Over the past two decades, the use of medication combined with psychotherapy or psychoanalysis has shifted from an infrequent occurrence to common practice. Concurrently, attitudes toward medication have changed from viewing this intervention as disruptive or as a last resort to a welcome aid in the psychotherapeutic or psychoanalytic process. However, this relatively rapid change has created difficulty in the integration of medication use into the psychotherapeutic setting. Psychotherapy and Medication is an exceptionally valuable and timely volume that provides psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals with information on how to work with medication theoretically, clinically, and technically in the context of a psychotherapeutic or psychoanalytic treatment.

Fredric N. Busch, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Inquiry. Dr. Busch has authored over 30 publications as well as 10 books or book chapters.

Larry S. Sandberg, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and adult psychiatry.

Introduction. Theoretical Bases of Combined Treatment. Getting Started with Medication. The Meaning of Medication. Clinical Values of Combined Treatment. Approaches to Treatment: The Prescribing Therapist. Split Treatment. Combined Treatment for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders. Complex Cases.