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Kellerman reply to Dr. Vee on Fort Hood violenceemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Yes, this is a good comment. I've referred to it directly in my blog entry in analyzing the issue of how anger and ideology is linked to acting-out and violence, to wit: "If the strength of the anger is stronger than the strength of the resilience of the person, then the anger is likely to be acted out. This is true even under the rationalized or intellectualized condition of seeing oneself as a messenger of goodness or justice. In such a case the acting-out is given 'permission' and the consicousness of the anger, although felt, is rather held in virtual state while an intellectualized ideological rational takes over that...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Source Type: consumer

Darling, Should I Cry Over Spilled Milk?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?" (Sophocles) "Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned." (W. C. Fields) "It doesn't matter how much milk you spill, just so long as you don't lose the cow." (Mark Guilbeau) Are emotional attitudes such as love liable to harbor regrets or dwell on past alternatives or what might have been? Intellectual considerations assume that this would constitute a waste of time and resources, but lovers quite often do experience regret or mourn lost romantic opportunities. Is there any sense in doing this? Should we sometim...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Philosophy Relationships attitudes cow criterion crying over spilt milk emotions faulkner gaze guilbeau limited resources love negative attitude past regret regrets repudiation rest on your laurels romantic opportunitie Source Type: consumer

Spree Shooting and Emotionsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Why did Nidal Malik Hasan and other spree shooters murder their victims? One approach would concern the cybernetics of emotion involving recursive loops of shame and anger.Self-generated loops of shame alone are commonplace among those who blush easily. They report that the awareness of their blushing generates embarrassment, that in turn generates further blushing, and around and around, sometimes leading even to paralysis.Since normal emotions are extremely brief in duration, a few seconds, the idea of a feeling loop opens up a new area of exploration. Emotions that persist over time have been a puzzle for researchers, s...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas Scheff, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Politics Psychiatry Relationships Social Life anger cybernetics doomsday machine embarrassment emergencies emotion emotion loops emotions extreme violence fear feedback loops inter group isolation malik hasa Source Type: consumer

Lonely Men Commit Mass Murdersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A mass murderer has been discovered each of the last three days.  When we examine the men's lives, we are struck by their loneliness and yearning for intimacy, which leads some to strike out in bizarre and violent ways.November 4, 2009. The home of Anthony Sowell, 50, a convicted sex offender, was searched, revealing 10 bodies, along with one skull.  Mr. Sowell had served 15 years for sexual assault. Since 2005, he had lived alone in the top floor of a duplex in a shabby Cleveland neighborhood. Police had come to Mr. Sowell's house because a 21-year-old woman reported that he had assaulted and raped her after lur...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Relationships 9/11 air mattress anthony sowell army officer Cleveland cleveland neighborhood female companionship Fort Hood frozen food inkling jason rodriguez mass murder mass murderer mass murderers Mohamed Atta neighborh Source Type: consumer

Murder, Malice, and Hopeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
      We are made uncomfortable by the radomness in our lives. When something terrible happens we search for explanations in the same way that primitive people did when puzzled by the complexity of the universe. Why does one person kill another, or 13 others? The fact that murder has always been a routine phenomenon of human existence does not dispel the horror that it implies or our desire to reassure ourselves that we are less likely to die this way if only we can understand the "motive" for such acts.      We can better grasp the idea of murder in certain contexts. We ac...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gordon S. Livingston Tags: Law and Crime Morality Personality Politics Psychiatry american history binghamton ny cafteria Contexts deadly shootings death penalty ft hood george hennard greed health club highest homicide rate human existence inner c Source Type: consumer

Training comparison among three professions prescribing psychoactive medications: psychiatric nurse practitioners, physicians, and pharmacologically trained psychologistsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Academic training leading to prescriptive authority is compared among psychiatric nurse practitioners, physicians, and pharmacologically trained psychologists. Statistics are presented on the relative emphasis that programs serving each discipline place on the preparation of their respective students in academic and clinical content areas that are relevant to the prescribing of psychoactive medication for the mental health population. An analysis of these statistics substantiates the assertion that pharmacologically trained psychologists are well prepared academically to incorporate prescriptive authority within their comp...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Muse, Robert E. McGrath Source Type: journals

