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Book SynopsisGhaemi shows how the historical role of the BPS model as a reaction to biomedical reductionism is coming to an end and urges colleagues in the field to embrace other, less-eclectic perspectives.Trade ReviewGhaemi's book is highly relevant. It is also very well written and appears meticulously researched, and it should be of interest to everyone with a professional relation to psychiatry. Hereby recommended. -- Anders Jorgensen Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Provocative... Ghaemi claims that one should leave muddled views behind and recognize that humanism in medicine is compatible with the bio-physiological model. The author offers William Osler's humanism and Karl Jasper's method-based existentialist psychiatry as exemplars. Essential. Choice This is a thoughtful and well-researched book. At minimum, it is an essential read for academic psychiatrists and residents involved in teaching and learning. More broadly, it is a good read for anyone interested in the historical and philosophical aspects of psychiatric theories. -- Hamid R. Tavakoli, MD Psychiatric Times Impassioned and thoughtful... Ghaemi has produced both a penetrating analysis of the ascent of the biopsychosocial model as a psychiatric theory-of-everything and a weapon designed to bring about its decline. -- Nicholas Kontos, M.D. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry A provocative and valuable piece of scholarship. -- Gerald N. Grob Bulletin of the History of Medicine This book is especially suited for those who want to ponder the direction of our field and who worry about the theoretical disorientation of modern psychiatry and our resulting need for deep organizing principles. Ghaemi's grasp is wide. His book will be as much disturbing as satisfying but will provide the reader a sense of where our field has been and where it may need to go. -- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry It may become an influential, revolutionary book... Stimulating and thought provoking. -- Victor A. Colotla PsycCRITIQUES A psychiatrist criticizes the idea of psychiatric disease as a product of biological and social factors. Science NewsTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Rise of the Biopsychosocial Model1. The Perils of Open-mindedness: Adolf Meyer's Psychobiology2. So Many Theories, So Little Time: The Rise of Eclecticism3. Riding Madly in All Directions: Roy Grinker's "Struggle for Eclecticism"4. A New Model of Medicine: George Engel's Biopsychosocial Model5. Before and After: Precursors and Followers of the Biopsychosocial Model6. Cease-fire: Ending the Psychiatric Civil WarPart II: The Fall of the Biopsychosocial Model7. Drowning in Data8. Teaching Eclecticism9. Psychopharmacology Awry10. The Vagaries of the Real WorldPart III: What Next?11. The Limits of Evidence-Based Medicine12. Osler's Ghost13. The Two Cultures14. Between Science and the Humanities15. The Meaning of Meaning: Verstehen Explained16. The Beginning of a Solution: Method-Based Psychiatry17. A New Psychiatric HumanismAfterword: Pre-empting the Straw ManAppendix: How Can We Teach It? A Proposal for Education of PsychiatristsNotesA Brief Glossary of ConceptsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA.- B.- C.- D.- E.- F.- G.- H.- I.- J.- K.- L.- M.- N.- O.- P.- Q.- R.- S.- T.- U.- V.- W.- X.- Y.- Z.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This reference focuses on a very specific subject--hallucinations and associated sensory and perceptual phenomena. It provides a comprehensive, up-to-date listing of words, terms, concepts, and people associated with its subject. … Entries are arranged alphabetically and are clearly delineated from one another. Each is accompanied with source references, enabling readers to delve more deeply into the topic. … it will be most useful for a highly specialized audience of mental health professionals and scientists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Researchers/faculty and professionals/practitioners.” (C. L. Mejta, Choice, October, 2010)“Blom, a Dutch clinical psychiatrist who specializes in psychotic disorders and has a Ph.D. in philosophy, aims to reexamine the concepts behind hallucinations from classic psychiatry and incorporate them into current research. … Cross-references are listed throughout the book. … Recommended—this is an original work that will serve as a starting point for health professionals trying to understand various hallucinations. … this book is an appropriate purchase for academic and medical libraries.” (Rebecca Raszewski, Library Journal, September, 2010)“I was pleasantly surprised therefore to find that this is a very solid, workman-like scientific text. … I am very glad to welcome this one. … an extremely well laid out reference book. … The topic is of importance to psychiatrists, neurologists and clinical psychologists. Academic or medical libraries catering for those disciplines can be warmly recommended to consider this for acquisition. … I hope that this adds up to an adequate market for a well-wrought reference book.” (Martin Guha, Reference Reviews, Vol. 25 (1), 2011)“The aim of this dictionary is to make such a body of work more accessible by providing an alphabetical list of key terms and concepts. … Much of what is covered is as one would expect … . would undoubtedly be of interest to anyone curious about the history and nuances of descriptive psychopathology … . I would therefore recommend this book for reference … . It would be a good addition to a reference library … .” (Stephen Ginn, Journal of Mental Health, Vol. 20 (1), February, 2011)Table of ContentsA.- B.- C.- D.- E.- F.- G.- H.- I.- J.- K.- L.- M.- N.- O.- P.- Q.- R.- S.- T.- U.- V.- W.- X.- Y.- Z.

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Table of Contents1. History of Anorexia Nervosa.- Early Observations.- Chlorosis.- Early Treatment.- Anorexia in Victorian Times.- Gull and Laseque.- The Biological Era.- The Psychoanalytic Era.- Anorexia Today.- Summary.- References.- 2. A History of Bulimia.- References.- 3. The History of Obesity.- References.- 4. The Presentation of Obesity.- What is Obesity?.- Summary: How the Patient Presents.- References.- 5. The Biological Basis of Bulimia.- Brain Regulation of Appetite and Feeding.- Bulimia and Affective Disorders.- Drug Trials I—Suggested by Theorized Relationship of Bulimia to Affective Disorders.- Drug Trials II—Suggested by Theorized Relationship of Bulimia to Seizure Disorder.- Drug Trials III—Suggested by Theorized Neurotransmitter Control of Appetite.- Conclusion.- References.- 6. Biological Factors in Obesity.- Overview.- Genetics.- Perinatal Factors.- Neuroanatomy and Neurochemistry of Eating.- Nutritional Factors.- Metabolic Factors.- Biological Models of Obesity.- References.- 7. Clinical Laboratory Aspects of Eating Disorders.- General Laboratory and Medical Considerations.- Basal Luteinizing, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, and Gonadotropin Releasing Factor (GnRF) Challenge Studies.- Basal Thyroid, Prolactin, Growth Hormone, and TRH Challenge Testing.- Dexamethasone Suppression Testing.- Drugs of Abuse, Diuretics, and Laxative Testing.- Additional Considerations.- Conclusion.- References.- 8. Neuropsychiatric Approach to the Eating Disorder Patient.- Medical Mimics.- Neuropsychiatric Investigation.- Clinical Example.- References.- 9. Anorexia in the Elderly.- References.- 10. Depression and Eating Disorders.- Frequency of Depression.- Family Studies.- Antidepressant Treatment.- Polysomnography.- Positron Emission Tomography.- Neuroendocrinology.- Neurochemistry.- Summary.- References.- 11. Sexual Abuse and Its Relationship to Eating Disorders.- References.- 12. Males with Eating Disorders.- Anorexia Nervosa.- Bulimia Nervosa.- Conclusion.- References.- 13. The Medical Care of the Patient with an Eating Disorder.- Endocrine and Metabolic Complications.- Cardiac Complications.- Gastrointestinal Complications.- References.- 14. Pediatric Management of Eating Disorders.- Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia.- Specific Organ System Involvement.- Obesity.- Summary.- References.- 15. The B.A.S.H. Approach.- Program Structure.- The “Significant Other”.- Religion.- Evaluation.- Conclusion.- References.- 16. The Hospital Treatment of Eating Disorders.- Indications for Hospitalization.- Treatment Interventions.- Treatment Planning.- Conclusion.- References.- 17. The Treatment of Obesity.- Defining Obesity.- Weight Loss.- The Diet.- Behavior Therapy.- Weight Loss Programs and Products.- Conclusion.- References.- 18. Eating Disorders and Drug and Alcohol Dependency.- Definitions and General Characteristics of the Disorders.- Prevalence of the Disorders.- The Co-occurrence of Alcohol and Drug Dependence and Eating Disorders.- Familial Rates in the Disorders.- Common Interactions Between the Disorders.- Treatment.- Future Research.- References.- 19. Occupational Therapy Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa.- Occupational Behavior: A Model of Practice.- Treatment Strategies, Assessment, and Treatment Intervention.- Assessment.- Summary.- References.- 20. Occupational Therapy Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa.- Bulimia Nervosa.- A Theoretical Model in Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa: Occupational Behavior.- Summary.- References.- 21. Dietary Management of Eating Disorders.- Nutrition Assessment.- Eating Disorders.- Anorexia Nervosa.- Bulimia.- Obesity.- Summary.- References.- 22. Administration and Management of Eating Disorders Units.- Admission Criteria and Procedure.- Nutritional Assessment and Treatment.- Patient Classification.- Quality Assurance and Control.- Unit Standards.- Conclusion.- References.- 23. Literary Resources.- Birth of the Modern (Paul Johnson).- Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe).- Bread and Chocolate (Francis Brusati).- Decameron (Giovanni Bocaccio).- Dinner at Eight (George S. Kaufman/Edna Ferber).- Dinner for Adele (Oldrich Lipsky).- English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (J.J. Jessread).- Fatso (Anne Bancroft).- Georgy Girl (Silvio Narizzino).- Good Fellows (Martin Scorcese).- Le Morte D’Arthur (Sir Thomas Mallory).- Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka).- Nina’s Book (Eugene Burdick).- Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais).- Satyricon (Titus Petronius Arbiter).- Sermons (Bernard of Clairvaux).- The Physiology of Taste (Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin).- Voss (Theodore White).

