The Millennial Turn in Psychoanalysis.

Cultural changes that take place over time lead to shifts in our understanding of psychopathology, leading to revisions in our theories and techniques of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Shaped by the seismic changes in the culture that took place during their childhood years, millennials grew up with life experiences that were different from the previous generations. These unique experiences led to different problems in living for millennials.

Complex PTSD in ICD-11: A Case Report on a New Diagnosis.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has included complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) in the final draft of the 11th edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), which was published in June, 2018 and is scheduled to be submitted to WHO's World Health Assembly for official endorsement in 2019. Mental health providers will want to be informed about this diagnosis in order to provide effective treatment. Complex PTSD, or developmental PTSD as it is also called, refers to the constellation of symptoms that may result from prolonged, chronic exposure to traumatic experiences, especially in childhood, as opposed to PTSD which is more typically associated with a discrete traumatic incident or set of traumatic events.

Case formulation and the therapeutic relationship: the role of therapist self-reflection and self-revelation.

This article examines the role of the therapist's self-reflection and self-revelation in case formulation. We believe that a collaboratively constructed case formulation must always be considered in the context of an evolving therapeutic relationship. Further, self-reflection and self-revelation on the part of the therapist are critical for a more elaborate and nuanced case formulation and for understanding the patient.

Personality disorder and early therapeutic alliance in two time-limited therapies.

This study examined the relationship of pre-treatment personality disorder diagnosis to the quality of early therapeutic alliance in 145 patients randomly assigned to either cognitive behavioral therapy or brief relational therapy. The pre-treatment diagnosis was established by DSM-IV (SCID) and Wisconsin Personality Inventory. Quality of the alliance was assessed by patient and therapist reports using the 12-item Working Alliance Inventory, Session Evaluation Questionnaire, and direct questions of ruptures.