Breeding Babiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Can it be that we are finally realizing that humans aren't created to make litters? In the beginning--that is in the early days of reproductive technology--we were wowed with the amazing feats of medical science. One day a woman is infertile, the next day, she's bred five at a time, a full house. These families became proud diaper sponsors and could be guaranteed a photo op in women's magazines. Nowadays, they can get their own reality TV show, which will certainly help defray the costs of baby food and baby wipes.Ever since British scientist Robert Edwards made little Louise Brown in a straw (yes, he used a straw to suck ...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting amazing feats baby food baby wipes british scientist developed nations fertil infant mortality intensive care unit litters louise brown medical science multiple births old baby premature births p Source Type: consumer

On Crazy Shrinksemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
 Our patients. Clients. Call them what you will. They suspect us all the time anyway. That we are secretly the crazy ones; they the stolid norm. They come for our help and often we heal, but still that resentful suspicion lingers. They may sit in the patient chair, but always slightly the doctor is devalued as much as he is idealized.We live our professional and social lives turning the jabs to plowshares. The anxious jokes acquaintances make about whether they are being analyzed. (They are not, not unless they are paying customers. But we cannot help how much they reveal without our making the slightest effort. Quit ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Judith Sills Tags: Work boot straps catastrophic loss chants contempt crazy ones crazy shrinks jabs jokes malik hasan nidal norm pint plowshares poison pot power imbalance psychiatry psychotherapists psychotherapy rage suspicion w Source Type: consumer

"A Room of One's Own" - I'll be Happy with the Bathroom!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Virginia Woolf in "A Room of One's Own" wrote passionately about the need for women to have a place of their own to write and to be creative.Eighty years later, women across the country still have the same lament! Mother's whether they live in mansions or apartments eventually all will get driven to the smallest room in the house, the bathroom.From the privacy of their bathrooms, women run multi million dollar businesses, have heartfelt conversations with their best friends and conduct interviews. Hampers can serve as a desk for your laptop and the inside a file cabinet. In times of exhaustion, the top of the hamper can ...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wanda Behrens-Horrell, L.C.S.W., NCPsyA Tags: Parenting airedale battleground commode conduct interviews daught dollar businesses exhaustion file cabinet green leaves hamper mansions northern toilet paper private place running water small blessings sound barrier squa Source Type: consumer

The Shrink Who Crackedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
What we can learn from Fort Hood. (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. Tags: Law and Crime Source Type: consumer

The Case of Nidal Malik Hasan's Shooting at Fort Hoodemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I've been blogging about anger and repression for several weeks now, and the shooting at Fort Hood can figure into this discussion. My take on it is that Hasan was furious and he could not automatically repress this rage. The repression wasn't working because he was especially conscious of who he felt was tampering with his inner narrative. And this inner narrative was a confirming one most likely concerning something about his pride in being a Muslim and how he felt that this image of his identity-group was being attacked (and most likely in his mind, unjustly attacked). It was a rage that was born out of a need to protec...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Source Type: consumer

The Career Path of a Shooteremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The frustrated rage behind the rampage.  (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Langman, Ph.D. Tags: Law and Crime Source Type: consumer

Thank You to our Volume 19 Reviewersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Heterocentric Practices in Health Research and Health Care: Implications for Mental Health and Subjectivity of LGBTQ Individualsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ussher, J. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

