gj 71, notes on psychiatry uu jvuiauj &d. by Roger Tredgold & Heinz Wolff uucbvorth, 50s. J'Hile the title of the book well Scribes its origins and form, it 0es less than justice to its con;pntsIts subtitle could well be Psychiatry of interest to the medial student and general practiuoner'. But it is, first and foremost, U-C.H. (University College Hos1 a'> London) book, for it is an xPression o...

Analysis of the relationship of altered states of consciousness (ASC) to culture and human psychobiology provides guidance for new approaches for addressing substance abuse and dependence. While Western cultures have a long history of repressing ASC, cross-cultural research illustrates the ubiquitous human drive to alter consciousness and the near universality of institutionalized healing pract...

Since the 1990s several research projects and empirical studies (process and outcome) on Jungian Psychotherapy have been conducted mainly in Germany and Switzerland. Prospective, naturalistic outcome studies and retrospective studies using standardized instruments and health insurance data as well as several qualitative studies of aspects of the psychotherapeutic process will be summarized. The...

After a period marked by one-sided emphasis on psychodynamics and social issues, or what could be called "brainless" psychiatry on account of its relative neglect of cerebral processes, we are witnessing an opposite trend towards extreme biologism or "mindless" psychiatry. The pendulum has swung periodically from one to the other of these reductionistic positions throughout the history of psych...

Attempts by theorists of transpersonal psychology to explain the place of meditation within an overall framework encompassing Western notions of the development of the self often see meditation as a "therapeutic" intervention most appropriate for those possessing a "fully developed" sense of self. This approach has been useful in distinguishing transpersonal levels of development from early, pr...

It is of great importance for us to unearth and examine such Turkic texts, which are important both in terms history geography world shed light on a large part it. Finding examining historical texts written Central Asia one the steps be taken, especially medical studies. One these values reflection Yesevilik Sufism, reflects culture, Islamic understanding philosophy Turkiс tribes’ life, prayers...

Recent advances in basic evolutionary biology have transformed ethology, but have had little impact on psychoanalysis. As evolutionary approaches to human behavior begin to focus on the specific behavior regulation mechanisms that have been shaped by natural selection, psychodynamic mechanisms become natural objects of inquiry. The capacity for repression is at the core of psychodynamics, and m...

This study is for introducing concepts of energy and entropy to describe a robot’s emotion decision. There are several kinds of approaches to explain the emotional structure. The dimensional approach based on factors of pleasure and arousal is chosen for the merit of the interpolation between emotions. Specifically, Circumplex model which has also two axes: pleasure and arousal is used. Besides...

The shell-shock epidemic of 1915 challenged the capacity and expertise of the British Army's medical services. What appeared to be a novel and complex disorder raised questions of causation and treatment. To address these pressing issues, Moss Side Military Hospital at Maghull became a focus for experiment in the developing field of psychological medicine as clinicians from diverse backgrounds ...

In 1943, child psychiatrist Leo Kanner in the US gave the first account of Early Infantile Autism that encouraged psychiatrists to investigate what they called emotionally cold mothers, or refrigerator mothers. In 1949, Kanner published "Problems of Nosology and Psychodynamics of Early Infantile Autism." In that article, Kanner described autistic children as reared in emotional refrigerators. U...