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Book SynopsisThis book opens by examining the phenomenology, epidemiology, and etiology of phobias, then covers assessment strategies, empirically sound one-session treatment methods, and special topics, providing coverage geared to researchers as well as practitioners.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The current text is indeed a welcome addition to the literature because of its breadth of coverage but also because it provides an up-to-date overview of the literature. … For therapists who regularly treat clients with specific phobias, the text really is a must have. … For those with a more academic or research interest in the treatment of specific phobias, not only does the text provide an up-to-date overview of OST research, but it also highlights where gaps remain.” (Robert J. Edelmann, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (7), February, 2013)Table of ContentsPreface; T. E. Davis III, T. H. Ollendick, L.-G. Öst.- PART I: SPECIFIC PHOBIA ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT.- Chapter 1: Specific phobia—Phenomenology, Epidemiology, and Etiology; P. Muris, H. Merckelbach.- Chapter 2: Evidence-based Assessment and Treatment of Specific Phobias in Adults; H. K. Hood, M. M. Antony.- Chapter 3: Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment of Specific Phobias in Children and Adolescents; T. H. Ollendick, T. E. Davis III.- PART II: ONE-SESSION TREATMENT FOR SPECIFIC PHOBIA IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN.- Chapter 4: One-Session Treatment: Principles and Procedures with Adults; L.-G. Öst.- Chapter 5: One-Session Treatment: Principles and Procedures with Children and Adolescents; T. E. Davis III, T. H. Ollendick, E. T. Reuther, M. S. Munson.- Chapter 6: Real-World Applications of One-Session Treatment; L. Reuterskiöld, L.-G. Öst.- Chapter 7: Handling Difficult-to-Treat Cases of Specific Phobias in Childhood and Adolescence; T. H. Ollendick, V. C. Sirbu.- PART III: SPECIAL TOPICS ON THE INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PHOBIAS.- Chapter 8: Training Therapists in One-Session Treatment and Assessing Their Competence; L.-G. Öst.- Chapter 9: Interventions for Specific Phobia in Special Populations; B. M. Rudy, T. E. Davis III.- Chapter 10: Ethical Issues When Considering Exposure; K. B. Wolitzky-Taylor, M. A. Viar, B. O. Olatunji.- Chapter 11: Empirical Status of One-Session Treatment; T. E. Davis III, W. S. Jenkins, B. M. Rudy.- Chapter 12: Using Virtual Reality and Other Computer Technologies to Implement Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Youth; L. D. Miller, C. Silva, S. Bouchard, C. Bélanger, T. Taucer-Samson.

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Book SynopsisWhy and how do music and abstract art pack such universal appeal? Why do they often have 'therapeutic' efficacy?Between Couch and Piano links well-established psychoanalytic ideas with historical and neurological theory to help us begin to understand some of the reasons behind music's ubiquity and power. Drawing on new psychoanalytic understanding as well as advances in neuroscience, this book sheds light on the role of the arts as stimulus, and as a key to creative awareness. Subjects covered include:* music in relation to the trauma of loss* music in connection with wholeness and the sense of identity* the ability of music to jump-start normal feelings, motion and identity where these have been seemingly destroyed by neurological disease* the theory of therapeutic efficacy of music and art. Between Couch and Piano is a comprehensive overview that will be of interest to all those intrigued by the interrelation of psychoanalysis and the creative arts.www.psychoanalysisarena.comTrade ReviewBetween Couch and Piano is an enjoyable read, both for its insights correlating psychoanalysis and art - especially music, which the author thinks is inherant to all art - and because of its jargon-free clarity. The book is at once a meditation on the power of music and the summary of a life's work in psychoanalysis. - Donald Kuspit, Professor of Art History and Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony BrookThe developmental scope of his inquiry is no less that cradle-to-grave Dr Rose again reveals himself as both humanist and master clinician. - Stuart Feder, The New York Psychoanalytic Institute and Juilliard, New YorkTable of ContentsKramer, Foreword: A Musician Listens to a Psychoanalyst Listening to Music. Preface. Between Words and Music. On the Shores of Self: Beckett's Molloy (1973). Whence the Feelings From Art: Communication or Concordance? The Music of Time in Faulkner's Light in August (1980). Music as Temporal Prosthesis. In Pursuit of Slow Time: Modern Music and a Clinical Vignette (1987). The Birth of Music in the Context of Loss: Music and Affect Regulation. The Power of Implicit Motion: It Goes Straight Through. A Psychoanalyst Listens to a Musician Listening to Himself Composing. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisKazimierz Dabrowski refers to his view of personality development as the theory of positive disintegration. He defines disintegration as disharmony within the individual and in his adaptation to the external environment. Anxiety, psychoneurosis, and psychosis are symptoms of disintegration. In general, disintegration refers to involution, psychopathology, and retrogression to a lower level of psychic functioning. Integration is the opposite: evolution, psychic health, and adequate adaptation, both within the self and to the environment. Dabrowski postulates a developmental instinct—that is, a tendency of man to evolve from lower to higher levels of personality. He regards personality as primarily developing through dissatisfaction with, and fragmentation of, the existing psychic structure—a period of disintegration—and finally a secondary integration at a higher level. Dabrowski feels that no growth takes place without previous disintegration. He regards symptoms of anxiety, psychoneurosis, and even some symptoms of psychosis as the signs of the disintegration stage of this evolution, and therefore not always pathological.

