Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Caring for the Treatment-Resistant Patient

The troubling increase in treatment resistance in psychiatry has many culprits: the rise of biomedical psychiatry and corresponding sidelining of psychodynamic and psychosocial factors; the increased emphasis on treating the symptoms rather than the person; and a greater focus on the electronic medical record rather than the patient, all of which point to a breakdown in the person-centered prescriber–patient relationship.

Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology illuminates a new path forward. It ex...