God in the Hour: Religious Faith in Psychoanalytic Treatment

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
John Michael Madonna
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Analytic Thinking ◽  
Psychoanalytic Treatment ◽  
Supreme Being

The following is a discussion of the issue of religious faith on the part of the analyst, in terms of how it comes to bear on the psychological treatment of patients who have faith and some who do not. A consideration, and refutation, of Freud’s position on religion and his belief in a supreme being as an illusion will be conducted, along with subsequent analytic thinking on this matter. The author’s personal experience will be described, and how he is affirmed and sometimes challenged by the various clinical situations in which he finds himself. There will be an application of psychological theory, clinical practice, and theological guide-points.

scholarly journals The Infinity Formulation: how transdiagnostic behaviours and endeavours for behavioural change serve to maintain co-morbid mental health presentations

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Bennetts
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Primary Treatment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
List Type ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Co Morbidity

Abstract Treatment recommendations for mental health are often founded on diagnosis-specific models; however, there are high rates of co-morbidity of mental health presentations and growing recognition of the presence of ‘transdiagnostic processes’ (cognitive, emotional or behavioural features) seen across a range of mental health presentations. This model proposes a novel conceptualisation of how transdiagnostic behaviours may maintain co-morbid mental health presentations by acting as a trigger event for the cognitive biases specific to each presentation. Drawing on existing evidence, psychological theory and the author’s clinical experience, the model organises complex presentations in a theory-driven yet accessible manner for use in clinical practice. The model offers both theoretical and clinical implications for the treatment of mental health presentations using cognitive behavioural approaches, positing that transdiagnostic behaviours be the primary treatment target in co-morbid presentations. Key learning aims (1) To understand the strengths and limitations of existing transdiagnostic CBT formulation models. (2) To learn about a novel, transdiagnostic and behaviourally focused formulation for use in clinical practice. (3) To understand how to use the tool in clinical practice and future research.

Routine Preoperative Investigation: Results of a Multicenter Survey in Italy

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gualtiero Ricciardi ◽  
Italo F. Angelillo ◽  
Umberto Del Prete ◽  
Marcello M. D'Errico ◽  
Guido M. Grasso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Preoperative Investigation ◽  
Multicenter Survey ◽  
Current Behavior

AbstractWe conducted a study to acquire information on the current behavior of a sample of Italian surgeons and anesthesiologists about prescribing, interpreting, and using routine preoperative investigations. Consultants in surgery and anesthesiology in 60 hospitals in northern, central, and southern Italy were interviewed. Prescription of these procedures by doctors were driven more by personal experience than by updated scientific knowledge. This practice often led to ineffective and inefficient clinical practice, with healthy patients undergoing useless, time-consuming, costly, and sometimes harmful procedures.

scholarly journals Brief Coping Strategy Enhancement for Distressing Voices: an Evaluation in Routine Clinical Practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Hayward ◽  
Rebecca Edgecumbe ◽  
Anna-Marie Jones ◽  
Clio Berry ◽  
Clara Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Clinical Importance ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Routine Clinical Practice ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Distress Scale

Background: Hearing voices can be a common and distressing experience. Psychological treatment in the form of cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is effective, but is rarely available to patients. The barriers to increasing access include a lack of time for clinicians to deliver therapy. Emerging evidence suggests that CBTp delivered in brief forms can be effective and offer one solution to increasing access. Aims: We adapted an existing form of CBTp, coping strategy enhancement (CSE), to focus specifically on distressing voices in a brief format. This intervention was evaluated within an uncontrolled study conducted in routine clinical practice. Method: This was a service evaluation comparing pre–post outcomes in patients who had completed CSE over four sessions within a specialist out-patient service within NHS Mental Health Services. The primary outcome was the distress scale of the Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale – Auditory Hallucinations (PSYRATS-AH). Results: Data were available from 101 patients who had completed therapy. A reduction approaching clinical importance was found on the PSYRATS distress scale post-therapy when compared with the baseline. Conclusions: The findings from this study suggest that CSE, as a focused and brief form of CBTp, can be effective in the treatment of distressing voices within routine clinical practice. Within the context of the limitations of this study, brief CSE may best be viewed as the beginning of a therapeutic conversation and a low-intensity intervention in a stepped approach to the treatment of distressing voices.

