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The Race Against Time

Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in the Second Half of Life

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  1. Robert A. Nemiroff

    1. School of Medicine, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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  2. Calvin A. Colarusso

    1. School of Medicine, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry (CIPS)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 1-8

  3. New Concepts in Adult Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. A Review of Adult Development

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 11-24

    3. The Literature on Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in the Second Half of Life

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 25-43

    4. Adult Development and Psychoanalytic Diagnosis and Treatment

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 45-57

    5. Adult Development and Transference

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 59-72

    6. Friendship in Midlife

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 73-93

  4. Clinical Presentations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-96
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    2. Turning Forty in Analysis

      • John M. Hassler
      Pages 97-115

    3. Discussion

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 117-120

    4. The Development of Intimacy at Age Fifty

      • Eli Miller
      Pages 121-141

    5. Discussion

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 143-145

    6. Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with a Sixty-Two-Year-Old Man

      • Jill E. Crusey
      Pages 147-166

    7. Discussion

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 167-170

    8. New Beginnings at Seventy

      • Gary A. Levinson
      Pages 171-188

    9. Discussion

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 189-193

    10. Psychotherapy with an Eighty-Year-Old Patient

      • Gene D. Cohen
      Pages 195-204

    11. Discussion

      • Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso
      Pages 205-207

  5. Critical Clinical Issues in the Treatment of Older Patients

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-210
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About this book

This is the second book in the pioneering investigation of adult develop­ ment by Robert A. Nemiroff and Calvin A. Colarusso. The first, Adult Development: A New Dimension in Psychodynamic Theory and Practice, ar­ rived to critical acclaim in 1981. It presented a psychodynamic theory of development during the second half of life and a model of normal adult functioning. This book is the logical sequel, expanding and elaborating the original formulations and applying them to the clinical practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Nemiroff and Colarusso demonstrate that these are appropriate techniques for patients in the second half of life, regardless of age. They lay to rest many stereotypes and myths that have long interfered with the dynamic treatment of older patients, and they propose exciting new conceptualizations such as that of adult develop­ mental arrests. The genetic approach reaches beyond childhood and adolescence and takes on important new meaning by incorporating an adult developmental past that influences both psychopathology and transference. The relationship between theory and therapy is richly demonstrated in the clinical presentations, including ten detailed case histories of pa­ tients between the ages of 40 and BO. These and other clinical discussions provide ample evidence that a psychodynamic approach that is based on a sound adult developmental psychology can be extraordinarily effective. They also demonstrate both the similarities and differences in working with older versus younger patients. This work is a major contribution in a long-neglected dimension of clinical psychiatry. SHERWYN M.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Medicine, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Race Against Time

  • Book Subtitle: Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in the Second Half of Life

  • Authors: Robert A. Nemiroff, Calvin A. Colarusso

  • Series Title: Critical Issues in Psychiatry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3481-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41753-5Published: 31 January 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-3483-3Published: 09 August 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3481-9Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 334

  • Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Psychiatry

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