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Book SynopsisOriginal edition reissued in 2023 with new cover. This is a print on demand title and is not held in stock. The delivery leadtimes will be longer. Have you ever asked yourself what is mental illness? Have you ever wondered what it is like to live with a mental illness? “The Split Mind” enters into the psyche of a person with paranoid schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is an illness that is marked by delusions and disturbed thought. The patient’s state of mind will usually remain in a highly irrational or illusionary state. The patient then loses his sense of the real world, in favour of a world that is based purely on false beliefs. This illness inevitably splits the patient’s focus out of the real world, into a world based on falsehoods and unattested thoughts. According to researchers, schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance. In effect, there are abnormal levels of different neurotransmitters within the patient’s brain. Dopamine may be a key neurotransmitter behind delusional thoughts. This chemical imbalance can be corrected through medications or other varying methods. Nevertheless, scientists, as of yet, have not discovered a permanent cure. The recovery process for the patient will usually be slow because he must take certain steps to ensure that a relapse will never occur. As an illness, schizophrenia may be no different from any other disease. It is a disease that affects the human brain. No patients develop schizophrenia because of any psychological or behavioural problems. It is a genetic disease that is highly treatable, and through perseverance, highly recoverable.

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Book SynopsisDeconstructing ADHD: Mental Disorder or Social Construct? is the third volume of the Ethics International Press Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry Series. Understanding the current systems of psychology and psychiatry is profoundly important. So is exploring alternatives. The Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry Series presents solicited chapters from international experts on a wide variety of underexplored subjects. This is a series for mental health researchers, teachers, and practitioners, for parents and interested lay readers, and for anyone trying to make sense of anxiety, depression, and other emotional difficulties. Millions of children and their parents worldwide are affected by the current biomedical paradigm by which childhood mental illnesses are addressed. This volume focuses on the mental disorder known as ADHD and examines whether or not it should be considered a mental disorder, and how the observable behaviors that get a child an ADHD label can be remediated without the use of powerful gateway chemicals.

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Book SynopsisThe new Mental Act, amending the 1983 Act, was passed in 2007 and came into operation only this year. The new Mental Capacity Act was passed in 2005 and came into operation in 2007. Together they represent major changes in how mental health professionals should care for their patients, reflecting the shift from institutional to community care that has taken place since 1983. Crucially the new Mental Health Act redefines mental disorder and removes the 'treatability' test. These and other changes have caused great controversy, but now the new legislation is in place there is a need to understand what it means for the individual practitioner when making decisions about the care of individual patients. "Essential Mental Health Law" is the practical guide that will provide this understanding. Neutral on the wrongs and rights of the new legislation, it sets the controversy on one side to help psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, mental health nurses and social workers with the day to day application of the law in clinical practice. Non-specialist lawyers will also find it invaluable.Table of ContentsIntroduction/Overview; 1. Mental disorder, including Personality disorder; 2. Compulsory admission to hospital and renewal; 3. Consent to treatment; 4. Professional roles; 5. Advocacy and the nearest relative; 6. Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers; 7. Supervised Community Treatment and Guardianship; 8. After-care; 9. Children and young people; 10. Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence; 11. Police powers; 12. Risk assessment and management; 13. The Mental Capacity Act 2007; 14. The deprivation of liberty safeguards.

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Book SynopsisWritten by Eduard Vieta, a world renowned award winning expert in this field, Managing Bipolar Disorder in Clinical Practice, Third Edition, is an up-to-date, concise practical handbook developed with the clinician in mind. Including the most recent clinical guidelines, including the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) and Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines, this handbook is intended to highlight every major aspect of this serious mental health disorder, including assessment, treatment, long-term management, and recent developments.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews of the third edition:“The purpose is to inform readers about bipolar disorder and illustrate different treatment modalities of the various phases of this disease in a succinct manner. Given the significant prevalence, chronicity, high risk of inappropriate diagnosis, and the impact on the quality of life for those who suffer from bipolar disorder, this book is needed. … This would be helpful for anyone who treats patients with bipolar disorder, particularly primary care providers because it presents the basic facts.” (Aaron Plattner, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2014)Table of ContentsOverview of bipolar disorder.- Psychosocial consequences.- Etiology and disease course.- Assessment and diagnosis.- Suicide risk.- Overview of management options.- Pharmacological management of depressive episodes.- Pharmacological management of manic episodes.- Treatment-resistant bipolar disorder.- Psychosocial interventions.

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative resource for understanding the nature of mental illnesses and for pointing the way to treatment, written by two eminent mental health professionals with almost a century of academic achievement and clinical experience between them. Many of us take our mental health for granted. But we can feel overwhelmed when confronted by mental illness in ourselves, a family member, or a friend. Troubled Minds is an invaluable guide for anyone whose life has been touched by mental ill-health and who wants to understand and deal effectively with it. It serves as an ideal introduction to common mental illnesses, developmental disorders, and neurological variations that can lead to distress such as autism, anorexia nervosa, anxiety, depression, alcoholism, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dementia. Innovative chapters cover mental health problems of children and adolescents, and how we have the potential to promote our own mental health and wellbeing. Bloch and Haslam tell illuminating stories of people they have treated, discuss public figures who have wrestled with mental ill-health, and share their personal experiences. Their book is informed by the latest research, warmed by lived experience and empathy, and seasoned by the insights of philosophers, writers, and artists. Troubled Minds is essential reading for anyone who seeks deeper psychological insights to help deal with the challenges of contemporary life. It is a balanced and accessible account of a subject that is of profound significance in everyone's life.