How Does an Emergent LGBTQ Health Psychology Reconstruct its Subject?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Flowers, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Understandings of Cervical Screening in Sexual Minority Women: A Q-Methodological Studyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Discursive perspectives argue that cervical screening carries social and moral meaning. Overlooked by research into the health needs of sexual minority women, previous literature that has examined uptake of cervical screening has instead targeted increasing attendance via information and service provision. In order to explore the diversity of meanings that British sexual minority women have about cervical screening, the Q-sorts of 34 sexual minority women were factor analysed by-person and rotated to simple structure using Varimax. The five factors are interpreted and discussed relative to competing discourses on informati...
Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darwin, Z., Campbell, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Health and Well-being Implications of Emotion Work Undertaken by Gay Sperm Donorsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article suggests that this is at least in part caused by the considerable ‘emotion work’ involved in sperm donation. Drawing on 21 interviews conducted with gay Australian sperm donors, the article provides a thematic analysis of instances of such emotion work and explores the implications of this for the health and well-being of gay men who donate sperm both to clinics and in private arrangements. (Source: Feminism)
Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Riggs, D. W. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Discharged for Homosexuality from the Canadian Military: Health Implications for Lesbiansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the short- and long-term psychological, physical and social health implications associated with pre-1992 investigations and eventual discharge of Canadian military servicewomen for reasons of homosexuality. Theoretically, it sheds light on the impact of the intersection between sexism and heterosexism. The feminist psycho-social ethnography of the commonplace methodology was utilized. The study draws on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 13 former military personnel who self-identified as lesbian. While in the military, study participants were persecuted and forced to adopt various cognitive and b...
Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., Moore, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Transgender People in Australia and New Zealand: Health, Well-being and Access to Health Servicesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study set out to recruit the broadest possible community sample by using a range of recruitment techniques and an online survey. In total, 253 respondents completed the survey. Of these, 229 were from Australia (90.5%) and 24 (9.5%) were from New Zealand. Respondents rated their health on a five-point scale; the majority of the sample rated their health as ‘good’ or ‘very good’. On the SF36 scale, respondents had poorer health ratings than the general population in Australia and New Zealand. Respondents reported rates of depression much higher than those found in the general Australian populati...
Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pitts, M. K., Couch, M., Mulcare, H., Croy, S., Mitchell, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Chronic Illness in Non-heterosexual Contexts: An Online Survey of Experiencesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In this article we contribute to the expansion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) health psychology beyond the confines of sexual health by examining the experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual people living with non-HIV related chronic illness. Using a (predominantly) qualitative online survey, the perspectives of 190 LGB people with 52 different chronic illnesses from eight countries were collected. The five most commonly reported physical conditions were arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, asthma and chronic fatigue syndrome. Our analysis focuses on four themes within participants’ written co...
Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jowett, A., Peel, E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Our Health, Our Say: Towards a Feminist Perspective of Lesbian Health Psychologyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Although women’s health has been a central concern of feminist psychology, lesbian health has been largely overlooked. Adopting a feminist approach, this article considers the distinctiveness of lesbian health psychology by examining the contexts for lesbian health. Notions of disease and risk have underpinned the endeavour of constituting lesbians’ health as a research discipline. Dominant traditions have established lesbian health psychology along key dimensions of difference from heterosexual women: differences in risk and preventive health behaviours, in healthy behaviours, in experiences of healthcare, in ...
Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fish, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Editorial Introduction: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Health Psychology: Historical Development and Future Possibilitiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peel, E., Thomson, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Redbank Houseemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 30(4): ii-ii (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul Rhodes Source Type: journals

A Moment of Body "Thanksgiving"email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Last week, I wrote about my struggle to help my 13-year-old daughter find a Halloween costume that was fun, but not too sexy. It was no easy task. But in the end, it was a non-issue: The kid never went trick or treating. Instead, she spent Halloween on the couch, with a fever and an awful case of the flu. It was a scary six days in our house. At 13 -- and sometimes, sadly, at 30 and 40 -- we're so busy thinking about all the ways our bodies don't measure up to whatever standard we hold in our heads as "perfect" that we sometimes fail to appreciate the simple pleasure and value of good health. Normally, I'm t...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dara Chadwick Tags: Parenting 12 year old girl absolute terror Body image case of the flu cocoa firm believer flu virus good health gratitude Halloween costume innocence knowledge is power little girl next morning sick child simple pleasure Source Type: consumer

