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Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change
01 Jan 1986-
TL;DR: The NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program: Where We Began and Where We Are (I. Elkin, et al. as discussed by the authors ) presents a methodology, design, and evaluation in psychotherapy research.
Abstract: Methodology, Design, and Evaluation in Psychotherapy Research (A. Kazdin). Assessing Psychotherapy Outcomes and Processes (M. Lambert & C. Hill). The NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program: Where We Began and Where We Are (I. Elkin). The Effectiveness of Psychotherapy (M. Lambert & A. Bergin). Research on Client Variables in Psychotherapy (S. Garfield). Therapist Variables (L. Beutler, et al.). Process and Outcome in PsychotherapyNoch Einmal (D. Orlinsky, et al.). Behavior Therapy with Adults (P. Emmelkamp). Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (S. Hollon & A. Beck). Psychodynamic Approaches (W. Henry, et al.). Research on Experiential Psychotherapies (L. Greenberg, et al.). Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents (A. Kazdin). The Process and Outcome of Marital and Family Therapy: Reseach Review and Evaluation (J. Alexander, et al.). Experiential Group Research (R. Bednar & T. Kaul). Research on Brief Psychotherapy (M. Koss & J. Shiang). Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology (E. Blanchard). Medication and Psychotherapy (G. Klerman, et al.). Research on Psychotherapy with Culturally Diverse Populations (S. Sue, et al.). Overview, Trends, and Future Issues (A. Bergin & S. Garfield). Indexes.
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TL;DR: The findings highlight the importance of the ability to evaluate emotional situations and identify effective responses to these in interpersonal emotion regulation and suggest that situational judgment and flexible response selection may help people to manage conflicts more than to bond with others.
Abstract: We examined self and friends' ratings of social relationship quality and everyday social interactions in 3 studies involving 544 college students in Germany, Spain, and the United States. Scores on a situational judgment test measuring strategic emotion regulation ability (SERA) were negatively related to conflict with others. SERA was more consistently and strongly related to conflict with others than to the positive dimension of relationship quality (support, companionship, and nurturance). The relationship between SERA and conflict was generally not mediated by trait positive or negative affect, and it remained significant or marginally significant controlling for the Big Five personality traits. These findings highlight the importance of the ability to evaluate emotional situations and identify effective responses to these in interpersonal emotion regulation. Furthermore, they suggest that situational judgment and flexible response selection may help people to manage conflicts more than to bond with others.
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...Major reviews of rehabilitation or control efforts have concluded that there are no consistent or valid positive findings (eg, Davidson & Seidman, 1974; Grey & Dermody, 1972; Klein, 1983; Levitt, 1971; Lipton, Martinson, & Wilks, 1975; Redner, Snellman, & Davidson, 1983; Sechrest, White, & Brown, 1979)....
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TL;DR: Recent studies using spectral analysis and topographic electroencephalographic (EEG) mapping of the relaxation response demonstrate that by changing mental activity the authors can demonstrate measurable changes in central nervous system activity, and other studies demonstrate that mind-body interactions are real and can be measured.
Abstract: There are key differences between mind-body medicine and alternative medicine. A central tenet of mind-body medicine is the recognition that the mind plays a key role in health and that any presumed separation of mind and body is false. Alternative medicine, however, does not focus on the role of thoughts and emotions in health and, therefore, is separate from mind-body medicine. Also, while there has been little scientific research on alternative medicine, the literature on mind-body medicine comprises more than 2000 peer-reviewed studies published in the past 25 years. The groundwork for understanding the physiology of mind-body interactions was established by pioneering studies in the 1930s by Walter Cannon, and in the 1950s by Walter Hess and by Hans Selye that led to an understanding of the fight-or-flight response. Later work by Holmes and Rahe documented measurable relationships between stressful life events and illness. Other research has shown clinical improvement in patients treated with a placebo for a variety of medical problems. The effectiveness of placebo treatment can be interpreted as compelling evidence that expectation and belief can affect physiological response. Recent studies using spectral analysis and topographic electroencephalographic (EEG) mapping of the relaxation response demonstrate that by changing mental activity we can demonstrate measurable changes in central nervous system activity. These, and other, studies demonstrate that mind-body interactions are real and can be measured.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the ways in which psychotherapists view themselves as attachment figures for their patients and the implications of this phenomenon for clinical work, particularly in regard to dealing with boundary issues (e.g., separations and reunions).
Abstract: This article focuses on the ways in which psychotherapists Junction as attachment figures for their patients and the implications of this phenomenon for clinical work. It is shown that, although there are multiple commonalities between childhood attachments and the patient-therapist relationship (e.g., the provision of a secure base for exploration), the latter relationship is necessarily mediated by unique temporal, financial, structural, and ethical boundaries that render it significantly different from childhood attachment relationships. Viewing the therapist as an attachment figure can offer new perspectives on therapeutic work, particularly in regard to dealing with boundary issues (e.g., separations and reunions).
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...Although the median length of psychotherapy is 5–6 sessions (Garfield, 1994), many therapies, particularly those conducted within a psychodynamic framework, continue for many years....
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TL;DR: Investigation of married adult women who sought sex therapy with their spouses confirmed previous theory and research regarding a connection between childhood sexual abuse and adult female dysfunction and suggested that abuse involving sexual penetration is specifically associated with adult sexual dysfunction.
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