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Book SynopsisThe importance of conducting empirical research for the future of psychodynamics is presented in this excellent new volume. In Handbook of Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice, the editors provide evidence that supports this type of research for two primary reasons. The first reason concerns the current marginalization of psychodynamic work within the mental health field. Sound empirical research has the potential to affirm the important role that psychodynamic theory and treatment have in modern psychiatry and psychology. The second reason that research is crucial to the future of psychodynamic work concerns the role that systematic empirical investigations can have in developing and refining effective approaches to a variety of clinical problems. Empirical research functions as a check on subjectivity and theoretical alliances in on-going attempts to determine the approaches most helpful in working with patients clinically. Handbook of Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice brings together a panel of distinguished clinician-researchers who have been publishing their findings for decades. This important new book provides compelling evidence that psychodynamic psychotherapy is an effective treatment for many common psychological problems.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:"This book evaluates the current state of research in psychodynamic psychotherapy and how evidence-based techniques can be applied to psychodynamic practice. … The book is written for practitioners of psychodynamic psychotherapy, clinical researchers, and interested laypersons. … This is an excellent addition to the psychodynamic field … ." (Brett C. Plyler, Doody’s Review Service, February, 2009)“This book comprises a rich set of previously unpublished papers written by a Who’s Who of clinician-researchers including Glen Gabbard, Drew Westen, Leigh McCullough, Jeremy Safran and many others. They present a vibrant body of research that demonstrates that psychodynamic therapy is an effective treatment for a range of common problems. … This book makes a powerful plea to professional organizations to foster the development of research, a call that all psychodynamic institutes would do well to heed.” (Paul Efthim, New England Psychologist, December, 2009)“Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice offers a coherent and user-friendly introduction to the field. … Each chapter is self-contained … . Chapters are written for clinicians: research methodology and statistical analyses are explained clearly, and chapters are relatively short, easy to read and emphasize research questions of interest to clinicians … . thought-provoking, and it will make pleasurable reading for any psychoanalytic clinician interested in learning about current developments in psychotherapy research.” (Eve Caligor, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 91, 2010)Table of ContentsPart I Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice Foreword Glen Gabbard, MD Introduction Raymond A. Levy, PsyD J. Stuart Ablon, PhD Part II Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies for Specific Disorders 1. The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Specific Disorders: A Review Falk Leichsenring, PhD 2. Manualized Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder Fred Busch, MD Barbara Milrod, MD 3. Naturalistic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder Tai Katzenstein, PhD J. Stuart Ablon, PhD Raymond Levy, PsyD 4. Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders: A Review of Empirically-Supported Treatments Heather Thompson-Brenner, PhD Drew Westen, PhD 5. Empirical Evidence for Transference Focused Psychotherapy and Other Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder Ken Levy, PhD Rachel Wasserman, MS Lori N. Scot, MS Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD Part III Empirical Measures of Psychotherapy Process 6. Studying Change in Defensive Functioning in Psychotherapy, Using the Defense Mechanism Rating Scales: Four Hypotheses, Four Cases J. Christopher Perry, MPH, MD Stephen M. Beck, PhD Prometheas Constantinides, MD J. Elizabeth Foley, PhD 7. Process Measures for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Caleb J. Siefert, PhD Jared A. Defife, PhD Matthew R. Baity, PhD 8. Countertransference and Personality Pathology: The Development and Clinical Application of the Countertransference Questionnaire Ephi Betan, PhD Drew Westen, PhD Part IV Theory , Technique and Process in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 9. Alliance, Negotiation and Rupture Resolution Jeremy Safran, PhD Christopher Muran, PhD 10. Affect-Focused Techniques in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Marc Diener, PhD Mark Hilsenroth, PhD 11. Affect-Focused Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Empirically-Supported Strategies for Resolving Affect Phobias Leigh McCullough, PhD Molly Magill, PhD 12. Psychotherapy for Depression: Attaining and Sustaining Good Outcomes Sid Blatt, PhD David Zuroff, PhD Lance Hawley, PhD Part V The Neurobiology of Psychodynamic Theory and Psychotherapy 13. Neural Models of Psychodynamic Concepts and Treatments: Implications for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Andrew Gerber, MD Josh Roffman, MD 14. Physiologic Monitoring in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Carl Marci, MD Helen Riess, MD Part VI Letters on Research in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 15. A Letter to my Friend and Researcher Colleague, Sy Entistle Rolf Sandell, MD 16. The Perils of P-values: Why Tests of Statistical Significance Impede Progress in Research John Kelley, PhD 17. From Psychoanalyst to Psychoanalyst/Researcher: A Personal Journey Ira Lable, MD 18. Clinicians’ Love/Hate Relationship with Clinical Research Anne Alonso, PhD 19. Measuring and Enhancing the Impact of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: An Open Letter to Scientists and Clinicians Anthony Weiss, MD, MSc

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Book SynopsisThis open access book sets out the stress-system model for functional somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. The book begins by exploring the initial encounter between the paediatrician, child, and family, moves through the assessment process, including the formulation and the treatment contract, and then describes the various forms of treatment that are designed to settle the child’s dysregulated stress system. This approach both provides a new understanding of how such symptoms emerge – typically, through a history of recurrent or chronic stress, either physical or psychological – and points the way to effective assessment, management, and treatment that put the child (and family) back on the road to health and well-being.Table of Contents1. A Brief Introduction.- Part I: Children with Functional Somatic Symptoms: The Clinical Encounter.- 2. Going to See the Paediatrician.- 3. The Family Assessment Interview: The Narrative, Formulation, and Discussion of Treatment Options.- Part II: Mind, Body, and the Science of Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 4. The Stress-System Model for Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 5. The Circadian Clock and Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 6. The Autonomic Nervous System and Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 7. The Skeletomotor System in Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 8. The HPA Axis and Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 9. The Immune-Inflammatory System and Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 10. The Role of the Gut in the Neurobiology of Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 11. The Brain Stress Systems I: The Implicit Level of Brain Operations.- 12. The Brain Stress Systems II: The Mind Level of Brain Operations.- Part III: The Treatment of Functional Somatic Symptoms.- 13. Principles of Assessment and Treatment.- 14. Treatment Interventions I: Working with the Body.- 15. Treatment Interventions II: Working with the Mind.- 16. Treatment Interventions III: Working with the Family and Implementing Behavioural Interventions.- 17. Conclusion.- Main Index.- Index of Vignettes by Name, with Principal Problems.- Index of Concepts, Problems, and Processes, with Relevant Vignettes by Name.

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Book SynopsisThe field of academic psychiatry is in crisis, everywhere. It is not merely a health crisis of resource scarcity or distribution, competing claims and practice models, or level of development from one country to another, but a deeper, more fundamental crisis about the very definition and the theoretical basis of psychiatry. The kinds of questions that represent this crisis include whether psychiatry is a social science (like psychology or anthropology), whether it is better understood as part of the humanities (like philosophy, history, and literature), or if the future of psychiatry is best assured as a branch of medicine (based on genetics and neuroscience)? In fact, the question often debated since the beginning of modern psychiatry concerns the biomedical model so that part of psychiatry’s perpetual self-questioning is to what extent it is or is not a branch of medicine. This unique and bold volume offers a representative and critical survey of the history of modern psychiatry with deeply informed transdisciplinary readings of the literature and practices of the field by two professors of psychiatry who are active in practice and engaged in research and have dual training in scientific psychiatry and philosophy. In alternating chapters presenting contrasting arguments for the future of psychiatry, the two authors conclude with a dialogue between them to flesh out the theoretical, research, and practical implications of psychiatry’s current crisis, outlining areas of divergence, consensus, and fruitful collaborations to revision psychiatry today. The volume is scrupulously documented but written in accessible language with capsule summaries of key areas of theory, research, and practice for the student and practitioner alike in the social and human sciences and in medicine, psychiatry, and the neurosciences. Table of Contents1) IntroductionPart I Psychiatry in Crisis As a Medical Discipline – DS Stoyanov2) Methods for Clinical Evaluation in Psychiatry: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Approaches3) Psychiatric Nosology Revisited: At the Crossroads of Psychology and Medicine4) Psychiatry and Neuroscience: At the InterfacePart II Psychiatry in Crisis as a Human and Social Science5) The Beginning of the End of Psychiatry: A Philosophical Archaeology6) The End of Phenomenology7) The End of PsychiatryPart III Renewal in Psychiatry8) Cleaning the House of Psychiatry9) Reframing Psychiatry: Posing The Right Questions10) Renewal in Psychiatry

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a practically focused resource on the methodologies available for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s disease. The number of individuals affected by the disease continues to grow and as such there is an ever-increasing need for clear easy-to-digest guidance on how to appropriately diagnose and treat these patients. Within this work, chapters provide concise informative details of what this form of dementia is, how it can be diagnosed, managed and prevented making it ideal for those with limited experience in dealing with these patients. Information is provided on how to use a variety of the latest relevant techniques including mental state examinations, functional assessments, special investigations and the available drug treatments. Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis & Treatment Guide is a concise clinical guide detailing how to diagnose and treat these patients. It’s easy-to-follow ideal for use by front-line physicians and trainees, who have no previous experience of diagnosing and treating this disease. The assessment component of the book is based on the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Plan (mhGAP) Dementia Intervention Guide for non-specialized settings.Table of Contents1. Memory, cognitive impairment & dementia.- 2. Dementia due to alzheimer’s disease (ad).- 3. Dementia assessment.- 4. Rudas cognitive scale.- 5. Diagnosis.- 6. Supporting diagnosis & treatment.

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Book SynopsisThis updated volume provides a clinical based overview of the assessment and treatment of ADHD in adults by a clinical researcher with extensive experience. Its practical focus allows each chapter to answer common questions encountered within clinical practice. Differential diagnosis of ADHD is also discussed in relation to comorbidity with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic delayed sleep phase. Adult ADHD: Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment, fourth edition aims to help readers identify ADHD effectively and put in place suitable treatments. The book is relevant for psychiatrists, neurologists, and healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Diagnostic Assessment.- 3. Diagnostic Instruments.- 4. Treatment.- 5. Treatment: Coaching Adults with ADHD.- 6. Setup and Organization of a Specialist Department.

