Working through childhood trauma-related interpersonal patterns in psychodynamic treatment: An evidence-based case study.

Purpose Misophonia is a sound tolerance disorder condition in certain sounds that trigger intense emotional or physiological responses. While some persons may experience misophonia, a few patients suffer from misophonia. However, there is a dearth of literature on audiological assessment and management of persons with misophonia. The purpose of this report is to discuss the assessment of misophonia and highlight the management option that helped a patient with misophonia. Method A case study of a 26-year-old woman with the complaint of decreased tolerance to specific sounds affecting quality of life is reported. Audiological assessment differentiated misophonia from hyperacusis. Management included retraining counseling as well as desensitization and habituation therapy based on the principles described by P. J. Jastreboff and Jastreboff (2014). A misophonia questionnaire was administered at regular intervals to monitor the effectiveness of therapy. Results A detailed case history and audiological evaluations including pure-tone audiogram and Johnson Hyperacusis Index revealed the presence of misophonia. The patient benefitted from intervention, and the scores of the misophonia questionnaire indicated a decrease in the severity of the problem. Conclusions It is important to differentially diagnose misophonia and hyperacusis in persons with sound tolerance disorders. Retraining counseling as well as desensitization and habituation therapy can help patients who suffer from misophonia.

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The Implementation of Visual Comfort Evaluation in the Evidence-Based Design Process Using Lighting Simulation

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11114982 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 4982

Author(s):

Anahita Davoodi ◽

Peter Johansson ◽

Myriam Aries

Keyword(s):

Performance Metrics ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Visual Comfort ◽

Simulation Tools ◽

Post Occupancy Evaluation ◽

Lighting Simulation ◽

Insight Into

Validation of the EBD-SIM (evidence-based design-simulation) framework, a conceptual framework developed to integrate the use of lighting simulation in the EBD process, suggested that EBD’s post-occupancy evaluation (POE) should be conducted more frequently. A follow-up field study was designed for subjective–objective results implementation in the EBD process using lighting simulation tools. In this real-time case study, the visual comfort of the occupants was evaluated. The visual comfort analysis data were collected via simulations and questionnaires for subjective visual comfort perceptions. The follow-up study, conducted in June, confirmed the results of the original study, conducted in October, but additionally found correlations with annual performance metrics. This study shows that, at least for the variables related to daylight, a POE needs to be conducted at different times of the year to obtain a more comprehensive insight into the users’ perception of the lit environment.

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Students' Use of Evidence-Based Reasoning in K-12 Engineering: A Case Study (Fundamental)

10.18260/p.25943 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Corey Mathis ◽

Emilie Siverling ◽

Aran Glancy ◽

Siddika Guzey ◽

Tamara Moore

Keyword(s):

Evidence Based ◽

K 12

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Therapeutic immediacy across long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy: An evidence-based case study.

Journal of Counseling Psychology ◽

10.1037/a0026087 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 27-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Jason Mayotte-Blum ◽

Jenelle Slavin-Mulford ◽

Meaghan Lehmann ◽

Frank Pesale ◽

Nikaya Becker-Matero ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽

Evidence Based

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Childhood trauma, attachment style, and a couple's experience of terminal cancer: Case study

Palliative & Supportive Care ◽

10.1017/s1478951509990976 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 227-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Linda M. McLean ◽

Sarah Hales

Keyword(s):

End Of Life ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Multidisciplinary Team ◽

Marital Distress ◽

Empirical Literature ◽

Cancer Case ◽

Terminal Cancer ◽

Team Approach

AbstractObjective:The primary objective of this article is to elucidate the significance of psychosocial distress and risk in a sub-population of end-stage cancer patients and their spouse caregivers who present with an especially challenging attachment style and histories of childhood trauma. The case study presented highlights the need to both identify and offer an empirically validated couple–based intervention, along with a multi-disciplinary team approach over the trajectory of the illness and at end of life.Method:A validated marital protocol (emotionally focused couple therapy [EFT]) is modified for this population and conducted by an EFT-trained psychologist as part of a pilot investigation as to the feasibility and effectiveness of EFT for the terminal cancer population. Measures of marital distress, depression, hopelessness, and attachment security are completed at baseline and subsequent intervals, as reported in another publication. Attachment insecurity and the exquisitely intimate relationship with caregiving and care receiving are underscored, given the couple's traumatic childhood history.Results:The couple described herein, followed from diagnosis of metastatic disease to end of life illuminates the potential effectiveness of a modified EFT protocol, and underscores the need to both identify and intervene with a population potentially at significantly high risk for marital distress, suicidality, depression, and hopelessness.Significance of Results:The benefits of a multidisciplinary team is evident as the patient's symptoms of physical distress increased toward end of life and she returned to earlier behaviors, namely suicidal ideation and an attempt to alleviate her experience of suffering. The strength of the marital bond, possibly as a result of the intervention, and the efforts of the multidisciplinary team approach, demonstrate potential to mitigate a catastrophic end of life and a complicated spousal bereavement. This case study adds to the current empirical literature in an area that is currently under-studied and under-reported.

