Social Defences Against Anxiety

Social Defences Against Anxiety
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9780429919305
ISBN-13 : 0429919301
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Defences Against Anxiety by : David Armstrong

This book revisits the theory of social systems as a defence against anxiety. It explores this theory as a generative paradigm, capable both of theoretical extension and of empirical application to different institutional settings.

Containing Anxiety in Institutions

Containing Anxiety in Institutions
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Publisher : Free Assn Books
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 1853430013
ISBN-13 : 9781853430015
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Containing Anxiety in Institutions by : Isabel Menzies Lyth

Observing Organisations

Observing Organisations
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9781134644254
ISBN-13 : 1134644256
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Observing Organisations by : R. D. Hinshelwood

Observing Organisations presents a unique approach derived from direct participant observation of small units within institutions, all in the health and social services sector. A range of contributors bring together the results of their own observational projects to show how they were able to come to a psychoanalytically informed understanding of the cultures that arise within healthcare organisations, and how this understanding can be used to overcome difficulties that arise.

Protecting the Self

Protecting the Self
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Publisher : Guilford Press
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9781593852986
ISBN-13 : 1593852983
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Protecting the Self by : Phebe Cramer

Integrating theory, research, and applications, this book examines the defense mechanisms and their role in both normal development and psychopathology. It describes how children and adults mobilize specific kinds of defenses to maintain their psychological equilibrium and preserve self-esteem, particularly in situations of trauma or stress.

The Enneagram

The Enneagram
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9780062122957
ISBN-13 : 0062122959
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Enneagram by : Helen Palmer

It would be impossible for most of us to spend a day without coming into direct or indirect contact with dozens of people family, friends, people in the street, at the office, on television, in our fantasies and fears. Our relationships with others are the most changeable, infuriating, pleasurable and mystifying elements in our lives. Personality types, based on the ancient system of the Enneagram, will help you to enjoy more satisfying and fulfilling relationships in all areas of your life by introducing you to the nine basic personality types inherent in human nature. This knowledge will help you better understand how others think and why they behave as they do, as well as increasing your awareness of your own individual personality. Written by the leading world authority on the Enneagram, it offers a framework for understanding ourselves and those around us, as well as a wealth of practical insights for anyone interested in psychology, counselling, teaching, social work, journalism and personal management.

Handbook of Anxiety and Fear

Handbook of Anxiety and Fear
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 535
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ISBN-10 : 9780080559520
ISBN-13 : 0080559522
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Anxiety and Fear by : D. Caroline Blanchard

This Handbook brings together and integrates comprehensively the core approaches to fear and anxiety. Its four sections: Animal models; neural systems; pharmacology; and clinical approaches, provide a range of perspectives that interact to produce new light on these important and sometimes dysfunctional emotions. Fear and anxiety are analyzed as patterns that have evolved on the basis of their adaptive functioning in response to threat. These patterns are stringently selected, providing a close fit with environmental situations and events; they are highly conservative across mammalian species, producing important similarities, along with some systematic differences, in their human expression in comparison to that of nonhuman mammals. These patterns are described, with attention to both adaptive and maladaptive components, and related to new understanding of neuroanatomic, neurotransmitter, and genetic mechanisms. Although chapters in the volume acknowledge important differences in views of fear and anxiety stemming from animal vs. human research, the emphasis of the volume is on a search for an integrated view that will facilitate the use of animal models of anxiety to predict drug response in people; on new technologies that will enable direct evaluation of biological mechanisms in anxiety disorders; and on strengthening the analysis of anxiety disorders as biological phenomena. - Integrates animal and human research on fear and anxiety - Presents emerging and developing fields of human anxiety research including imaging of anxiety disorders, the genetics of anxiety, the pharmacology of anxiolysis, recent developments in classification of anxiety disorders, linking these to animal work - Covers basic research on innate and conditioned responses to threat - Presents work from the major laboratories, on fear learning and extinction - Reviews research on an array of neurotransmitter and neuromodulator systems related to fear and anxiety - Compares models, and neural systems for learned versus unlearned responses to threat - Relates the findings to the study, diagnostics, and treatment of anxiety disorders, the major source of mental illness in modern society (26 % of Americans are affected by anxiety disorders!)

Social Defences Against Anxiety

Social Defences Against Anxiety
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 400
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0367326981
ISBN-13 : 9780367326982
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Defences Against Anxiety by : David Armstrong

This book revisits the theory of social systems as a defence against anxiety. It explores this theory as a generative paradigm, capable both of theoretical extension and of empirical application to different institutional settings.

New Directions in Psycho-Analysis

New Directions in Psycho-Analysis
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 553
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ISBN-10 : 9781136441257
ISBN-13 : 1136441255
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis New Directions in Psycho-Analysis by : Paula Heimann

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1955 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

The Workplace Within

The Workplace Within
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 0262581019
ISBN-13 : 9780262581011
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Workplace Within by : Larry Hirschhorn

In this revealing study, Larry Hirschhorn examines the rituals, or social defenses, organizations develop to cope with change. Using extended ease studies from offices, factories, and social services, he describes why these often irrational practices that fragment and injure individuals within the workplace exist, how they operate, and how they can be reshaped to enhance people's work experience.