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Author : Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg,Linda Handlin,Maria Petersson,Henri Julius
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889765362
Author : Heather K. Caldwell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031511127
Author : Susan Pacey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000989533
Sensate Focus and the Psyche explores in depth both psychoanalytic and psychosexual perspectives of sensate focus, a programme of touching exercises for couples with sexual problems, and in so doing provides an original, integrated model for understanding the conscious and unconscious impact of this tactile intervention on couples in treatment. Susan Pacey reviews the historical relationship between psychoanalysis and sex therapy and the splitting of mind, body and relationship since Freud. She illustrates how the tactile intervention can help repair the early life impingements on partners’ individual development that mobilise anxieties about sexuality and shame in adulthood. Case studies illustrate how sensate focus can help conceptualise unconscious embodied memories, repair shame, encourage Winnicottian play, work through transitional phenomena and develop psychological space, establishing a platform for the healthy expression of adult sexuality. Pacey discusses how sexual desire and aggression are inextricably linked in the human psyche, proposing that sensate focus can help enable positive aggression necessary for sex and reduce the potential for partners’ anxieties about their psychological separateness. Lastly, she proposes judicious use of this powerful, tactile intervention and highlights contraindications. Sensate Focus and the Psyche will be essential reading for all psychotherapists who work with individuals, couples and families.
Author : Henri Julius,Andrea Beetz,Kurt Kotrschal,Dennis Turner,Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg
Publisher : Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781616764425
The biological and psychological basis of pet therapy / animal-assisted therapy and what this means for practice "A comprehensive, scientific foundation for human-animal therapy." (Judith Solomon) In recent years, the ancient symbiosis between humans and their pets has entered a new phase, marked by the burgeoning clinical specialty of human-animal therapy. This approach uses the relationship between humans and their (mainly) mammalian pets to support the growth of emotion regulation, social skills, and mental health in children, adolescents, and adults. But how are humans and animals able to develop close bonds at all? What makes it possible for animals to have a therapeutic effect on humans? And how can we best use this understanding in animal-assisted therapy? In this unique book, a team of expert biologists and psychologists integrate and combine sophisticated biological and psychological knowledge to answer these questions. Together they have created a comprehensive, scientific foundation for human-animal therapy, a foundation that will facilitate the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective new interventions.
Author : Ulrich F. Lanius, PhD,Sandra L. Paulsen, PhD,Frank M. Corrigan, MD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : MEDICAL
ISBN : 9780826106315
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Author : Carol Sue Carter,I. Izja Lederhendler,Brian Kirkpatrick
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0262531585
This book examines the biological, especially the neural, substrates of affiliation and related social behaviors. Affiliation refers to social behaviors that bring individuals closer together. This includes such associations as attachment, parent-offspring interactions, pair-bonding, and the building of coalitions. Affiliations provide a social matrix within which other behaviors, including reproduction and aggression, may occur. While reproduction and aggression also reduce the distance between individuals, their expression is regulated in part by the positive social fabric of affiliative behavior.Until recently, researchers have paid little attention to the regulatory physiology and neural processes that subserve affiliative behaviors. The integrative approach in this book reflects the constructive interactions between those who study behavior in the context of natural history and evolution and those who study the nervous system.The book contains the partial proceedings of a conference of the same title held in Washington, DC, in 1996. The full proceedings was published as part of the Annals of the York Academy of Sciences.
Author : Jay Schulkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691157443
What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one another--and even with other species--the things that we cannot express through language. Music is both ancient and ever evolving. Without music, our world is missing something essential. In Reflections on the Musical Mind, Jay Schulkin offers a social and behavioral neuroscientific explanation of why music matters. His aim is not to provide a grand, unifying theory. Instead, the book guides the reader through the relevant scientific evidence that links neuroscience, music, and meaning. Schulkin considers how music evolved in humans and birds, how music is experienced in relation to aesthetics and mathematics, the role of memory in musical expression, the role of music in child and social development, and the embodied experience of music through dance. He concludes with reflections on music and well-being. Reflections on the Musical Mind is a unique and valuable tour through the current research on the neuroscience of music.
