Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Clinical Psychology

Over the last two decades, Eastern psychology has provided fertile ground for therapists, as a cornerstone, a component, or an adjunct of their work. In particular, research studies are identifying the Buddhist practice of mindfulness--a non-judgmental self-observation that promotes personal awareness--as a basis for effective interventions for a variety of disorders.

The Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness is a clearly written, theory-to-practice guide to this powerful therapeutic approach (and related concepts in meditation, acceptance, and compassion) and its...

Suchtforschung galt bisher uberwiegend der Auseinandersetzung mit stoffgebundener Abhangigkeit, also der Abhangigkeit von bewusstseinsverandernden Substanzen. Die Entwicklung in den letzten Jahren aber macht deutlich, dass sich das fachliche und offentliche Interesse verstarkt auf die so genannten Verhaltenssuchte, die nichtstoffgebundene Abhangigkeit, richtet. Zu den Verhaltenssuchten werden exzessiv ausgeubte Verhaltensweisen gezahlt, die einen belohnenden Effekt haben und die Kriterien einer Abhangigkeit erfullen.

Die Anzahl an Betroffenen, die Beratung und Hilfe suchen,...

Das Lehrbuch listet die Krankheitsbilder anhand der ICD-10-Klassifikationen auf und stellt die psychischen Storungen hinsichtlich ihrer Epidemiologie, Psychopathologie, Atiologie und Diagnostik, aber auch neuartiger Therapiekonzepte dar. Viele Fallbeispiele dienen dabei der Vertiefung und helfen bei der Einpragung des Stoffs. Eingeflossen sind neueste Forschungsergebnisse aus der Pharmakologie, Psychotherapie und biologischen Psychiatrie. Das Lehrbuch begleitet die Einarbeitung in das Fachgebiet wahrend des Studiums oder in der Facharztausbildung.

Die in den USA entwickelte "Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" (TF-CBT), ein verhaltenstherapeutischer Ansatz zur Bearbeitung von Traumata und Trauer bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Der Therapieansatz wird sehr anschaulich, anhand konkreter Beispiele und direkt auf die Therapiesituation bezogen dargestellt:

• Arbeitsblatter,
• Beispieldialoge und
• spezifische Problem-Losung-Gegenuberstellungen

ermoglichen eine schnelle Umsetzung in die Praxis. Durch den modularen Aufbau des Buches konnen die 19 Komponenten des Programms, u.a. Auswirkungen von...

This book examines and describes aspects of acute grief that are peculiar to those who have lost an adult son or daughter. The essays in this volume express the view of scholars, clinicians, social workers, and individuals who have personally experienced the loss of an adult child. Each contributor describes his or her experiences within the scope of thanatology itself--a discipline whose focus is on the practice of supportive physical and emotional care for those whose lives are threatened, with an equal concern exhibited for the well-being of their family members. A philosopy of...

This book presents and illustrates the perspectives and roles of six disciplines on a multidisciplinary child-protection team. It is intended to be used as part of the academic preparation for professionals from the respective disciplines who are interested in working in the field of child abuse and neglect. It includes educational, legal, nursing, medical, psychological, and social work perspectives and principles, and practice for team development.

Chapter 1 discusses the history of multidisciplinary teams in child welfare services. Chapter 2 focuses on the organization and structure...

Benjamin B. Weybrew has developed the ABC model of stress built upon a foundation of nearly three decades of stress research with nuclear submariners. With its connotation as a fundamental or elementary principle of stress dynamics, the ABC model is based upon three basic concepts in learning and vector psychology: Antecedent conditions, Behavior, and Consequences. This model integrates Lewin's topological psychology with the major learning and perceptual theories. One of the major features of the book is the inclusion of preventive and therapeutic strategies for acute and chronic Patterns...

Using a method of critical correlation, the author recommends an interaction between clinical psychology and liberal theology which preserves their unique sources, methodologies, and content, while engaging in a mutually enriching dialogue. This work illustrates a constructive interaction between these disciplines by applying the concept of reconciliation derived from the Judeo-Christian tradition as a foundation for a normative and empirical theory of psychotherapy. Linguistic and phenomenological analyses of the cognitive, affective, behavioral, and conative dimensions provide an...

Emotional problems do not discriminate according to sexual orientation. Therefore, gay men have the same emotional difficulties as everyone else. When emotional problems in gay men are viewed solely as the product of sociopolitical events, it limits the therapeutic intervention to correction. Dr. Kantor asserts that the gay-aware supportive therapist can treat the emotional problem with a positive result by meeting the needs of the individual patient with a diagnosis-based treatment approach.

Supportive psychotherapy for gay men with emotional problems can eliminate a broad range of...

Synchronistic events can be explained fully in naturalistic terms. They comprise an instance of the uncanny as they return the individual subjectively to a period when the world, as the good parent, was sympathetically attuned to the individual's wishes and requirements. Jung invoked the spiritual, or the supernatural, or the paranormal to explain synchronicity rather than exploring the early stages of human existence.

Faber offers a critique of Jung's theory of synchronicity that develops an alternative to demystify synchronistic happenings by explaining them in purely naturalistic...

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used and thoroughly researched of all the objective personality assessment instruments. However, current norms for adolescents are based on cases drawn from studies conducted 25-45 years ago. This book presents the procedures used to develop contemporary adolescent norms and is intended to serve as a manual for their use. The study used 1315 randomly selected, non-paid adolescent males and females ranging in age from 13 through 17 years, who were screened for physically or mentally handicapping conditions that might...

Edmund Sullivan describes the working of his book as an elaboration of its title "Critical Psychology and Pedagogy: Interpretation of the Personal World." Sullivan thoroughly develops his meaning of critical psychology and demonstrates its relationship to the personal world. His bottom line: psychology is extraordinarily relevant to the current working of society, playing an important role in the organization and maintenance of its institutions. Developing this critical pedagogy for the interpretation of the personal world, Sullivan completes his work with concrete examples of how critical...

Bibace, Dillon, and Dowes articulate diverse aspects of partnerships, comparing them to traditional realtionships between professionals and patients, students, and research participants. Neither the editors nor the various contributors subscribe to one interpretation of Partnerships. Instead they subscribe to the assumption that there are multiple interpretations. These differences are based on many factors such as a professional's primary identity as clinician, teacher, or researcher. The possibilities presented will aid readers in enacting partnership relationships in their own...