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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 125, No. 5

Articles | November 01, 1968

Toward an Ego Psychological Appraisal of Drug Effects

LEOPOLD BELLAK; MARVIN HURVICH; MARK SILVAN; DAVID JACOBS

Am J Psychiatry 1968;125:593-604.

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Visiting professor of psychiatry, postdoctoral program for study and research in psychology, New York University

Research scientist, department of psychology, New York University

Associate professor of psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University

1968-69, American Psychiatric Association

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After reviewing various strategies of drug appraisal, the authors suggest a psychodynamic approach to the assessment of psychotropic drugs. They present ten ego functions and their component factors, as well as examples of how the functions are assessed from interviews, clinical psychological tests, and psychological laboratory procedures. Suggestions are offered for the use of these ego function measures in drug evaluation research.

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