the focus of IPT if none of the other interpersonal problem areas exist. If any of the other problem areas can be found (grief, role disputes, or role transitions), the therapist should not use interpersonal deficits as the focus of therapy. IPT is a treatment designed to address life events, but this category covers those patients who present without acute life events. Case examples are included to illustrate the presenting problems and treatment strategies for two patients in whom this focus of interpersonal deficits was used: one had trouble making friends after college and the other had difficulties establishing romantic relationships with women.
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- Preface: About This Book
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Interpersonal Psychotherapy Platform
- 2 An Outline of IPT
- 3 What Is IPT?
- 4 Beginning IPT
- 5 Grief
- 6 Role Disputes
- 7 Role Transitions
- 8 Interpersonal Deficits (Social Isolation; No Life Events)
- 9 Termination and Maintenance Treatment
- 10 IPT Techniques and the Therapist’s Role
- 11 Common Therapeutic Issues and Patient Questions
- 12 Overview of Adaptations of IPT
- 13 Peripartum Depression
- 14 Depression in Adolescents and Children
- 15 Depression in Older Adults
- 16 Depression in Medical Patients
- 17 Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia
- 18 Bipolar Disorder
- 19 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- 20 Eating Disorders
- 21 Anxiety Disorders
- 22 Trauma- and Stress-Related Disorders
- 23 Borderline Personality Disorder
- 24 IPT Across Cultures and in Resource-Poor Countries
- 25 Group, Conjoint, Telephone, and Internet Formats
- 26 Training and Resources
- Appendix A Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
- Appendix B Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
- Appendix C Interpersonal Psychotherapy Outcome Scale, Therapist’s Version
- References
- About the Authors
- Index