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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 123, No. 9

Articles | March 01, 1967

Two Different Kinds of Psychotherapy of Short Duration

PETER E. SIFNEOS

Am J Psychiatry 1967;123:1069-1074.

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Director, Inpatient and Outpatient Psychiatric Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston, Mass. 02114, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

1966-67, American Psychiatric Association

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The author presents a conceptual framework for two different kinds of psychotherapy of short duration, which he calls the anxiety-provoking and the anxiety-suppressive types. Criteria for the selection of patients and the techniques used in each type are described, and follow-up findings from the Massachusetts General Hospital are summarized.

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