Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-426). Includes indexes.
Vantage point 1990 -- The drama of the gifted child and the psychoanalyst's narcissistic disturbance -- Depression and grandiosity as related forms of narcissistic disturbance -- The vicious circle of contempt.
Everyone feels shy or nervous occasionally, but for millions of Americans even signing a check or eating a sandwich in public evokes enormous anxiety, often leading these people to withdraw entirely from social contact. Long neglected by psychologists, social phobia has now been dubbed the "disorder of the decade." This important book, with its moving case histories, proves that this cruel cond…
Saviors and skeptics -- Posttraumatic stress disorder: discovery or invention? -- Is posttraumatic stress disorder caused by trauma? -- A crisis of identity -- The puzzle of emotional memory -- Trauma, memory, and the brain -- Myths, memory wars, and witch-hunts -- The return of repression? -- More battlegrounds: preventing and treating PTSD -- Ancient malady or modern myth?
sec. 1. Theoretical issues: The nature of combat stress / Harry R. Kormos ; Dynamic perspectives on the nature and effects of combat stress / Victor J. DeFazio ; Stress disorders among Vietnam veterans : the emotional content of combat continues / Chaim F. Shatan -- sec. 2. Related research: Psychosocial adjustment among Vietnam veterans : an overview of the research / Charles R. Figley ; Adjus…
Herbs past and present: Origins of Western herbalism -- Science of life -- Chinese herbal medicine -- Out of the Dark ages -- North American traditions -- From plants to pills -- Medicine meals -- A-Z of medicinal herbs -- Herbal remedies: Harvesting and drying herbs -- Making herbal remedies -- Herbal first aid -- Home remedies: Aches and pains -- Headaches and migraines -- Infections -- Respi…
Men's hidden depression -- Sons of narcissus: self-esteem, shame, and depression -- The hollow men: covert depession and addiction -- A band around the heart: trauma and biology -- Perpetrating masculinity -- The loss of the relational -- Collateral damagae -- Two inner children -- Balance prevails: healing the legacy -- Crossing the wasteland: healing ourselves -- Learning intimacy: healing ou…
Understanding your problem -- The initial self-help program -- The intensive three-week program.
Introduction: discovering the source -- Part one: reembodying our concepts. It's all in your body ; Jumping ship: the body's role in addiction ; The one-two-three waltz: body patterns in addiction ; Recovering our body: the moving cycle -- Part two: reembodying recovery: specific strategies of the moving cycle. Awareness as the ground ; Taking responsibility equals taking your body back ; Recov…
Section one. General considerations. Indications and contraindications -- Important systems concepts and issues -- Attributes of the healthy couple -- Section two. Acute marital conflict. The initial interview -- Short-term and crisis intervention -- Section three. Chronic marital conflict. Framework of treatment -- Common problems and solutions -- Approaching families of origin from a systems …
ch. 1. You are not alone -- ch. 2. "I'm afraid to get help" -- ch. 3. Anxiety alters relationships -- ch. 4. Worried mind -- ch. 5. Primary types of anxiety disorder -- ch. 6. What causes anxiety -- ch. 7. Diagnosis of anxiety -- ch. 8. Anxiety is an exaggerated stress response -- ch. 9. Herbal medicine revolution -- ch. 10. Using herbs safely and appropriately -- ch. 11. Herbal medicines or sy…
ncludes bibliographical references (pages 304-307) and index.