Workplace Stress - Examine The Causes Says UNISON, UKemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, has accused employers of "burying their heads in the sand," instead of tackling stress, anxiety and depression in the workplace. The latest statistics from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence show that 13.7 million working days are lost each year as a result of work-related illness, costing employers a massive £28.3bn a year. (Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today)
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news

Pressure On To Tackle Stress As Business Loses Out, UKemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is supporting National Stress Awareness Day as statistics reveal more than 11 million working days were lost to work related stress last year. This startling figure translates as a £4 billion cost to society and HSE wants companies to be made aware of the real cost, not only to people but also to business. (Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today)
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news

Addictive Loveemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Romeo and Juliet are not good role models. (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Relationships Teen Love Source Type: consumer

Male Virginity Mythsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Don't assume boys have only one thing on their minds.  (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer A. Leigh, Psy. D. Tags: Gender Teen Love Source Type: consumer

Sex Talkemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
How can we help our teenagers take control? (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Terri Apter Tags: Parenting Teen Love Source Type: consumer

First Loveemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The romances of youth stay with us forever.  (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nancy Kalish, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Teen Love Source Type: consumer

What Is The Value Of A Life?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I was once told that I shouldn't have kids, because the child could be born with Asperger's, like me.   I answered with a question - "Would you have given the same advice to my parents?""Well," came the answer, "look at all the difficulties you've had, and the pain you've had to endure...surely you wouldn't wish that on a child."  Well, it's true that living my life with Asperger's has often been difficult.  Yes, I have dealt with my fair share of pain and rejection... In a perfect world I wouldn't want a child to go through the same issues.  But I also had to wonder...is life just about avoiding p...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynne Soraya Tags: Autism Child Development Cognition Creativity Gender Happiness Health Memory Morality Neuroscience Parenting Personality Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life Spirituality Stress abstract concept asperger syn Source Type: consumer

Resisting the urge to gossipemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
It's easy to get caught up in gossip. A friend or colleague starts talking about someone you both know. She lays out some juicy information you haven't heard before, almost baiting you to chime in. Whether it's true or not, you reflexively up the ante by spilling a rumor you recently heard about that person, too. Later, you wonder why you responded that way or even regret that you got sucked into the conversation.To some extent, it's human nature to talk about mutual acquaintances and most chitchat is innocuous. When two friends pass along information about other people within the context of a confidential, trusting relati...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Social Life Work broker changing the subject chitchat critical comments criticism employee female formal staff friend friendship friendship expert gossip hallett harger incidences indiana university innu Source Type: consumer

What is smart?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"He's such a bright little boy!" My mother and her friends said things like that all the time, as they pointed to me when they thought I wasn't paying attention. Now that I'm grown, I can let them in on a secret: There was never a time when I didn't pay attention to grownups as a kid. I watched them really close, all the time. I may not have understood everything I heard, but I surely took it all in. But what did it mean? I got a new bike, and my mother said, "What a pretty red bicycle!" Everyone who saw it said the same thing. It was a nice, red bike. The attributes didn't change. It was always a bike, and always red. No ...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Elder Robison Tags: Autism Cognition Creativity Neuroscience Personality attributes brainpower colors grownups intelligence john elder moms new bike paying attention phrases reasoning red bicycle red bike smart kids smart ones whim Source Type: consumer

Room for a new standard? response to comments by Heibyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Heiby's (this issue, pp. XXX-XXX) claim that psychologists' training in psychopharmacology is substandard is predicated on the assumption that existing training models offer the only acceptable approach to achieving competence. This assumption both prohibits innovation and is demonstrably false. Our comparison of training models must be judged from the perspective of a reasoned analysis of the competencies most important to prescribing, not the claims of other professions. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 66:1-4, 2010. (Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert E. McGrath, Mark Muse Source Type: journals