Psychological Treatment of Co-occurring Anxiety Disorders in Clinical Practice: A Vignette Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 480-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin I. Clark ◽  
Tanya L. Hanstock ◽  
Laura H. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Vignette Study

scholarly journals Uskon performatiivit kokemuskerronnassa

Elore ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuija Hovi
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Word Of Faith ◽  
Religious Convictions ◽  
Personal Experience Stories ◽  
Faith Movement ◽  
Charismatic Christianity

The article is focused on the construction of a relationship between religious faith and personal narratives. The hypothesis advanced is that the maintenance of religious convictions within charismatic Christianity takes place thorough sharing personal experience stories, in which the course of everyday life is interpreted biblically. The article is based on interview material. The interviewees are members of the Word of Faith congregation in Turku. The congregation represents the Faith Movement originating in North America, which was brought to Finland via Sweden (Livets Ord) at the beginning of the 1990s. The writer combines the ideas of socio-psychology of religion (mainly role theory) and narrative research, which applies the idea of performative speech in speech act theory.

scholarly journals Transition to Surgical Practice: The Early Years

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (06) ◽  
pp. 457-460
Author(s):  
Ian M. Paquette
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Surgical Training ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Surgical Practice ◽  
Clinical Networks ◽  
Academic Reputation ◽  
Young Surgeon

AbstractThe transition from years of surgical training to independent surgical practice is a time to enjoy the well-earned achievement of completion of training. The early years of clinical practice bring about many challenges to the young surgeon. These include transitioning to a more independent role in the operating room, running an office and understanding the business aspects of medicine, building clinical networks to sustain a clinical practice, and building a professional and academic reputation. This article will discuss aspects that are unique to the early career surgeon. Where possible, I will use the available literature to augment the discussion, whereas, in other areas, I will offer my thoughts from personal experience on the topic.

François Leuret: the last moral therapist

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M Brown
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Psychological Therapy ◽  
Individual Psychotherapy ◽  
Institutional Practice ◽  
Moral Treatment ◽  
The Individual

By the 1840s French psychiatrists had abandoned Moral Treatment as an individual psychological therapy, as opposed to an institutional practice. One advocate of Moral Treatment, however, would not go along with this movement. In three books and several papers published between 1834 and 1846, François Leuret (1797–1851) advocated aggressive psychological treatment. Recent commentators have understandably concentrated on the controversies surrounding Leuret’s practices. What such an approach has failed to make clear, however, is that Leuret had a complex, systematic psychological theory supporting his clinical judgements. In addition to reviewing the controversies that surrounded Leuret, this paper spells out Leuret’s psychological theory and shows how he used this theory to think about the individual psychotherapy he provided for his patients.

An Inclusive Psychoanalyst: Sidney Blatt’s Contribution In Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-533
Author(s):  
Emanuel Berman
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Carl Rogers ◽  
Productive Work ◽  
Complex Thinking ◽  
Psychoanalytic Treatment ◽  
John Bowlby ◽  
Psychoanalytic Thought

Sidney Blatt personified in many ways the striving toward an inclusive, broad-minded, nonsectarian, and nondogmatic psychoanalysis. Intrigued and inspired by many trends in psychoanalytic thought and neighboring disciplines, he believed deeply in the coexistence and mutual contributions of a psychoanalytic clinical practice and of systematic empirical research on development and its disruptions, evolving personality traits, and the ways psychoanalytic treatment becomes effective. Carl Rogers, David Rapaport, and John Bowlby were among the figures who played a significant role in the development of his rich and complex thinking and productive work.

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