Discusses aspects of narcissistic rage and shows how unconscious efforts to get back at one's imagined deprivers can be a major expression of that rage as well as a major aspect of masochism. Examples illustrate revengeful operations and the use of group psychotherapy as an ideal treatment mode. (Author/BEF)

Research supported by a National Institute of Mental Health predoctoral research fellowship (1-F1-MH-36960-01).

Compared film programs on family violence and alcoholism, in an alcohol rehabilitation program. Patients (N=77) were evaluated for their reactions to the two film programs. A majority of patients rated the film program on family violence very highly, indicating a need for such interventions in alcohol rehabilitation. (JAC)

Skilled patients spoke, looked, smiled and gestured more than unskilled patients. They also showed more behavior variability in response to situational changes. Unskilled patients were deficient in component behaviors and in monitoring and other process skills. Deficiencies in speech contributed to impressions of social incompetence. (Author/BEF)

Few, if any, studies exist in which the helpfulness of particular responses in context have been evaluated by the involved clients or counselors due to the lack of an adequate method for obtaining evaluations of the impact of individual counselor responses. The development of Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) provides a research tool which allows…

The first author presents her reviews on death based on her experiences as a nurse and a wife whose husband had a terminal illness. The second author presents a poem expressing his views on death while he was dying of a terminal illness. (HLM)