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Book SynopsisThe SCIP manual will introduce a new assessment tool designed to be compatible with 21st century advances in measurement-base care (MBC) and personalized medicine in psychiatry (PMP). The SCIP includes 18 clinician-administered and 15 self-administered reliable and validated scales covering most adult symptom domains: anxiety, obsessions, compulsions, posttraumatic stress, depression, mania, delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, aggression, negative symptoms, alcohol use, drug use, attention deficit/hyperactivity, and eating disorders. Mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychologists, therapists, clinical social workers, counselors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, professors, students, and mental health researchers) are the primary audience of the manual. These professionals will be able to implement SCIP scales in their practice and use the SCIP psychopathology glossary as part of the emerging science of personalized medicine psychiatry (PMP).Existing books on measures and rating scales, such as the two books above, describe different scales developed by different authors at different periods. Each scale has its own rating guidelines and training requirements, which must be followed by clinicians in order to use the scales. This demands a considerable amount of time for clinicians and can be a barrier to using the scales in practice. Even within the same psychopathology domain, many published measurement scales exist. For instance, the book published by Waters and Stephane includes 120 scales for psychosis. Among the 120 scales for psychosis, which scale(s) should the clinician choose? Our proposed manual will remove these barriers by creating simple and universal principles which allow readers to use the 33 reliable and validated SCIP scales with most adult psychiatric disorders. There will be 15 videotaped interviews available online for readers who buy the book. Readers are expected to watch the interviews in conjunction with reading the manual.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction and Historical Perspectives on Measurement in Psychiatry.- Chapter 2. Rationale for the Development of the Standard for Clinicians’ Interview .- Chapter 3. Measurement-Based Care (MBC): Advances in the 21st Century.- Chapter 4. The SCIP Principles of Rating Symptoms, Signs and Creating Reliable Dimensions.- Chapter 5. The Standard for Clinicians’ Interview in Psychiatry (SCIP) Scales: clinician-administered (CA) scales and self-administered (SA) scales.- Chapter 6. The Standard for Clinicians’ Interview in Psychiatry (SCIP) as Consistent and Comprehensive Psychiatry Database.- Chapter 7. Training Curriculum for Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Residents and Mental Health Professionals.- Chapter 8. The Standard for Clinicians’ Interview in Psychiatry (SCIP) as Assessment Tool for Personalized Precision Psychiatry.- Chapter 9. Case Demonstrations for Using the SCIP as a Measurement-Based Care Tool in Clinical Practice.

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Book Synopsis1. Depressive Disorders.- 2. Anxiety Disorders.- 3. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).- 4. Bipolar Disorder.- 5. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).- 6. Insomnia.- 7. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).- 8. Substance Use and Abuse.- 9. Schizophrenia.- 10. Eating Disorders.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to volume: Biomarkers in Psychiatry.- Part I: Government and Pharma perspectives on biomarker development.- Biomarker Methodologies: a NIMH Perspective.- Neural Circuitry-related biomarkers for drug development in psychiatry An industry perspective.- Public Private Partnerships for Neuropsychiatric Drug Development: A Perspective.- Part II: Biomarker methodologies and Translational Approaches.- Methods for and use of functional magnetic resonance imaging in psychiatry.- Advanced methodology for neurophysiological analysis and biomarker development: time-frequency and source-localization approaches.- Magnetoencephalography in Psychiatry: A Perspective on Translational Research and Applications.- Modern methods for unraveling cell- and circuit-level mechanisms of neurophysiological biomarkers in psychiatry.- Rodent models for ASD biomarker development.- Auditory biomarkers of neuropsychiatric disorders in nonhuman primates.- Part III: Biomarkers in schizophrenia and clinical high risk.- Functional Connectivity Biomarkers in Schizophrenia.- The use of event-related potentials in the study of schizophrenia: An overview.- Gamma Oscillations as a Biomarker of Neural Circuit Function in Psychosis: Where Are We, and Where Do We Go from Here?.- Altered sleep oscillations as neurophysiological biomarkers of schizophrenia.- Neurophysiological models in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: Using translational EEG paradigms to forecast psychosis risk and resilience.- Mismatch negativity (MMN) as a pharmacodynamic/response biomarker for NMDA receptor- and excitatory/inhibitory imbalance-targeted treatments in schizophrenia.- Part IV: Biomarkers in ASD.- Towards Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Contributions of Magnetoencephalography (MEG).- Structural Brain Imaging Biomarkers of Autism Spectrum Disorder.- Delineating a pathway for the discovery of functional connectome biomarkers of autism.- EEG Biomarkers for Autism : Rational, Support, and the Qualification Process.- Part V: Other disorders.- Translating decades of neuroscience research into diagnostic and treatment biomarkers for ADHD.- Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease.- Biomarkers of Auditory-Verbal Hallucinations.- Part VI: Cross-diagnostic methodologies.- Categorical and Dimensional Approaches for Psychiatric Classification and Treatment Targeting: Considerations from Psychosis Biotypes.- Biomarkers for cognitive control, response inhibition, aggressivity, impulsivity and violence.- Visual neurophysiological biomarkers for patient stratification and treatment development across neuropsychiatric disorders.- The less things change, the more they remain the same: Impaired neural plasticity as a critical target for drug development in neuropsychiatry.

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Book SynopsisPreface.- Functional brain network changes after maternal antidepressant treatment. Maternal SSRI Use During Pregnancy: Links Between Gut Microbiome, Offspring Behaviour, and Brain Transcriptomics. Pre- & Post-natal Valproate Exposure Affects Brain Development. How Early-Life Antipsychotic Drug Administration Modifies Behavioral and Brain Function in Adulthood. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Gestational Opioid Exposure: From Morphine to MOUD – How Opioids Impact Offspring Development and Maternal Care. Paternal alcohol exposure. The Effects of THC and Nicotine on Attention: A Narrative Review.

