George Spyros Philippopoulos

Three Cases of Cardiospasm Treated Successfully with Psychotherapy

3 cases of cardiospasm successfully treated by psychotherapy are reported and some catamnestic conclusions and remarks are given after a follow-up of the patients for 10, 9 and 8 years, respectively. Unlike the clinical symptomatology, which was almost identical in all 3 cases, the precipitating factors, the deeper meaning and the unconscious symbolism of the symptoms were quite different but specific for each one of the patients. Some more thoughts are also given in the paper with reference to the clinical criteria to be considered when evaluating the final therapeutic results of the technique of the therapy applied.

Dynamics in art group psychotherapy with psychosomatic patients.

This paper aims at giving the reader an idea of our experience in the area of, as well as shedding some light on the dynamics operating in AGP.

Psychodynamic approach to the most common psychiatric disorders in the elderly.

It should be emphasized that it was difficult for the author, if not impossible, to sort out any specific dynamic factor(s) or unconscious motive that could explain fully and appropriately the protean psychopathology of the patients seen and followed-up in his series. A multifactorial pathogenesis should be taken into consideration in such or similar cases. On the other hand, to make any attempt at an overall or generalized dynamic formulation in the elderly should, in the authors opinion, be out of the question.