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Transient paranoia and the ‘gift’ in terminal illness
Author(s) -
Moss Donald
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1980.tb01431.x
Subject(s) - paranoia , psychology , psychoanalysis , panic , psychotherapist , intervention (counseling) , transient (computer programming) , terminal (telecommunication) , psychiatry , anxiety , computer science , telecommunications , operating system
A case report of a transient paranoia in a man with a terminal illness is presented with three basic aims: (1) to highlight the delicate nature of the treatment of the gravely ill and to illustrate what may have been an iatrogenic panic; (2) to examine the development of the symptoms in such a way as to suggest a theoretical synthesis of the views of Kurt Eissler and those of D. W. Winnicott; (3) to illustrate the dramatic effect of a brief, dynamically informed intervention.