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Book SynopsisMit einem Geleitwort von Winkler, W.T.Table of ContentsI Theoretische Begründung.- 1 Prinzipien der Milieutherapie.- 1.1 Das therapeutische Milieu.- 1.1.1 Milieutypen nach Gunderson.- 1.1.2 Psychometrische Milieueinschätzung nach Moos.- 1.2 Prinzipien der Therapeutischen Gemeinschaft.- 2 Anwendung milieutherapeutischer Prinzipien.- 2.1 Partizipation.- 2.1.1 Mitentscheidung.- 2.1.2 Mitverantwortung.- 2.1.3 Autonomie.- 2.1.4 „Partizipation“ im kritischen Literaturvergleich.- 2.2 Offene Kommunikation.- 2.2.1 Grundsätzliche Überlegungen.- 2.2.1.1 Beispiele gestörter Kommunikation.- 2.2.1.2 Therapeutische Kommunikation.- 2.2.2 Informationsaustausch.- 2.2.2.1 Quantitative Aspekte der Information.- 2.2.2.2 Qualitative Aspekte der Information.- 2.2.2.3 Wege der Informationsvermittlung.- 2.2.3 Klarheit der Information.- 2.2.4 Individueller Ausdruck.- 2.2.4.1 Inhaltliche Mitteilungen.- 2.2.4.2 Emotionaler Ausdruck.- 2.2.5 „Offene Kommunikation“im kritischen Literaturvergleich.- 2.3 Soziales Lernen.- 2.3.1 Reflexion.- 2.3.2 Lernen am Modell.- 2.3.3 Aktivierung.- 2.3.4 Soziales Lernen im kritischen Literaturvergleich.- 2.4 Leben in der Gemeinschaft.- 2.4.1 Gruppendynamische Grundlagen.- 2.4.2 Gruppentherapeutische Wirkfaktoren.- 2.4.3 Gruppenveranstaltungen als Interventionsinstrumente der Milieutherapie.- 2.4.4 Patientenzentrierte Gruppen.- 2.4.5 Die Abteilungs- oder Stationsversammlung als gemeinschaftsorientierte Gruppe.- 2.4.5.1 Zielsetzung.- 2.4.5.2 Technische Aspekte.- 3 Das Rollenverständnis in der Milieutherapie.- 3.1 Allgemeine Überlegungen zum Rollenverständnis.- 3.2 Veränderte Rollen im therapeutischen Milieu.- 3.2.1 Patient.- 3.2.2 Pflegepersonal.- 3.2.3 Abteilungsarzt.- 3.2.4 Spezialisten.- 3.2.5 Medizinische Leitung.- 3.3 Gemeinsamkeiten im Rollenverständnis.- 3.4 Teamprozesse und Rollenverständnis.- II Klinische Erfahrung.- 1 Phasenweise Verwirklichung eines milieutherapeutischen Konzepts.- 1.1 Problemstellung.- 1.2 Ausgangslage.- 1.3 Phasen der Verwirklichung.- 1.3.1 Phase 1: Orientierung und Schulung.- 1.3.2 Phase 2: Modelle schaffen.- 1.3.3 Phase 3: Gruppendynamik, Rollenfindung.- 1.3.4 Phase 4: Ausbau der Abteilungsautonomie.- 1.3.5 Phase 5: Integration.- 1.3.6 Phase 6: Neuorientierung der medizinischen Leitung.- 1.3.7 Phase 7: Einbeziehen der Verwaltungszweige.- 1.3.8 Phase 8: „Offenes System“— Partizipierende Führung.- 1.4 Zusammenfassung und Schlußfolgerungen.- 1.4.1 Zusammenfassung der Phasen.- 1.4.2 Schlußfolgerungen.- 2 Führungsaufgaben im Aufbau eines Milieukonzeptes.- 2.1 Grundsätzliche Betrachtungen zu Führungsaufgaben.- 2.1.1 Phase 1: Wachstum durch Kreativität.- 2.1.2 Phase 2: Wachstum durch organisierte Führung.- 2.1.3 Phase 3: Wachstum durch Delegation.- 2.1.4 Phase 4: Wachstum durch Koordination.- 2.1.5 Phase 5: Wachstum durch Kollaboration.- 2.2 Führungsaufgaben während der einzelnen Aufbauphasen.- 2.2.1 Orientierung und Umschulung.- 2.2.2 Modelle schaffen.- 2.2.3 Gruppendynamik und Rollenveränderung.- 2.2.4 Ausbau der Abteilungsautonomie.- 2.2.5 Integration.- 2.2.6 Neuorientierung der medizinischen Leitung.- 2.2.7 Einbeziehen der Verwaltungszweige.- 2.2.8 „Offenes System“ — Partizipierende Führung.- 2.2.9 Öffnung nach außen.- 2.2.10 Wissenschaftliche Evaluation.- 2.3 Schlußfolgerungen.- III Versuch der Integration — Modell einer Milieutherapie.- 1 Integration von „Was“ — „Wozu“?.- 2 Vertikale Integration: Systemebenen und Organisationsstrukturen.- 2.1 Systemebenen der Institution.- 2.1.1 Individuum als offenes System.- 2.1.2 Gruppe als offenes System.- 2.1.3 Institution bzw. therapeutisches Milieu als offenes System.- 2.2 Organisatorisch-administrative Strukturen.- 3 Horizontale Integration.- 3.1 Strukturierendes Milieu.- 3.2 Equilibrierendes Milieu.- 3.3 Animierendes Milieu.- 3.4 Reflektierendes Milieu.- 3.5 Betreuendes Milieu.- 3.6 Der Milieutherapeut.- 4 Grenzen und Ausblick: Was ist von Milieuforschung zu erwarten?.- 4.1 Grenzen der Milieutherapie.- 4.2 Erfordernisse der Milieutherapie.- 4.3 Ergebnisse evaluativer Forschung.- Literatur.- Namenverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisMultimedikation und Polypharmazie sind nicht nur Begriffe, die im Alltag eines behandelnden Arztes insbesondere bei der Behandlung älterer Patienten eine Rolle spielen, sie können auch die Behandlung erschweren. Viele Medikamente haben Nebenwirkungen und manchmal ist nicht klar, ob es wirklich noch um ein durch die Krankheit ausgelöstes Symptom geht oder ob das Symptom als Nebenwirkung eines bereits eingesetzten Medikamentes auftritt. Systematisch haben die Autoren alle wichtigen neurologischen und psychiatrischen Symptome aufgegriffen, die auch durch Medikamente ausgelöst werden können und die in der Literatur dargestellt werden. Dieses Buch soll dem Kliniker und praktisch tätigen Arzt dabei helfen, klarer zuzuordnen, wodurch ein Symptom ausgelöst wurde, besonders wenn es nicht auf eine Krankheit zurückgeführt werden kann oder eine bestehende Krankheitssymptomatik nicht in den Griff zu bekommen ist. Aber auch zum Aufbessern des pharmakologischen Wissens ist das Werk hervorragend geeignet, da es symptomorientiert in alphabetischer Reihenfolge den Nutzer gut strukturiert durch den Dschungel der medikamentös induzierten neurologischen und psychiatrischen Nebenwirkungen lotst. Ein "Muss" für jeden Neurologen und Psychiater, eine Orientierungshilfe für Internisten und Geriater.Table of ContentsKopfschmerzen.- Pseudotumor cerebri.- Intrazerebrale Blutung.- Sinusvenenthrombose.- Enzephalopathie.- Bewusstseinstrübungen.- Schlafstörungen.- Krampfanfälle.- Aseptische Meningitis.- Tremor.- Parkinson-Syndrom.- Dystonien.- Zerebelläre Ataxien.- Schwindel.- Sehstörungen.- Hörstörungen.- Periphere Neuropathie.- Myasthenes Synbdrom.- Myopathie.- Demenz.- Delir.- Organische Psychosen.- Depression.

