Pathological Psychology category: 903 books

A watershed in the articulation of the relational psychoanalytic paradigm, this volume offers a rich overview of issues currently being addressed by clinicians and theoreticians writing from a variety of complementary relational viewpoints. Chapter topics cover the roots of the relational orientation...

La caratteristica più saliente nel Disturbo Borderline è la estema variabilità dell'umore. Questa instabilità emotiva può anche essere chiamata labilità o reattività emotiva. Gli individui con BPD combattono con l'abbattimento, la rabbia, la furia, l'odio di sé, l'arroganza, l'ansia, l'incertezza, il vuoto, la dipendenza, la testardaggine e gli impulsi di auto-danneggiamento.

Gli individui con Disturbo Passivo-Aggressivo si arrabbiano per un senso di presunta privazione; sentono di non avere abbastanza e che vengono privati di ciò di cui hanno bisogno. Credono inoltre di essere intrappolati dal loro stesso destino; per loro niente si risolve. Provano invidia e risentimento...

La caratteristica essenziale del Disturbo Narcisistico di Personalità è un quadro di tendenza alla superiorità, necessità di ammirazione e mancanza di sensibilità per gli altri. Gli individui con disturbo narcisistico hanno, per la maggior parte del tempo, un’alta considerazione di sé. Generalmente...

Fascinating case histories, theoretical approaches, and the findings of various research inquiries that offer the reader a broad understanding of the meaning and power of a survival system and proven ways to break free of the hidden survival systems in their own lives. Relatable, captivating...

Hysteria“I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”― Tennessee WilliamsHysteria or Conversion...

Review of Jerry Perlmutters Healing Body, Self and Soul: Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy (ISP) In Healing Body, Self and Soul Perlmutter offers a mature, career-long account of his primary work, Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy. He outlines his use of body psychotherapy in the character work tradition...

Haben sie nie wirklich zusammengepasst? Oder sich einfach auseinandergelebt? Katja erkennt ihren Mann manchmal gar nicht mehr wieder. Doch in der Enge der Familienwelt wird ihr nicht klar, dass ihr Mann an Depressionen leidet. Als sie nach drei Ehejahren beschließt, sich von ihm zu trennen, weiß sie nicht, welche dramatischen Folgen dieser Entschluss für sie und ihre Tochter haben wird.

Self-harm in adolescence and late teens is known to be increasing, though it is difficult to detect and inconsistently recorded. This thorough, practical and evidence-based book provides guidance for professionals and parents caring for children and young people at risk of self-harm and suicide. Claudine...

Drei bis vier Millionen Menschen leiden in Deutschland am Borderline-Syndrom, das als die Krankheit unserer Kultur verstanden wird. In keiner anderen Symptomatik seelischen Leidens spiegeln sich so deutlich charakteristische Merkmale unserer Gesellschaft: Orientierungslosigkeit, Zerstörungswut, aber auch eine neue Sinn- und Identitätssuche.

Delight in Disorder: Ministry, Madness, Mission is the story of one pastor's battle with bipolar disorder. This spiritual memoir is a house of meditations where faith and mental illness co-exist, at times fueling each other to dangerous distortion, at times feeding each other to fruitful gain....

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Herman Affield (1906-1970) was discharged from the army at the end of World War Two. He returned to his farm in northern Minnesota with a dream and a .50 caliber ammo box packed with war memories. On December 13, 1945, he received his first mail-order bride catalogue, The Exchange, a medium for the...

As governments and health care systems direct more attention and resources to treating the rising rates of obesity worldwide, one thing has become very clear: obesity is best treated as a chronic condition. The most effective approach to care is often a behavioral one, in which health care providers...