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Throughout the past 30 years, there have been significant
developments in theory and research relating family variables to
various psychopathologies. The potential importance of such efforts
is obviously great, given the implications that reliable and valid
findings would hold for treatment and preventive inter ventions
across a variety of settings and populations. The purpose of this
volume is to present a critical evaluation of this field of inquiry
through a detailed assessment of the theoretical perspectives, the
methodological issues, and the substantive findings that have
characterized family studies of psychopathology during the past
several decades. The book is divided into four parts, each con
taining contributions from leading researchers and theorists in the
field. The first part, "Background," presents a review of the major
streams of influence that have shaped the development and the
present character of the field. The second part, "Conceptual
Foundations," contains presentations of gen eral models and
orientations relevant to family studies of psychopathology. In most
cases, a particular theoretical perspective provides the primary
underpin ning of the approach, the exception to this format being
the family model of David Reiss based on the concept of the family
paradigm. The major objective of this part is to present a broad
yet detailed set of chapters that address the conceptual status of
the field. It is hoped that this material will provide a rich
background against which subsequent discussions of specific
theories, methods, and findings can be more fully appreciated."
Psychotherapy in the Wake of War presents the ways in which
differing views of various psychoanalytic schools and traditions
spanning developments for more than one hundred years may affect
theoretical and technical issues in psychoanalytic treatments.
Colleagues representing different traditions of psychoanalytic
thinking comment on a selection of nine cases and suggest ways of
managing these both technically and theoretically. They have a
variety of theoretical structures and axioms in their minds, a
range of understandings of the symptoms of patients and of which
type of interventions to make. This is based on their own internal
reflective processes, their trainings and their personal
development within their particular schools over time. These
different approaches reflect the evolution and divergences of
psychoanalytic thinking. Some of the writers write in the language
of their school, while others have developed their own style. Still
others show that there can be issues that arise in clinical work
which cannot be easily and fully conceptualized within the confines
of one single and particular theoretical orientation. Interesting
convergences and divergences are demonstrated in the comments of
the practitioners in this present book. Clinical experience may be
approached in different ways, as the commentators say, and
unexpected ideas thought previously to be incompatible may
converge.
This volume addresses the critical psychoanalytic issue of
effective listening. While this issue has been discussed widely in
the literature, most often the discussions are from the standpoint
of technique. Listening to Others is among the first texts to
consider the listening process from the so-called 'two-person'
perspective-i.e., that which is aligned with intersubjective,
interpersonal, and relational theories. The contributors to this
volume all are well-known experts in contemporary psychoanalytic
theory.
This volume addresses the critical psychoanalytic issue of
effective listening. While this issue has been discussed widely in
the literature, most often the discussions are from the standpoint
of technique. Listening to Others is among the first texts to
consider the listening process from the so-called 'two-person'
perspective-i.e., that which is aligned with intersubjective,
interpersonal, and relational theories. The contributors to this
volume all are well-known experts in contemporary psychoanalytic
theory.
Throughout the past 30 years, there have been significant
developments in theory and research relating family variables to
various psychopathologies. The potential importance of such efforts
is obviously great, given the implications that reliable and valid
findings would hold for treatment and preventive inter ventions
across a variety of settings and populations. The purpose of this
volume is to present a critical evaluation of this field of inquiry
through a detailed assessment of the theoretical perspectives, the
methodological issues, and the substantive findings that have
characterized family studies of psychopathology during the past
several decades. The book is divided into four parts, each con
taining contributions from leading researchers and theorists in the
field. The first part, "Background," presents a review of the major
streams of influence that have shaped the development and the
present character of the field. The second part, "Conceptual
Foundations," contains presentations of gen eral models and
orientations relevant to family studies of psychopathology. In most
cases, a particular theoretical perspective provides the primary
underpin ning of the approach, the exception to this format being
the family model of David Reiss based on the concept of the family
paradigm. The major objective of this part is to present a broad
yet detailed set of chapters that address the conceptual status of
the field. It is hoped that this material will provide a rich
background against which subsequent discussions of specific
theories, methods, and findings can be more fully appreciated."
The purpose of this book is to review existing and developing
family assessment methods relevant to the study of psycho
pathology. It is our intention not only to inform clinical re
searchers of the many valuable family assessment methods that are
available, but also to encourage the incorporation of such
procedures into future research efforts. In so doing, we believe
that our understanding of the etiology, course, treatment, and
prevention of adult and childhood disorders will be greatly
enriched. The book begins with an overview of the larger social and
intellectual forces which have led to the current interest in study
ing family influences on psychopathology in children and adoles
cence. For each "stream of influence," we attempt to highlight
theoretical and methodological contributions relevant to the fami
ly's role in the etiology, exacerbation, and treatment of childhood
disorders. Next, a framework for classifying family measurement
procedures is introduced in which three major dimensions are
emphasized: unit of analysis, source of data, and construct as
sessed. The third and most important chapter provides detailed
reviews of a selected number of methods within each of the major
groupings that have been delimited, references and brief descrip
tions of other measures that cannot be reviewed in detail, and a
discussion of the promising and developing techniques that are
known to the authors."
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