Brain and Mind: Subjective Experience and Scientific Objectivity

ISBN-13: 9783319212869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 278 str.

Andreas Steck; Barbara Steck

Opis

Recent advances in the understanding of brain functions are reviewed in this text, along with how neurobiological research and brain imaging contributes to identifying and treating neurologic and psychiatric disorders.

Recenzje

"The purpose is to attempt to bridge the gap between objectivity in regards to neuroscience and the subjectivity of the self via clinical phenomena. ... The targeted audience includes psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychotherapists. ... This is a scholarly book, and each chapter ends with citations of the relevant scientific literature." (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2016)

Spis treści

Foreword by Mark Solms

 

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1

 

I CONSCIOUSNESS

The Problem of Consciousness

Neurobiology of Consciousness

Models of Consciousness

         The Global Workspace Model

         The Dynamic Core Model

         Epilogue

Conscious Perception

The Embodied Mind

Understanding the Human Brain by Studying Large Scale Networks

Challenges

 

II CLINICAL VIEW OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Introduction

The Pathophysiology of Reduced Consciousness

The Construction of the Conscious Brain

The Hierarchy of Consciousness

When Consciousness Fades

          Anesthesia

          Minimally Conscious State

Altered Consciousness in Neurological Disorders

          Disconnection and Neglect

          Epilepsy

          Narcolepsy

          Alzheimer’s disease

   

CHAPTER 2       

 

I MEMORY

Introduction

Different Types of Memory

The Dynamics of Memory Traces

The Molecular Biology of Memory

Neurogenesis: Links to Memory and Behavior

 

II CLINICAL VIEW OF MEMORY

The Memory Machinery

Infantile Amnesia

Mind, Time and Memory

          Mind and Time in Childhood and Adolescence

          Re-transcription of Memory

Amnesias and Memory Disorders 

          Transient Global Amnesia

          Chronic or Progressive Amnestic Disorders

 

CHAPTER 3

 

I EMOTIONS

Evolving Concept of the Limbic System

Emotion and Behavior

          Emotional Systems

          The Role of the Frontal Lobe

          Social Emotion and Social Norm 

 

II THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF

Brain Development and the Self

Psychological and Self - Development

          True and False Self

Early Parent - Child Relationship

          Parenthood

          Early Relationship Disorders

 

CHAPTER 4

 

I LANGUAGE

The Evolutionary Origin of Language

The Classical Language Regions         

          The Language Network

The Neural Basis of Speech Perception and Language

Language Learning Disorders       

 

II COMMUNICATION 

Introduction

Gestural Communication

Social Interactions or Proto-Conversations

Speech and Language

 

III MUSIC

Introduction

Music and the Brain

Music in Early Human Development

The Emotional Power of Music 

 

CHAPTER 5

 

STRESS AND TRAUMA

Stress and the Brain

Neurobiological Responses to Stress

          Stress and Mental Disor

ders

          New Avenues for Treatment

Psychic Trauma

Concepts

Psychic Trauma in Children

          Psychobiological Aspects

          Psychodynamic Aspects

          Symptoms and Phases of Psychic Trauma

          Familial Aspects

          Post-Traumatic Consequences

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Risk for Psychic Traumatization

          Children of Mentally or Somatically Ill Parents         

          Psychotherapeutic Interventions

          Adoption

 

CHAPTER 6

 

I PAIN AND MIND-BODY

Introduction

Pain Mechanisms and Functions

          The Affective Pain System 

          Notes on Chronic Pain 

 

II SOMATIZATION - PSYCHOSOMATICS

The Mind - Body Dilemma

Psychosomatics

          Speaking Body, Speechless Mind

Somatization in Children and Adolescents

 

CHAPTER 7

 

RESILIENCE

A Dynamic Concept

Gene - Environment - Interactions

          Adoption

Development

Temperament

Stress

Depression

Attachment

Resilience promotion

 

CHAPTER 8

 

GRIEF

Introduction

Prolonged Grief Disorder or Complicated Grief

Grief in Children and Adolescents

Pathological Grief and Secret

Transgenerational Transmission of T

raumatic Events

Neurobiology of Grief and Depression

          New Treatments for Depression

 

CHAPTER 9

 

DREAMS AND THE DREAMING BRAIN

History

The 24-Hour Brain

Neurophysiology of Dreams

Transition States of Sleep

Functions of Dreams

Lucid Dreaming

Daydreaming

Nightmares

Music in Dreams

Dream Work in Psychotherapy

 

CHAPTER 10

 

NOTES TO PSYCHOTHERAPY

Introduction

Dialogue between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

Transference and Intersubjective Relationship

Interpretation / Intervention

Psychoanalytical Therapy for Patients with Adverse Childhood Experiences

Psychotherapy in Children and Adolescents

          Indication for Psychoanalytical Therapy

          Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy

          Play

          Psychoanalytical Therapeutic Group Psychodrama

Psychopharmacological Treatment

Narratives

          Introduction

          Narratives in Psychotherapy     

 

 

 

O autorze

Andreas Steck

Professor of Neurology

University of Basel

Switzerland

Barbara Steck

Lecturer of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

University of Basel

Switzerland

Blurb

Recent advances in the understanding of brain functions are reviewed in this text, along with how neurobiological research and brain imaging contributes to identifying and treating neurologic and psychiatric disorders. Chapters focus on consciousness, memory, emotions, language, communication, trauma, pain and resilience, while exploring how stressful events impact mental health and interrupt the continuity of one's sense of self. Clinical vignettes of patients with neurological and mental affections reveal coping and grieving processes in dreams and narratives. This presentation of clinical experience with neuro-scientific evidence provides neurologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and psychologists with a coherent picture of the brain-mind relationship.