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The purpose of this paper has been to define short-term psychoanalytic therapy. The case cited attempts to mark the difference between an analytically oriented approach and psychoanalysis as such. The goals, limitations, dangers and benefits have been indicated.
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Dr. Hewitt, a practicing psychiatrist, received his M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1946. In 1947–48 he was a Fellow in Neuro-psychiatry at The Graduate School, University of Minnesota Medical School. In 1948–49 he was a resident psychiatrist at Brooklyn State Hospital.
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Hewitt, C.C. Short-term analytic therapy. Am J Psychoanal 12, 69–73 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01872374
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01872374