1. Notes from the editor

   • Erwin Randolph Parson

   EditorialNotes Pages: 77 - 81

2. Foreword

   • Sherman O. Schachter

   EditorialNotes Pages: 82 - 86

3. Toward engaging the difficult patient

   • Robert J. Fiore

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 106

4. The impact of the therapeutic environment

   • Herbert Sklar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 123

5. Working with the entitled patient

   • Ghislaine Boulanger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 124 - 144

6. Threats of suicide

   • Sherman O. Schachter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 163

7. To be or not to be a real object: Monitoring the therapeutic relationship

   • Stephen B. Goldman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 164 - 178

8. From acting out to verbalization

   • Arnold Brenner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 192

9. Contemporary media forum: Books, films, and audiocassettes

   • Diana R. Richman
   • Edward Conde
   • Frances Ginsberg

   BookReview Pages: 193 - 197