Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Mental Health

Synthesizing insights from psychiatry, social psychology, and anthropology, Voices of Trauma: Treating Survivors across Cultures sets out a framework for therapy that is as culturally informed as it is productive. An international panel of 23 therapists offers contextual knowledge on PTSD, coping skills, and other trauma sequelae as they affect survivors of traumatic events. Case studies from Egypt to Chechnya demonstrate various therapeutic approaches (and the Cultural Formation of Diagnosis from the DSM-IV), often integrated with social agencies outside the clinical setting. Authors...

Recently, there has been a significant and healthy shift to establish the effectiveness of clinical practice, widely referred to as evidence-based medicine. This book fills a major gap in the practice literature for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychosocial care for their patients suffering from chronic pain or illness. Oxford University, a leader in evidence-based medicine, now has a master s program in evidence-based social work, the only one of its kind. Much of the practice of medicine is evidence based; however, much of the psychosocial care provided to patients is...

Memory is another central concern that flows from this, since...

Menschen mit Demenz stellen sowohl hinsichtlich der anthropologischen Debatte um die Beschreibung von Personalitat und Identitat als auch im Hinblick auf die Seelsorgepraxis eine theologische Herausforderung dar. In Bezug auf diese Herausforderungen entwickelt diese praktisch-theologische Untersuchung anthropologische und poimenische Antworten. Grundkategorien fur ein theologisches Demenzparadigma bilden hierbei die Gottebenbildlichkeit, die Fragmentaritat, die relationale Verfasstheit, die Leiblichkeit und die abschiedliche Existenz. Im Durchgang durch diese einzelnen Perspektiven werden...