Get the Diagnosis Right

Jerome S. Blackman, M.D., has practiced and taught psychiatry, social work, psychology, and psychoanalytic students for over 35 years and is a recipient of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Edith Sabshin Award for Teaching. He is currently Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Virginia Wesleyan College; Training and Supervising Analyst, New York Freudian Society - Washington, D.C.; Fellow, American College of Psychoanalysts; Fellow, International Psychoanalytic Association; Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; Civilian Psychiatry faculty, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia; and Residency Training Committee member, American Psychoanalytic Association.

Part I: The Quick and Dirty. The Basics. A Bit More Detail. Essential Elaborations I: Deficit Disorders. Essential Elaborations II: Conflict Disorders. How to Do an Initial Interview Using Psychoanalytic Concepts--Brief Format: 24-41 Minutes. Part II: The Rest of the Story. Deficits in Basic Mental Functions--The Details with the Devil in them. Deficits in Control and Delay Mechanisms: The Nitty-gritty of Weakness. Object Relations Deficits and Self-Esteem Problems: Distance When You Least Expect It. Superego Deficits. Libidinal and Aggressive Drives. Affects--Your Feelings about Everything. Defenses--"How the Mind Shields Itself". Compromise Formations and Psychopathology-- Everything You Wanted to Repress about Conflict Disorders. Adult Psychiatric Evaluation: The Long Form.