Interesting practitioners in training in empirically supported treatments: research reviews versus case studiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
It has been repeatedly demonstrated that clinicians rely more on clinical judgment than on research findings. We hypothesized that psychologists in practice might be more open to adopting empirically supported treatments (ESTs) if outcome results were presented with a case study. Psychologists in private practice (N=742) were randomly assigned to receive a research review of data from randomized controlled trials of cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) and medication for bulimia, a case study of CBT for a fictional patient with bulimia, or both. Results indicated that the inclusion of case examples renders ESTs more compel...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rebecca E. Stewart, Dianne L. Chambless Source Type: journals

Psychological mindedness in relation to personality and coping in a sample of young adult psychiatric patientsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Psychological mindedness (PM) is a relevant but rarely studied construct in clinical psychology. The aim was to examine the relationships among PM, personality, and coping in young adults with psychological difficulties. Sixty-three young women and 32 young men who were admitted for intake at a Dutch mental health institute completed relevant questionnaires. PM showed positive associations with the putatively adaptive personality characteristics of extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness and a negative correlation with neuroticism. In addition, PM was associated with problem-focused coping independentl...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ivan Nyklí[ccaron]ek, Joëla C. Poot, Jan van Opstal Source Type: journals

Reviewsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 30(4): 315-317 Abstract Healing with Stories: Your Casebook Collection for Using Therapeutic Metaphors. George W. Burns (Ed.), Hoboken, NJ, Wiley, 2007. Soft cover. pp. 277 inc. index and references, ISBN 9780471789024. A$61.95. What is This Thing Called Love? A Guide to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Couples. Sarah Fels Usher. London/NY, Routledge, 2008. Pp. 162. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-415-43384-6. $58.00. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet RothHugh Crago Source Type: journals

Family of Origin Supervision in the Workplace: Impacts on Therapist and Team Functioningemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article will describe how this trial came about, the process adaptations required to make it possible and how some of the ethical dilemmas raised by this approach were addressed. Personal reflections from the team members will be shared, and our observations in terms of impact of this form of supervision on clinical functioning, team cohesion and service provision will then be discussed. In essence, we aim to provide an anecdotal account of our experience and ask the question, `Is supervision that focuses on the therapist's individual functioning as a product of their intergenerational patterns a valid use of resource...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Holly DonnellyMegan Gosbee Source Type: journals

`Putting Humpty Together Again': Working With Parents to Help Children Who Have Experienced Early Traumaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article outlines the diverse effects of trauma and how they might present in school or childcare settings. It considers the role of the family in the development of children's emotion regulation, especially if trauma occurs in the context of the family, and how trauma affects family dynamics. A therapeutic approach is then outlined to help address the multiple areas of difficulty. Work with parents and the whole family is aimed at maintaining physical and emotional safety and building trust between parent and child. Work with the parents, teachers and the child individually is directed at helping the child develop emo...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margaret Goldfinch Source Type: journals

Is There a Place for Biopsychosocial Formulation in a Systemic Practice?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article proposes that a biopsychosocial formulation can enhance systemic practice by: (1) holding clinicians accountable for their thinking; (2) facilitating a rigour and attention to detail that may prove useful when therapy falters; (3) opening up other possibilities for intervention; and (4) providing a way to engage with the dominant medical paradigm and support clients in negotiating their way through this system. Potential problems nevertheless arise when integrating a biopsychosocial formulation into a systemic framework. This article identifies these problems and presents ideas for how they can be managed in p...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chloe MacDonaldKristof Mikes-Liu Source Type: journals

Interactive Family Music Therapy: Untangling the Systememail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article will illustrate the role Interactive Family Music Therapy has at Redbank House and includes case material. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joanne McIntyre Source Type: journals

Family Therapy for Kids Without Families: Working Systemically With Children and Young People in Residential Careemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article examines the systemic therapeutic model the clinic has developed in the last two years. In particular, the article seeks to explore the importance of `meaning making' in a diffuse parental system, particularly with regards to the term `family'. The complexities of working in this area and possible ways forward are illustrated with a closely worked case study. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rebecca Sng Source Type: journals

