The Plague of Yellow Fever and Its Cure

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-103
Author(s):  
Edward E. Ng

This integrative case study centers on the intersection of the continuing psychological consequences of colonialism as they apply to the dynamic between males of predominantly European descent and females of Asian descent, a fetish colloquially known as “yellow fever.” A particular focus is placed upon the work with Jane, who having been exoticized and thereby objectified, reported depression and “relationship problems.” Applied treatment methods include tenets of relational psychoanalysis, feminist therapy, and Relational–Cultural Therapy. A “cure” is found through the practice of lament, which is communal and orients one to their apprehension of a present and listening God.

Author(s):  
Max Perry Mueller

This chapter introduces the book’s main argument: that the three original American races, “black,” “red,” and, “white,” were constructed first in the written archive before they were read onto human bodies. It argues that because of America’s uniquely religious history, the racial construction sites of Americans of Native, African, and European descent were religious archives. The Mormon people’s relationship with race serves as a case unto itself and a case study of the larger relationship between religious writings and race. During the nineteenth century early Mormons taught a theology of “white universalism,” which held that even non-whites, whom the Bible and the Book of Mormon taught were cursed with dark skin because of their ancestors’ sin against their families, could become “white” through dedication to the restored Mormon gospel. But Mormons eventually abandoned this “white universalism,” and instead taught and practiced a theology of white supremacy.


1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Rosenthal ◽  
Dan Bar-On

Abstract Previous studies have shown that many children of former Nazi perpetrators either identify with their parents by denying their atrocities, by distancing them-selves emotionally from their parents, or by acknowledging their participation in the extermination process. Through a hermeneutical case study of the narrated life story of a Euthanasia physician's daughter, a type of strategy, which we defined as pseudo-identification with the victim, is reconstructed. The results of the analysis suggest that this is a repair strategy. Putting oneself in the role of one's parents' victim provides refuge from acknowledging possible identification with Nazism and its idols, as well as identifying oneself with the real victims of one's parents. In this case, the psychological consequences of this strategy are described: The woman still suffers from extermination anxieties which block further working through of the past. (Behavioral Sciences)


2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-230
Author(s):  
Dietmar Hansch

Abstract Nicht zu Unrecht gilt die Behandlung von Angsterkrankungen als die Paradedisziplin der Verhaltenstherapie (VT). Hier wie auch generell zeigt sich die VT dabei aber als zersplittert in eine Vielzahl von Einzelmethoden: Verschiedene Lernformen – Einsichtslernen, Konditionierungslernen und Habituationslernen - werden in ihrem Beitrag zu Angsterkrankungen isoliert voneinander konzipiert. Entsprechend stehen auch auf diesen Lernformen basierende Therapiemethoden für sich. Dadurch werden wichtige Synergiepotenziale verschenkt. Menschliches Lernen, auch und gerade das Lernen und Verlernen von pathologischer Angst, ist aber immer ein ganzheitlicher Prozess. Der Artikel skizziert eine ganzheitliche Psycho-Logik der Eskalation und Chronifizierung pathologischer Angst unter integrierendem Einbezug der o.g. Lernformen. Hieraus leitet sich eine verfahrensintegrierende VT ab, die die etablierten Behandlungsmethoden so kombiniert, dass Synergiegewinne entstehen, was an einem Fallbeispiel verdeutlicht wird. Den theoretischen Hintergrund bildet die Theorie der Selbstorganisation komplexer Systeme, insbesondere die Synergetik – ein Feld, in dem wichtige Aspekte der Gestalttheorie aufgehoben sind. It is not without reason that the treatment of anxiety disorders is considered the showpiece of behavioral therapy (BT). Here as well as in general, however, the BT shows itself fragmented into a multitude of individual methods: Different forms of learning - insight learning, conditioning learning and habituation learning - are designed in isolation from each other in their contribution to anxiety disorders. Correspondingly, treatment methods based on these forms of learning stand for themselves. This gives away important synergy potential. Human learning, also and especially learning and unlearning of pathological anxiety, is always a holistic process. The paper outlines a holistic psycho-logic of the escalation and chronification of pathological anxiety, integrating the above mentioned forms of learning. This leads to the derivation of a method-integrating BT, which combines the established treatment methods in such a way that synergy gains are achieved, as illustrated by a case study. The theoretical background is formed by the theory of the self-organization of complex systems, in particular synergetics - a field in which important aspects of gestalt theory are implied.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 2513826X2090350
Author(s):  
Do Hyun Yun ◽  
Alisha R. Bonaroti ◽  
Kant Y. Lin

Ledderhose disease, or plantar fibromatosis, is a rare benign disorder of fibrous proliferation in the plantar aponeurosis. It is known to be highly associated with Dupuytren disease of the hand by sharing similar symptomatology and treatment methods. This case study explores a presentation of Ledderhose disease in a 56-year-old male with concomitant Dupuytren contracture. The patient underwent surgical excision resulting in symptomatic relief with regained function. This case highlights diagnostic measures, association with Dupuytren disease, and both surgical and nonsurgical treatment methods of Ledderhose disease.


2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma Morrison

A single case study of a schema-focused cognitive therapy approach to treatment of a young woman with long-term interpersonal relationship problems and affective instability is described. There have been few accounts of this type of therapy that have incorporated outcome measures. Measures of mood and of schema have been taken throughout treatment and results would appear to offer some support for schema-focused cognitive therapy.


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