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Book SynopsisEin neuer, empirisch überprüfter Therapie-Ansatz, der mehr Perspektiven für eine erfolgreiche Behandlung Alkoholabhängiger bietet.o Das Basis-Manual umfasst ausführlich beschriebene Einzelsitzungen, die kognitive Techniken und Verfahren zur Verbesserung der Sozialkompetenz einbeziehen.o Es ist im ambulanten wie im stationären Setting einsetzbar und lässt sich an die individuellen therapeutischen Anforderungen anpassen.o Das Therapie-Programm kann durch Zusatzmodule ergänzt oder mit anderen Therapieverfahren kombiniert werden.Das Manual liefert Ihnen das praxisgerechte Werkzeug für die konkrete Umsetzung.Table of Contents1 Grundlagen.- 1.1 Epidemiologie.- 1.2 Ursachen.- 1.2.1 Kulturelle und soziale Faktoren.- 1.2.2 Psychologische Faktoren.- 1.2.2.1 Verhaltenstherapie.- 1.2.2.2 Psychoanalyse.- 1.2.3 Biologische Faktoren.- 1.2.3.1 Genetik.- 1.2.3.2 Biochemie.- 1.2.3.3 Neurobiologie.- 1.3 Psychiatrische Komorbidität.- 1.4 Alkoholtoxische Hirnfunktionsstörungen.- 1.4.1 Subakute Beeinträchtigungen der Hirnfunktion.- 1.4.2 Amnestisches Syndrom.- 1.4.3 Durch Alkohol bedingte Restzustände.- 2 Therapieforschung.- 2.1 Setting.- 2.2 Therapieverfahren.- 2.3 Prädiktoren des Therapieverlaufs.- 2.4 Verlauf und Prognose.- 2.5 Zusammenfassung.- 3 Versorgungssystem und Therapieverlauf.- 3.1 Motivationsphase.- 3.2 Entgiftung.- 3.3 Entwöhnung.- 3.4 Nachsorge.- 4 Diagnose der Alkoholabhängigkeit.- 4.1 Psychopathologische Symptomatik.- 4.2 Anamnese.- 4.3 Körperlicher Befund.- 4.4 Laboruntersuchungen.- 4.5 Dokumentation und diagnostische Klassifikation.- 5 Integrative Verhaltenstherapie.- 5.1 Prinzipien.- 5.2 Empirische Befunde.- 6 Therapeutische Haltung.- 6.1 Arbeitsbündnis.- 6.2 Interaktionsstil.- 6.3 Ressourcenorientierung.- 6.4 Hierarchie der Therapieziele.- 7 Therapieverfahren.- 7.1 Motivationale Interventionen.- 7.1.1 Theoretische Grundlagen.- 7.1.2 Interventionen.- 7.2 Coping-Skills-Training.- 7.3 Kognitive Verfahren.- 7.3.1 Modelle.- 7.3.2 Interventionstechniken.- 7.3.3 Struktur.- 7.4 Gegenüberstellung Coping-Skills-Training/kognitive Therapie.- 8 Typische Probleme.- 8.1 Emotionalisierung.- 8.2 Unterschätzung der Eigendynamik süchtigen Verhaltens.- 8.3 Mangelnder Einbezug physiologischer Faktoren.- 8.4 Therapie als Kränkung und Bedrohung.- 8.5 Divergente Erwartungen.- 8.6 Übertragung und projektive Identifizierung.- 8.6.1 Umgang mit Übertragung und Regression.- 8.6.2 Gegenübertragung und projektive Identifizierung.- 8.7 Besonderheiten des Gruppensettings.- 9 Psychotherapeutische Diagnostik und Therapieplanung.- 9.1 Diagnostisches Interview.- 9.2 Psychiatrische Diagnose.- 9.3 Anamnese.- 9.4 Therapieplan.- 10 Basismanual.- 10.1 Einleitung.- 10.2 Praktische Durchführung.- 10.3 Organisation.- 10.4 Ausstattung.- 10.5 Therapiemodule.- 11 Paargespräche.- 11.1 Ausgangssituation.- 11.2 Organisation.- 12 Boostersitzungen.- 12.1 Prinzipien.- 12.2 Psychiatrische Komorbidität.- 13 Pharmakologische Ansätze in der Rückfallprophylaxe.- 13.1 Aversivtherapie.- 13.2 Behandlung psychiatrischer Komorbidität.- 13.3 Anticravingsubstanzen.- 14 Selbsthilfe.- 14.1 Konfliktpotential.- Materialien (Checklisten, Fragebögen, Arbeitsblätter zu den Therapiesitzungen).- Literatur.

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Book SynopsisAnhand der Literatur werden in dem vorliegenden Buch die Positionen der drei für das Wahnproblem wahrscheinlich einflußreichsten Denker - Karl Jaspers, Kurt Schneider und Sigmund Freud - eingehend und kritisch diskutiert. Außerdem werden die transkulturelle Psychiatrie des Wahns und Modelle der Ätiopathogenese systematisch dargestellt. Für das Problem einer mit klinischen Belangen konsistenten Wahndefinition wird in einem eigenen Ansatz eine Lösung versucht, woran sich Überlegungen zur Bedeutung der Rede von der "anderen Welt" des Wahnkranken anschließen. Das Buch gibt sowohl dem mit der Materie "Wahn" noch nicht Vertrauten einen ersten Überblick über die komplexe Problematik, ist jedoch ebenso für den Fachmann aufgrund seiner in weiten Teilen neuen Sicht der Dinge von Interesse. Das Buch soll helfen, die Diskussion erneut zu beleben, und damit auch klinisch "eingefahrene" Denkschablonen durch kritische Reflexion ersetzen helfen.Table of Contents1 Einleitung.- 1.1 Das Definitionsproblem.- 1.2 Reliabilität.- 1.3 Pragmatische Lösungsversuche.- 1.3.1 “Krankhaft” als Definiens.- 1.3.2 Wahn im DSM-III.- 1.4 Drei Fälle.- 1.4.1 Fall “Herr X.”.- 1.4.2 Fall “Herr Y.”.- 1.4.3 Fall “Herr Z.”.- 1.5 Die drei Wahnkriterien von Jaspers, Fragestellung und Aufbau der Arbeit.- 2 Transkulturelle Psychiatrie und das dritte Jasperssche Wahnkriterium.- 2.1 Psychische Störungen im Kulturvergleich.- 2.2 Drei Betrachtungsebenen.- 2.3 Häufigkeiten und Inhalte.- 2.4 Richtigkeit, Norm und Realität.- 2.4.1 Das Richtigkeits-Argument.- 2.4.2 Das Norm-Argument.- 2.4.3 Das Realitäts-Argument.- 2.5 Zwischen Dogmatismus und skeptischem Relativismus.- 3 Kurt Schneiders Versuch der Umgehung des dritten Wahnkriteriums.- 3.1 Inhalt als Problem.- 3.2 Jaspers: Wahn als Form von Bedeutung.- 3.2.1 Dependenzgrammatik, Bedeutung und Zweigliedrigkeit.- 3.3 Die Elimination des Inhalts bei der Diagnostik inhaltlicher Denkstörungen: Wahnwahrnehmung.- 3.3.1 Logische Struktur statt Inhalt.- 3.3.2 Diagnostische Relevanz.- 3.4 Kritik an Schneiders Wahnwahrnehmungs-Begriff.- 3.4.1 Inhaltliche Unklarheiten.- 3.4.2 Theoretische Voraussetzungen.- 3.4.3 Logische Schwierigkeiten.- 3.5 Blankenburgs Lösungsvorschlag: Gestörte Integration und Kommunikation.- 3.6 Eindeutigkeit und Einfachheit.- 4 “Grundstörungen”: Modelle der Ätiopathogenese.- 4.1 Jaspers’ erstes und zweites Wahnkriterium und der Begriff der Grundstörung.- 4.2 Allgemeine Typologie der Grundstörungen.- 4.3 Grundstörung als Urteil.- 4.3.1 Theorie der Entstehung des Größenwahns als Paradigma für Wahn als Schluß.- 4.3.2 Urteil: “Ich liebe ihn”.- 4.3.3 Urteil: “Ich hasse ihn”.- 4.3.4 Urteil: “Ich tauge nichts”.- 4.4 Als Funktionsstörimg konzipierte Grundstörungen.- 4.4.1 Gestörter Affekt.- 4.4.2 Wahrnehmungsstörung.- 4.4.3 Formale Denkstörung.- 4.4.3.1 Aufmerksamkeitsstörung.- 4.4.3.2 Das Von Domarus-Prinzip.- 4.4.4 Zeitstörung.- 4.5 Störung der Interhemisphärenbalance.- 4.6 Physiologische Theorien.- 4.7 Wahn als Atavismus.- 4.8 Zur klinischen Bedeutung der Grundstörungsmodelle.- 5 Das Grundstörungsmodell am Beispiel der Psychoanalyse.- 5.1 Einleitung: Wahn, Freud und die klassische Psychiatrie.- 5.2 Inhalt.- 5.3 Wahn als Neurose: Abwehr, Projektion, Wiederkehr des Verdrängten, Kompromißbildung und Deutungswahn.- 5.4 Wahn als Regression und Wunscherfüllung.- 5.5 Wahn als Selbstheilungsversuch.- 5.6 Wahn als Ausdruck von Homosexualität.- 5.6.1 Der Fall Schreber.- 5.6.2 FREUD über Schreber.- 5.6.3 Widersprüche zu “Ich liebe ihn” — Der paranoische Mechanismus.- 5.6.4 Kritik.- 6 Struktureller und inhaltlicher Ich-Bezug.- 6.1 Ich-Bezug und erstes und zweites Wahnkriterium.- 6.2 Aussagen über mentale Zustände.- 6.3 Implikationen der vorgeschlagenen Definition.- 6.3.1 Vorteile gegenüber dem dritten Jaspersschen Wahnkriterium.- 6.3.2 Grade der Gewißheit und das Selbigkeitsproblem.- 6.3.3 Religiöser Wahn.- 6.3.4 Analytische Urteile.- 6.3.5 Eine spekulative Erweiterung des Gedankens: Zur fehlenden Übereinstimmung epistemischer und psychologischer Gewißheit.- 6.4 Personenbezogene Wahninhalte im Lichte der vorgeschlagenen Definition.- 6.4.1 Beziehungswahn.- 6.4.2 Größenwahn und Kleinheitswahn.- 6.5 Inhaltliche Ich-Bezüge.- 6.5.1 Beziehungssetzung versus Eigenbeziehung.- 6.5.2 Wahn ohne Ich-Bezug?.- 6.6 Die Bedeutung der JASPERSschen Wahnkriterien.- Zum Verständnis von Wahnformen und Wahnwelten.- 7.1 Wahnformen und Wahnthemen.- 7.2 Die “andere Welt” des Wahnkranken.- 7.2.1 Sprache und “Begriffssystem”.- 7.2.2 Voraussetzungen des Erkennens von Sprache als Sprache.- 7.2.3 Klinische Relevanz.- 8 Zusammenfassung.- Literatur.- Personenregister.

