What is it about?
The article is about team work on an inpatient unit and a mentally ill patient,s effect on the team.
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Why is it important?
It is important to recognize that patients dynamics can have an important effect on the treating team.
Perspectives
My personal perspective is that people suffering bipolar illness in a manic phase can show the dynamics of patients suffering borderline personality disorder and when the mania resolves these characteristics disappear.
Maxine Sigman
McGill University Affiliated Health Sciences Library Consortium
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This page is a summary of: Unconscious Repetition of a Patient’s Dynamics on an Inpatient Unit: Treatment Challenges, American Journal of Psychotherapy, October 2018, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180012.
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