%0 Journal Article %T Psychodynamic Implications of Treating Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Survivors. %A Sayde GE %J Psychodyn Psychiatry %V 51 %N 2 %D 2023 06 %M 37260245 暂无%R 10.1521/pdps.2023.51.2.141 %X The author, an internist and psychiatrist who works with intensive care unit (ICU) patients, offers reflections and clinical insights on implementing a psychodynamic framework when treating survivors of critical illness. In this short essay, contributions from the critical care and psychoanalytic literature are included to highlight the significance of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) and the psychodynamic considerations that might enhance the treatment of this patient population.