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Book SynopsisDer psychische Befund ist Bestandteil jeder psychiatrischen Krankengeschichte und jedes Gutachtens. Während für Ärzte/Gutachter die Frage, wie ein solcher Befund zu erstellen bzw. darzustellen ist, von vorrangigem Interesse sein dürfte, geht es für Patienten wie für jeden, der beruflich oder privat etwas damit zu tun hat, um das Verständnis und um eine angemessene Einschätzung desselben. In diesem Buch werden zunächst die Grundlagen diskutiert, dann die 4 Dimensionen des psychischen Befundes systematisch erörtert: a) Wahn und Halluzination (Verrücktheit); b) Gedächtnisstörung, Ratlosigkeit, Demenz (Verworrenheit); c) Schwachsinn und Psychopathie; d) Normalität. Es liegt damit eine in sich abgeschlossene Darstellung der Psychopathologie vor.Table of Contents1. Von der einfach deskriptiven zur phänomenologisch-deskriptiven — analytischen — Psychopathologie.- Erste Fragebogenerfahrungen, allgemeine Definition, Problemgeschichte: Psychophysische Reihen bei Griesinger, Kraeplin und Freud.- Phänomenologische Versuche zur Überbrückung eines „Abgrunds inmitten der Psychiatrie“: Psychiatrie und Philosophie (Brentano/Husserl), Jaspers und Schneider.- Kritik des „empirischen Dualismus“.- 2. Von der phänomenologisch-deskriptiven zur phänomenologischen — synthetischen — Psychopathologie.- Intentionalität und aktives Subjekt.- Die Rolle des „Antriebs“ in der Psychiatrie (Klages) und seine „konative“ Auslegung: die Möglichkeit der Synthese (McDougall).- Situation als integrative „Ganzheit“ (Janet) und das Subjekt im Konstruktivismus: Entwicklung durch Homöostase (Piaget).- Organisation und Desorganisation von Leib und Seele: Psychiatrie als Pathologie der Freiheit (Ey).- Die Philosophie der symbolischen Formen (Cassirer), Schema und Bild bei Kant.- Objektiver Geist und Sprache.- Die Herstellung von Bedeutungszusammenhängen.- 3. Das System logischer Organisationsformen und seine Deformation.- a) Elementarfunktionen (Denken, Fühlen, Wahrnehmen u. a.) in der Psychiatrie.- Das deskriptive System (Kind, Witter).- Das Sinnkriterium (Schneider).- Das Aphasiemodell, Hirnlegalisation und Gestaltkreis (v. Weizsäcker): die Diskussion von 1948.- Ptolemäisches und kopernikanisches Denken (Conrad), Aphasie, Sprachtheorie und Psychopathologie (Cassirer, Jackson, Head, Goldstein).- b) Die Antinomie des Gestaltkreises: Trennen und Zusammenfügen.- Protopathie, Trema, Apophänie (Formalanalyse).- Die Evolution des „corps psychique“ (Jackson/Ey): Organisationsform und Organ.- Die Form der Entwicklungsstörungen.- Akute und chronische Deformierung der Organiation: Modellpsychose (Burchard), hochgespannter Affekt.- Formaler Vergleich mit Schwachsinn und „mythischer“ Daseinsweise (Cassirer).- c) Die organodynamische Theorie von Ey, positiver und negativer Aspekt des Erscheinungsbildes.- Psychiatrie und Neurologie.- Abbaustufen: Syndromfolgen, Traumnegativität und -positivität.- Der Einwand von de Clérambault.- Der Schichtgedanke und die mehrdimensionale Betrachtung: Punkt, Kreis und Kugel.- Der Gedanke der Organisationsform als Ausweg aus dem Leib-Seele-Dilemma.- Formale Erläuterung der Grundfunktionen: Antrieb, Fühlen und Denken.- 4. Der psychische Befund beim Verrückten: Wahn und Halluzination.- Wahnhafter Prozeß oder Entwicklung.- Qualitäts- und Dinghalluzination.- Paranoider Abbau: Dermatozoenwahn.- Paranoider Zerfall: „folie à deux“.- Psychogenes Stimmenhören: Pseudohalluzinationen.- Alkoholhalluzinose.- 5. Der psychische Befund des Verworrenen: Gedächtnisstörung, Ratlosigkeit, Demenz.- Gedächtnis und Zeitbegriff, Zeitanschauung.- Minutengedächtnis (Conrad).- Korsakow-Syndrom (Burchard).- Konfabulation, Verkennen des Spiegelbildes, Desorientierung.- Schematismus der Erinnerung und Persönlichkeit.- 6. Der psychische Befund bei Schwachsinn und Psychopathie.- Epigenese und Phänokopie (Piaget).- „Instinkt“, Intelligenz und Lernen.- Kindliche Egozentrizität und „moral insanity“, Zusammenhang von Emotion und Kognition.- Die qualitative Einteilung in charakterliche Abartigkeiten und das Erheblichkeitsproblem.- Körperbautypen und Charakter (Kloos).- Autismus und „Asozialität“.- 7. Der psychische Befund beim Normalen.- Alternative: „krank — gesund“ oder Übergang.- Das Problem der statistischen Erfassung ganzheitlicher Gegebenheiten (Schmitt), Kritik der „Symptomkatalogisierung“.- Der Situationsbegriff und die synthetische Erfassung des psychischen Befundes.- Ein Normalbefund.- Der Unterschied zwischen „Fähigkeit“ und ihrem (freien) Gebrauch.- Anmerkungen und Literatur.- Namenverzeichnis.

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