Working With Couples Between Past and Present: Some Clinical Implications

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Gigli ◽  
Patrizia Velotti ◽  
Giulio Zavattini
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Case ◽  
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relational Configurations

A clinical case of a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy is presented in order to highlight the difficulties and the sense of suffering present in ‘old-style marriages’ that have tried to take up the challenge of modernity. In fact, as the holding structure of the strength of blood ties and institutionally formalised bonds carries less weight, a greater fragility in the capacity for partners to have a relationship seems to emerge. The authors enquire how, in the modern couple, intrapsychic aspects might interact with the social pressures that face new relational configurations.

The Disappearance of Political Jokes in Post-Socialist Slovenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-188
Author(s):  
Primož Mlačnik ◽  
Peter Stanković
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Response

In the decades since the fall of socialism, political jokes seemed to have lost their significance in Slovenia. In order to confirm and understand this change, we collected a sample of 200 jokes from five of the most popular Slovenian Facebook groups and analyzed the jokes and their targets. The results show that political jokes have indeed largely disappeared from the Slovenian public sphere: only three of the jokes in the sample target politicians. In this article, we argue that this development indicates a different response to the social pressures of the market economy. Whereas during socialism the source of anxiety was more or less apparent (the communist elite) and consequently easier to ridicule, in post-socialist societies, sources of anxiety are more diverse and impersonal, making them more difficult to target in jokes.

Psychotherapy: The Search for Chaos and the Discovery of Determinism

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Langs ◽  
Anthony Badalamenti
Keyword(s):  
Science Studies ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy ◽  
Chaotic Attractors ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Science Domain ◽  
Formal Science ◽  
The Mind

The search for a science of psychoanalysis is introduced by defining three modes of psychoanalytic science: domain, statistical-stochastic, and formal. The paper outlines the domain science propositions of the communicative approach to psychoanalytic psychotherapy and indicates how this version of psychoanalytic theory led to the development of an extensive series of statistical-stochastic and formal science studies of the communications between patients and therapists. The formal science efforts which began as a mathematical search for chaotic attractors revealed instead a deep determinism within the psychotherapeutic dialogue. Three specific laws of the mind and human communication have been identified. The research is centred on how we communicate (the communicative vehicle) rather than what we express (the contents). After describing a wide range of unexpected and unprecedented results, the paper concludes with a discussion of some of the clinical implications of these findings and of the new formal science of psychoanalysis created by these investigations.

scholarly journals The Social Function of Imitation in Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Over
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social

Imitation is a deeply social process. Here, I review evidence that children use imitation as a means by which to affiliate with others. For example, children imitate the actions of others more closely when they seek a positive social relationship with them and respond positively to being imitated. Furthermore, children infer something of the relationships between third parties by observing their imitative exchanges. Understanding the social nature of imitation requires exploring the nature of the social relationships between children and the individuals they imitate. Thus, in addition to discussing children's own goals in imitative situations, I review the social pressures children experience to imitate in particular ways, learning to conform to the conventions and rituals of their group. In the latter part of this article, I discuss the extent to which this perspective on imitation can help us to understand broader topics within social development, including the origins of human cultural differences.

scholarly journals Recruitment into the Nigerian Federal Public Service: Constraints and Agenda for Reform

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Ademola Pius Adebisi
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Federal Public Service

It has been observed that the Nigerian Federal Public Service has been bedeviled by over blotedness, low productivity, ineffectiveness, cronism and manpower lopsidedness. These challenges have been traced to the flawed recruitment into the service. This research work investigated the recruitment process into the Nigerian public service using primary and secondary sources of data and the Federal public service as a case study and discovered that, both exogenous and endogenous social pressures have been the banes of recruitment into the Nigerian Federal Public Service. The study therefore proposed an agenda for reform which among others include: re-orientation of public officials handling recruitment process; establishment of Bureau of Employment Monitoring (BEMO) to perform oversight function over recruitment process; sanctioning of erring government officials handling recruitment into the service and reforming the Nigerian economy with a view to stimulating more jobs in the private sector and thereby reducing the social pressures on public service jobs.