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Rendering clinical psychology an evidence-based scientific discipline: a case study

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01795.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 149-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Drozdstoj St. Stoyanov ◽

Peter K. Machamer ◽

Kenneth F. Schaffner

Keyword(s):

Clinical Psychology ◽

Scientific Discipline ◽

Evidence Based

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Translating Evidence-Based Practices Into Policy: A Case Study in Texas

Social Work in Health Care ◽

10.1080/00981389.2012.660568 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 51 (5) ◽

pp. 383-401 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gerald Cochran ◽

Katherine L. Montgomery ◽

Holly Bell

Keyword(s):

Evidence Based ◽

Evidence Based Practices

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Facilitators and Barriers in Cross-Country Transport of Evidence-based Preventive Interventions: a Case Study Using the Family Check-Up

Prevention Science ◽

10.1007/s11121-018-0929-y ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 73-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Anne M. Mauricio ◽

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Jenna Rudo-Stern ◽

Thomas J. Dishion ◽

Daniel S. Shaw ◽

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Keyword(s):

Evidence Based ◽

Preventive Interventions ◽

The Family ◽

Facilitators And Barriers ◽

Cross Country

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From Drug Literature Evaluation to Evidence-Based Medicine: Transforming the Focus of a First Year Pharmacy Curriculum

INNOVATIONS in pharmacy ◽

10.24926/iip.v7i2.425 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Shannon Reidt ◽

Keri Hager ◽

James Beattie ◽

Amy Pittenger ◽

Maureen Smith ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Student Performance ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

Evidence Based Medicine ◽

Integrated Design ◽

First Year ◽

Evidence Based ◽

And Performance ◽

Pharmacy Curriculum ◽

Based Medicine

This case study describes a longitudinal curricular sequence implemented to teach evidence-based medicine (EBM) skills. The longitudinal sequence is innovative in its approach, design, and assessment of EBM. This approach moves away from the conventional strategy of teaching drug information and drug literature evaluation as stand-alone courses and instead embraces the EBM Framework and its use in the context of authentic problem solving. The EBM Framework—Ask, Acquire, Appraise, and Apply—was used as the basis for defining seven EBM skills. These skills were targeted in the evidence-based, integrated design of 17 learning episodes delivered with eight faculty members through six courses in the first year. Student perceptions of relevance of EBM and performance on assessments and learning activities throughout the sequence suggest that integrating EBM across the first year of the curriculum is an effective strategy for teaching EBM skills. Three themes emerged from analysis of the data and experience, including the need for: a strong teaching team, a whole task approach with a focus on solving authentic problems, and care in interpreting the progression of assessments and patterns of student performance. Through instructor observations and peer review, the longitudinal sequence has been refined and has had an impact on the rest of the curriculum. Type: Case Study

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Considering “Cora”: A Critical Appreciation

Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy ◽

10.14713/pcsp.v12i3.1978 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 215

Author(s):

Alexandra Jessup Altman ◽

Ronald B. Miller

Keyword(s):

Childhood Trauma ◽

Study Methods ◽

Systematic Data ◽

Mixed Study

<p>This discussion examines Halvorsen, Benum, Haavind, and McLeod’s (2016) case study of “Cora,” from a perspective both appreciative and at times critical of certain mixed-study methods it employs. While impressed with the clinical alliance it illustrates between therapist and challenging client, we find the study raises more theoretical questions than it answers in terms of our ability to enumerate the conceptual elements necessary to convey valuable clinical truths. The case study does indeed provide systematic data on the presence of dyadic courage, persistence, and symbolic expressions of trust during treatment from which there is much to be learned. As readers we were left marveling at an account of a therapist’s clinical acumen with a client who had faced unbearable childhood trauma, and at the same time wondering how much more we might have learned about how to actually do such work from a comprehensive narrative written in his own voice.</p>

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