Nothing is as Practical as a Good Theory: Bowen Theory and the Workplace -- a Personal Applicationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 30(4): 235-246 Abstract Bowen Family Systems Theory is most commonly used to understand and predict family process. It is also applied to other potentially intense relationship systems, especially the workplace. It has been used by workplace consultants and by individuals to understand, and to manage, their own workplace functioning. This paper will draw from several key Bowen concepts to analyse common workplace dilemmas and to suggest responses that may assist the functioning of the individual and the system. The author's own experience as a manager in a child...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Megan F Chambers Source Type: journals

Introducing Redbankemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 30(4): 233-234 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jenny Brown Source Type: journals

Stress-related growth: pre-intervention correlates and change following a resilience interventionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Correlates of stress-related growth and the effectiveness of a resilience intervention to enhance stress-related growth were examined. College students were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 31) and waiting list control (n = 33) groups. The intervention group received the psychoeducational intervention, Transforming Lives Through Resilience Education, in four weekly 2-hour sessions. Measures of personal, environmental and stressor characteristics, coping strategies, adjustment and stress-related growth were assessed. Multiple regressions revealed that pre-intervention self-esteem, self-leadership, hopeful coping and d...
Source: Stress and Health - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christyn L. Dolbier, Shanna Smith Jaggars, Mary A. Steinhardt Source Type: journals

Sleep consistency and sufficiency: are both necessary for less psychological strain?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study provided preliminary evidence that sleep as a technique for resource replenishment alone may not be enough to reduce psychological strain. Continued exploration of the potential resource-enhancement aspect of consistent sleep may be a fruitful avenue of stress management research. Much like other routine activities that have shown to increase self-regulatory strength, consistent sleep may serve as an effective strain intervention, thereby preventing negative acute and chronic health effects. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larissa K. Barber, David C. Munz, Patricia G. Bagsby, Eric D. Powell Source Type: journals

Changes in teacher stress through participation in pre-referral intervention teamsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study followed 33 elementary education teachers prospectively through their participation in a pre-referral intervention team (PIT) program. Hierarchical linear modeling indicated that, across the pre-referral process, teachers felt less distress related to referred students' needs, termed "dyadic stress." Teachers' dyadic stress was partially accounted for by student progress on referral concerns. Teachers' experience of PIT support was also linked to reductions in stress and lower dyadic stress after pre-referral interventions were implemented. The findings have implications for how school practitioners consult with...
Source: Psychology in the Schools - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ann Shargo Lhospital, Anne Gregory Source Type: journals

Exploring social capital in rural settlements of an islander region in Greeceemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This study has two aims: First to provide an account of rural residents' perceptions of village life in terms of interpersonal support, mutual aid, trust, social cohesion and community competence, and second to examine the suitability of the social capital notion within the specific cultural context. A combination of data collection procedures and a range of sources were employed, such as key informants, rural residents and researchers' field observations. The findings indicate that small farming communities of high devotion with deep roots and strong sense of belonging face severe demographic imbalance and experience low ...
Source: Journal of Community - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anastasia Zissi, Andromachi Tseloni, Petros Skapinakis, Maria Savvidou, Mihaela Chiou Source Type: journals

Depressive symptoms and unmitigated communion in support providersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In this research, we argue and demonstrate that the association between enacted (un)supportive behaviour and depressive symptoms is a function of the providers' levels of unmitigated communion (UC). UC is characterized by overinvolvement in others' problems, self-neglect and externalized self-evaluation. These characteristics appear to predispose individuals high in UC to experience depressive symptoms. As anticipated, we show that enacted supportive behaviour was negatively associated with depressive symptoms (Study 1 and 2), and enacted unsupportive behaviour was positively associated with depressive symptoms (Study 2), ...
Source: European Journal of Personality - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lihua Jin, Nico W. Van Yperen, Robbert Sanderman, Mariët Hagedoorn Source Type: journals

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(Source: Perspectives on Psychological Science)
Source: Perspectives on Psychological Science - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: INDEX TO VOLUME 4, 2009 Source Type: journals