Golf Courses: Environmental Impacts

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miquel Salgot ◽  
Josefina C. Tapias
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Golf Courses ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
The Core ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

The relationship between golf courses, forced ecosystems and the environment is extremely complex and need to be established carefully because of the social pressures and implications of this type of facilities. The main environmental aspects of golf courses, the way the golf structures exert an influence on the environment, the management practices and the use of pesticides are the main features to be considered. The soil-plant-atmosphere continuum is at the core of the golf and must be managed in an integrated way to reduce environmental impacts of the whole facility. Many golf courses are located in natural areas, where wildlife exists and there is an influence on the course and vice versa. There is also the need to define the relationships between a course and its surrounding environments.

scholarly journals Survey of expert second opinions in a tertiary psychiatric out-patient clinic in the Yorkshire region between 1988 and 2000

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 416-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratibha Nirodi ◽  
Alex J. Mitchell ◽  
Richard H. S. Mindham
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Case ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Second Opinion ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Detailed Review ◽  
Case Evaluation ◽  
New Diagnosis

Aims and MethodA medical second opinion is an expert clinical case evaluation requested by a colleague for a patient already under specialist care. There is no literature on the provision for second opinions in psychiatric practice other than those relating to the Mental Health Act 1983, and the availability of clinics offering second opinions varies greatly from one area to another. We undertook a survey of an expert second opinion service in Leeds over the period 1988–2000 and examined the case notes of 103 referred patients, of whom 71 were included in the analysis data.ResultsIn the majority of cases diagnoses were not changed, but alternative treatment strategies were suggested. The exception was for patients with a diagnosis of personality disorder, in whom neither a new diagnosis nor alternative management was commonly suggested. Half of the assessments were completed in a single visit, but a substantial minority required further evaluation as outpatients, close follow-up or even hospital admission for detailed review.Clinical ImplicationsWe believe that a second opinion service offers clinicians valuable support and expertise, especially in sector psychiatry. Evidence presented suggests that further therapeutic options are available for many patients regarded as ‘difficult to treat’. In some cases this may involve a period of observation free of all psychotropic medication. As in other specialities, psychiatrists should be aware of the value of further advice for patients with particularly refractory or unusual disorders.

Career stages in wildland firefighting: implications for voice in risky situations

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Lewis ◽  
Troy E. Hall ◽  
Anne Black
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Career Stages ◽  
Environmental Cues ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Wildland Firefighting ◽  
Depth Interviews

Avoidance of injury and death on the fireline may depend on firefighters voicing their concerns, but often this does not occur. Reasons for employee reticence identified in the literature include a perception of various personal costs or a belief that raising concerns is futile. Additionally, the social context may play a significant role. In a qualitative study using in‐depth interviews with 36 wildland firefighters in the US, we explored reasons firefighters do or do not voice concerns. Findings revealed two primary themes related to initiating voice (limits to environmental perception and social influence) that vary considerably depending on a firefighter’s career stage. Additionally, the tactics that firefighters use similarly vary with career stage. Rookies (novice firefighters) often lack the ability to discern and interpret environmental cues, rely on others to ensure safety, fear being stigmatised if they voice worries, and may believe no one will listen to them. Veteran firefighters – both mid‐career experienced firefighters and expert veterans in high‐experience leadership roles – are better able than rookies to perceive and describe risky situations and feel more confident to raise concerns. However, experienced firefighters still face social pressures that may lead them to remain silent. Expert veterans face fewer social pressures, but their roles can put them in situations where they are either complacent or distracted. Implications of these findings for firefighter training and fire leadership are discussed.

Heroic Bodies in Judges

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-96
Author(s):  
Brian R. Doak
Keyword(s):  
Social Disorder ◽  
Social Body ◽  
Physical Body ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
Mary Douglas ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Bodies ◽  
The Way ◽  
Book Of Judges

Chapter 3 reads the images of heroic bodies in the book of Judges on a number of levels, organized around an argument by the anthropologist Mary Douglas: “the social body constrains the way the physical body is perceived.” The two bodies cannot help but be connected, and the “forms it adopts in movement and repose express social pressures in manifold ways.” The ambiguous and severed bodies in Judges serve not merely as entertainment but rather as communicators of social disorder and political strife. Specific analysis focuses on the mutilation of Adoni-Bezek, the bodily confrontation between Ehud and Eglon, Jael’s killing of Sisera, Samson’s hair, and the dismemberment of an unnamed woman.

Melody, Memory, and Engagement in Alzheimer’s Disease

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-87
Author(s):  
Ashley D. Vanstone ◽  
Lola L. Cuddy
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Case Formulation ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Inclusive Concept ◽  
Clinical Case Formulation ◽  
Case Based

What are the personal and clinical implications of preserved memory for music in dementia? In light of this question, a framework is proposed for integrating basic and clinical research findings and for case formulation and theory building in music-based interventions. Elaborating on the Comprehensive Process Model of Engagement, a proposal is made for music engagement as an inclusive concept that encompasses the variety of ways in which individuals involve themselves with musical stimuli. It is argued that instances of music engagement arise through the combined influence of person, stimulus, and environment attributes. Preserved memory for melodies is discussed as an attribute of the person with particular relevance to music engagement. This approach orients naturally toward considering individual differences and, as such, lends itself well to case-based research and clinical case formulation.

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