Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Clinical Psychology

50th Anniversary Edition With a New Preface and Two Bonus Essays

The most influential critique of psychiatry ever written, Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists, Szasz argues, absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness. He also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of modern...

Lebensqualitat ist mehr als nur Gesundheit

Deutsche Kohortenstudie zur Frauengesundheit

Aber war macht die Lebensqualitat von Frauen heute aus? Weibliche "Lust, Leid und Lebensqualitat" ist das Thema der 1998 bundesweit angelegten (und noch immer fortlaufenden) "deutschen Kohortenstudie zur Frauengesundheit" Uber 10.000 Frauen zwischen 18 und 65 Jahren wurden zu einer grossen Bandbreite gesundheitsrelevanter Themen befragt.

Psychologische Fragen

Aus psychologischer Sicht stellt sich die Frage: Wie beeinflussen unterschiedliche Selbstbilder Frauen in ihrer gesundheitsbezogenen...

The women s movement of the 1960 s and 1970 s sparked an increased interest in gender research, which continues to the present time. Over the years, significant advances have been made, with improvements in methods, terminology, and breadth of content. The two-volume Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology brings these achievements into bold perspective by presenting both the current state of the field and an ambitious agenda for the future. The Handbook s major goals better communication between researchers, identification and addressing of knowledge gaps, elimination of bias in...

While the concept of "God in the courtroom" evokes a few grand images, there are numerous, often subtle, ways in which religion and law intersect. For example, religious beliefs might influence the decisions of legal decision makers, such as judges and jurors. Attorneys might rely on religion, both in the way they approach their professional practice generally and in specific trial tactics (e.g., using a scriptural rationale in arguing for a particular trial outcome). This book reviews legal developments and behavioral science research concerning the effects of religion on legal practice,...

A Public Health Perspective of Women's Mental Health

Edited by Bruce Lubotsky Levin and Marion Ann Becker

As many as one-half of all women in the U.S. will experience some form of mental illness in their lives-an especially distressing fact when health care budgets are in flux, adding to existing disparities and unmet health needs.

Written from a unique multidisciplinary framework, A Public Health Perspective of Women's Mental Health addresses today's most pressing mental health challenges: effective treatment, efficient...

Growing recognition of the role of behavioral health in overall health, the rise of health psychology, the trend toward interdisciplinary medicine--any number of factors have made clinical psychology an integral part of integrative care. Its applicability to the range of specialties, populations, and levels of care adds to its increasing necessity in diverse healthcare settings.

The Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings emphasizes evidence-based care and practical strategies for hands-on work with patients while illuminating the unique aspects of the...

Embitterment is a distinct state of mood known to everyone. It can be seen in the context of exceptional though "normal" negative life events. It is an emotional reaction e.g. to humiliation, to being severely disappointed by others, or to violations of basic values. Embitterment is accompanied by other emotions like feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, poor moods and a lack of drive, and aggression towards oneself and others. It can end in suicide or even murder-suicide and in a distinct pathological state known as "Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (PTED)." But despite the high...