Vantage point 1990 -- The drama of the gifted child and the psychoanalyst's narcissistic disturbance -- Depression and grandiosity as related forms of narcissistic disturbance -- The vicious circle of contempt.
Changing lenses and frames -- New maps: Change on the psychological level -- The group as learning laboratory -- Change on the interpersonal level -- Change on the level of beliefs and values -- The paradoxes of group therapy.
Based on a symposium sponsored by the University of Toronto Dept. of Psychiatry. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: When you're losing, everything hurts Humility : the spirit of learning -- Reality : the foundation of learning -- Responsibility : the first step of learning -- Improvement : the focus of learning -- Hope : the motivation of learning -- Teachability : the pathway of learning -- Adversity : the catalyst for learning -- Problems : opportunities for learning -- Bad experiences : the pers…
Introduction -- The origins and complexities of human behavior -- Understanding mental illness -- Assessing and managing abnormal behavior in the field -- Behavioral aspects of crisis situations -- The stresses of police work -- Conclusion.
Introduction -- Ritual : sacred and demonic -- Addiction to perfection -- Through thick and thin -- Assent to the goddess -- The myth of Ms -- Rape and the demon lover -- The ravished bride.
Biological perspectives -- Sex hormones and executive ability / Estelle R. Ramey -- The premenstrual syndrome / Mary Brown Parlee -- Cultural variations -- A cross-cultural analysis of sex differences in the behavior of children aged three through eleven / Beatrice Whiting and Carolyn Pope Edwards -- Conclusion from Sex and temperament in three primative societies / Margaret Mead -- Matriarchy …
dentifies patterns of age-related change and compares the developmental rhythms of men and women, deepening understanding of the stresses experienced by couples during the various stages of adult life.
Contents: Introduction -- Understanding scientific research -- Research approaches and data collection methods -- Planning the research study -- From Research ideas to hypothesis formulation -- Ethics in scientific research -- Foundations of research -- Measurement techniques and sampling methods -- Ensuring research validity -- Experimental methods -- Control techniques in experimental researc…
The challenge of anger --- Old moves, new moves, and countermovers --- Circular dances in couples: when getting angry is getting nowhere --- Anger at our impossible mothers --- Using anger as a guide: the road to a clearer self --- Up and down the generations --- Who's responsible for what: the trickiest anger question --- Thinking in threes: stepping out of family triangles --- Tasks for the d…
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.