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Working With the Bereaved summarizes the major themes in
bereavement research and clinical work and uses the authors' own
cutting-edge research to show mental-health practitioners how to
integrate these themes into their practice. It provides clinicians
with a framework for exploring their own emotional and intellectual
assumptions about loss and bereavement, and it goes on to summarize
state-of-the-art thinking in the field. The heart of the book
focuses on the theoretical and clinical implications of the
empirically validated Two-Track Model of Bereavement, as well as a
variety of therapeutic techniques designed to help the bereaved
both reapproach life and manage their continuing bonds with the
deceased. The later chapters examine methods for integrating
systems and family perspectives in therapy, for attending to the
implications of culture and religion, and for meeting crises and
emergencies in bereavement care. The concluding chapter addresses
self-care, well-being, and resilience, offering practical
guidelines for both the bereaved and those who treat them.
Working With the Bereaved summarizes the major themes in
bereavement research and clinical work and uses the authors' own
cutting-edge research to show mental-health practitioners how to
integrate these themes into their practice. It provides clinicians
with a framework for exploring their own emotional and intellectual
assumptions about loss and bereavement, and it goes on to summarize
state-of-the-art thinking in the field. The heart of the book
focuses on the theoretical and clinical implications of the
empirically validated Two-Track Model of Bereavement, as well as a
variety of therapeutic techniques designed to help the bereaved
both reapproach life and manage their continuing bonds with the
deceased. The later chapters examine methods for integrating
systems and family perspectives in therapy, for attending to the
implications of culture and religion, and for meeting crises and
emergencies in bereavement care. The concluding chapter addresses
self-care, well-being, and resilience, offering practical
guidelines for both the bereaved and those who treat them.
The enigma of King Herod as a cruel bloodthirsty tyrant on the one
hand, and a great builder on the other is discussed in a systematic
modern historical and psychological study. It seeks to unravel the
contradictory historic mystery of the man and his deeds. After A.
Schalit's KAnig Herodes, this study is a new comprehensive,
pioneering study on the intriguing personality of Herod, also using
the insights of psychology. Herod's mental state reached an acute
level, consistent with the DSM-IV diagnosis for "Paranoid
Personality Disorder." He grew up with an ambiguous identity and
suffered from feelings of inferiority. Haunted by persecutory
delusions, he executed almost any suspect of treason, including his
wife and three sons. The Hebrew original text was Winner of the
Ya'acov Bahat Prize for Non-Fiction Hebrew Literature for 2006.
This book deals with the complex relationship between the highest
form of human activity -- creativity -- and mental illness. The
heroes of this book are brilliant geniuses in various fields: three
writers, four painters and three musicians. The common denominator
of these figures is that they lived in Russia in the nineteenth
century, a period of cultural and artistic blossoming. Besides the
extraordinary creativity they had -- each in his own domain --
these great figures have another common denominator -- their tragic
fate. Two committed suicide, two became disabled with severe
depression, two were addicted to alcohol, and another died from the
complications of brain disease. These psychopathological processes
led to the decline in their creativity and to their eventual
deaths. However, their struggle with their inner "demons" is also
largely what gave meaning to their lives, suffering and work. The
authors have demonstrated that in order to understand the nature
and the complexity of their works of art, one must recognise the
structure of their personalities and comprehend the various
psychopathological components that affected their lives. In this
book, the authors draw upon examples of many psychopathological
possibilities: developmental deprivation and early loss in
childhood, psychiatric disorders such as mood and psychotic
disorders, the influence of organic factors like brain disease (eg:
following an infection such as syphilis) or alcohol abuse, and the
overall effect these factors had on the course of the subjects
personal lives. It is most ironic that the artistic works of these
gifted but tortured, broken souls have uplifted and inspired
generations of art lovers, bringing them immense pleasure and
meaning.
Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are isolated from the secular
community that surrounds them not only physically but by their
dress, behaviors, and beliefs. Their relationship with secular
society is characterized by social, religious, and political
tensions. The differences between the ultra-orthodox and secular
often pose special difficulties for psychiatrists who attempt to
deal with their needs. In this book, two Western-trained
psychiatrists discuss their mental health work with this community
over the past two decades. With humor and affection they elaborate
on some of the factors that make it difficult to treat or even to
diagnose the ultra-orthodox, present fascinating case studies, and
relate their observations of this religious community to the
management of mental health services for other fundamentalist,
anti-secular groups.
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