Author : Hollis H. King,Wilfrid Jänig,Michael M. Patterson
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780702049958
The Science and Clinical Application of Manual Therapy is a multi-disciplinary, international reference book based on work by the top basic science researchers and clinical researchers in the area of Manual Therapy and Manual Medicine (MT/MM). The first book to bring together research on the benefits of MT/MM beyond the known effects on musculoskeletal disorders, it presents evidence of the benefit of MT/MM in treating systemic disorders such as asthma, heart rate dysfunction and GI disturbance. Authored by the leading multidisciplinary basic science and clinical researchers from throughout the world Describes research confirming benefit of MT for musculoskeletal disorders (which helps provide a rational for greater utilization of manual therapy and reimbursement for this healthcare service) Presents the latest findings on the beneficial effect of MT on systemic disorders including asthma, pneumonia, otitis media, heart rate dysfunction and GI disturbance Critically assesses longstanding theoretical models of MT/MM mechanisms with respect to the current understanding of physiological and neurophysiological function Explores the influences of psychological and cortical processes on the effects of MT/MM, including the effect of placebo Uniquely presents research findings from all the manual therapy professions and scientists making the case for the benefits of MT The symposium from which the book was derived was supported by the NIH National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Author : Aubrey H. Fine
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780128189245
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions, Fifth Edition highlights advances in the field, with seven new chapters and revisions to over 75% of the material. This book will help therapists discover the benefits of incorporating animal assisted therapy into their practice, how to design and implement animal assisted interventions, and the efficacy of animal assisted therapy with different disorders and patient populations. Coverage includes the use of AAT with children, families and the elderly, in counseling and psychotherapy settings, and for treating a variety of specific disorders. Contains seven new chapters in addition to 75% new or revised material Includes guidelines and best practices for using animals as therapeutic companions Addresses specific types of patients and environmental situations Includes AAI working with cats, dogs, birds, and horses Discusses why animals are used in therapy, as well as how
Author : John Visser,Harry Daniels,Ted Cole,Chris Forlin
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781780527109
Contains papers and discussions of the third International Conference of SEBDA in 2010 at Keble College, Oxford, UK. This title describes and critically examines strategies and interventions in meeting the educational and well being needs of the children and young people.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Health and Medical Dimensions of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309671033
Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions. A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that social isolation presents a major risk for premature mortality, comparable to other risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, or obesity. As older adults are particularly high-volume and high-frequency users of the health care system, there is an opportunity for health care professionals to identify, prevent, and mitigate the adverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults summarizes the evidence base and explores how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, particularly among low income, underserved, and vulnerable populations. This report makes recommendations specifically for clinical settings of health care to identify those who suffer the resultant negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness and target interventions to improve their social conditions. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults considers clinical tools and methodologies, better education and training for the health care workforce, and dissemination and implementation that will be important for translating research into practice, especially as the evidence base for effective interventions continues to flourish.
Author : Francesca Talpo,Navjot Kaur,Gerardo Rosario Biella
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832525999
Oxytocin is a pituitary hormone able to produce a multitude of heterogeneous central and peripheral responses. Within the central nervous system, oxytocin is synthesized by the hypothalamic parvocellular neurons and released in many different brain areas where it acts as a neuromodulator. It exerts pro-social and anxiolytic effects by promoting attachment, trust, maternal bonding, social affiliation, and eating and metabolic functions. Imbalances in the oxytocinergic system are implicated in neuropsychiatric diseases associated with altered socio-emotional competence, such as autism spectrum disorder, clinical depression, and eating disorders. Also, oxytocin impairments could affect memory formation/persistence and they have been found in some neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, and in several cancers. Although substantial progress has been achieved in understanding single pieces of the complex neurobiology of the oxytocinergic system, the puzzle is far from being complete. It is still unclear how this single neuropeptide could exert such pleiotropic neuromodulatory effects. Extending the comprehension of the mechanisms underlying the complex roles of the oxytocin will be of great interest, as this molecule has the potentiality to be used as a drug treatment.
Author : Gail Ironson,Lynda H. Powell
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317759171
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Richard J. Martin,Avroy A. Fanaroff
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 2356 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323932745
A must-have reference for both general physicians and advanced practice providers, Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Diseases of the Fetus and Infant provides trusted, time-tested guidance on the management and evidence-based treatment of problems in the mother, fetus, and neonate. The fully revised 12th Edition is an ideal resource for every stage of practice and remains the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary text in the field. Drs. Richard J. Martin and Avroy A. Fanaroff from Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital bring you up to date with everything from diagnosis and treatment selection through post-treatment strategies and management of complications—all with a dual focus on neonatology and perinatology, and all designed to help you improve the quality of life and long-term outcomes of your patients. Provides up-to-date, evidence-based content throughout, including state-of-the-art coverage of personalized medicine and genetics. Contains new chapters on Big Data for the Smallest Patients: What we can learn from neonatal database research; Role of Umbilical Cord Management in Neonatal Resuscitation; Care of Periviable Micropremies: the Japanese perspective; Longer Term Respiratory Outcomes of Prematurity; and Perinatal Palliative Care. Features extensive updates throughout, including blood and the hematopoietic system; social and economic contributors to neonatal outcome; fetal growth restriction; diagnostic imaging of the neonate; anesthesia in the neonate; postnatal bacterial infections; neonatal management of congenital heart disease; and retinopathy of prematurity. Includes over 600 detailed, full-color illustrations that depict disorders in the clinical setting and explain complex information. Provides indexing in both volumes that provides quick access to specific guidance. Offers a global perspective with an expanded number of international contributors. An ideal resource for clinical practice as well as recommended reading for neonatology board review or maintenance of certification. Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Author : Elizabeth B. Torres
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889711079