Many clients benefit from psychotherapy sessions that extend across months or years. However, there is a risk for therapeutic impasse in long-term psychotherapy in which the work can become repetitive or with limited gains over time. The current paper provides five transtheoretical principles to increase the impetus in long-term therapy. The five principles include: planful spontaneity, habitual creativity, pushing the limits of the therapeutic alliance, guided discovery, and specific broad goals. The therapist is encouraged to share responsibility for creative flexibility with the client in each session, including within the therapeutic alliance and the real relationship. The therapist can use a series of questions to promote a process of guided discovery. A clear focus on principles of psychology and goals that reflect maintenance of gains, development of strengths, and promotion of enrichment can ensure that the therapy continues to produce change over the length of the relationship.
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Aim of the study: The study aimed to inquire if sexual identity was related to performance anxiety, and if proximal minority stress processes contributed to performance anxiety in gay and bisexual men. Subject or material and methods: The present study was based on a database obtained from a larger In-ternet-based research project on the sexuality of Polish men of different sexual identities. The present sample consisted of 3,495 participants, i.e., 1,096 straight, 1,701 gay, and 698 bisexual men. The main outcome measure was performance anxiety which was measured using a single-item question: During the last 12 months has there ever been a period of several months when you felt anxious about your ability to perform sexual-ly? Explanatory variables were demographics, relational and sex life characteristics – measured using a self-designed questionnaire, and minority stress processes – measured using the Sexual Minority Stress Scale. Results: Gay and bisexual identities were related to performance anxiety in bivariate analyses however they lost their significance when other factors were controlled for. Relational status was identified as responsible for this change. Internalised homophobia, and expectations of rejection contributed to performance anxiety in minority men. Discussion: A subset of gay and bisexual men, i.e., men who do not stay in committed relationships, may be particularly prone for developing performance anxiety, which is one of major factors contributing to sexual dysfunctions. Minority stress processes should be included in planning clinical interventions targeting sexual problems in theses populations. Conclusions: Gay and bisexual men’s sexual problems need to be addressed in an individualised manner, with inclusion of minority specific processes.
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R. M. Hernández, Silvana Cespedes-Lavalle, Dana Aylin Díaz-Herrera, Evelyn Celeste Eche Gonzales, X. Calle-Ramírez, M. Saavedra-López
A retrospective study was conducted in which articles on anxiety in times of pandemic published and indexed in the Scopus database were examined, and whose authors are affiliated with Latin American institutions. Latin American scientific production on anxiety continues to increase. Brazil is the country that contributes the highest production, representing 44.67% of production, followed by Mexico, Argentina and Peru. Research on psychological variables and their relationship with COVID-19 in Latin America is still limited with respect to world production. It is necessary to increase the collaboration of international authors through the formation of professional and academic groups within and outside the region.
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Aim of the study: Dissatisfaction with one’s own body represents one of the main sources of suffering for women in various age categories. One of the potential factors reducing dissatisfaction with one’s own body is self-compassion. The aim of this study was to determine if a short-term two-week emotion focused training for self-compassion and self-protection, will reduce self-criticism in women, increase their self-compassion and improve satisfaction with their own body image. Methods: The research sample consisted of 64 women aged 18-55 years, mean age 31.73 yrs. (SD = 8.48), randomized into experimental and control group. Self-compassion, self-criticism and body shape dissatisfaction were measured before and after the intervention. Results: Data analysis indicated significant changes in the degree of self-compassion, self-criticism and dissatisfaction with body image on the part of the group undergoing intervention. Discussion: Similarly as in previous research, emotion focused training for self-compassion and self-protection turned out to be the effective tool for increasing compassion, decreasing self-criticism and enhancing body dissatisfaction. Conclusions: The study confirms the assertion that cultivating self-compassion can lower dissatisfaction with body image, and at the same time, it proves that cost-effective, distance intervention, without direct contact with a specialist, can be effective distorted body image; emotion focused training for emotion of self-compassion and self-protection; self-compassion; self-criticism SELF-CRITICISM AND BODY IMAGE Western societies emphasize and value a slender physique, which is often associated with desired personality characteristics, strength or happiness. Body image for women, therefore, often becomes a central element for self-evaluation [1]. Almost 80% of women [2] across various age categories [3] have a negative subjective view of their own bodies, which means that a substantial portion of the women population feels insecure about their body weight and is dissatisfied with their body image. This fact represents a significant problem because, according to research, dissatisfaction with one’s own body image negatively influences mental as well as Martina Baránková, Romana Sládkovičová: Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia Correspondence address: martina.barankova@fses.uniba.sk Distorted body image in women: Emotion focused training for self-compassion and self-protection 31 Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 2022; 2: 30–40 physical health [4-5]. Moreover, dissatisfaction with one’s body image can be accompanied by self-criticism [6], which is manifested by hatred, disgust and contempt for oneself, particularly if they are associated with serious mental suffering [7]. Self-criticism is associated significantly with body image dissatisfaction [6]. According to Ferreira et al. [8], self-criticism
研究目的:对自己的身体不满意是各个年龄段女性痛苦的主要来源之一。减少对自己身体不满的一个潜在因素是自我同情。这项研究的目的是确定为期两周的短期自我同情和自我保护情感训练是否会减少女性的自我批评，增加她们的自我同情和提高对自己身体形象的满意度。方法:研究对象为女性64例，年龄18 ~ 55岁，平均年龄31.73岁。(SD = 8.48)，随机分为实验组和对照组。在干预前后分别测量自我同情、自我批评和体型不满意程度。结果:数据分析显示，干预组的自我同情、自我批评和对身体形象的不满程度发生了显著变化。讨论:与之前的研究类似，以情绪为中心的自我同情和自我保护训练被证明是增加同情心、减少自我批评和增强对身体不满的有效工具。结论:本研究证实了培养自我同情可以降低对身体形象不满的主张，同时也证明了成本效益高、不直接联系专科医生的远程干预可以有效扭曲身体形象;以情绪为中心的自我同情和自我保护情绪训练自我同情;自我批评和身体形象西方社会强调并重视苗条的体格，这通常与理想的个性特征、力量或幸福联系在一起。因此，女性的身体形象往往成为自我评价的核心要素。几乎80%的不同年龄段的女性对自己的身体有消极的主观看法，这意味着很大一部分女性对自己的体重感到不安全，对自己的身体形象不满意。这一事实是一个重大问题，因为根据研究，对自己身体形象的不满会对心理和玛蒂娜产生负面影响Baránková， Romana Sládkovičová:斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉发的科美纽斯大学社会和经济科学学院应用心理学研究所，通信地址:martina.barankova@fses.uniba.sk妇女身体形象扭曲:自我同情和自我保护的情感集中训练[j]; Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; 2022;2:30 - 40身体健康[4-5]。此外，对自己身体形象的不满可能伴随着自我批评[6]，表现为对自己的憎恨、厌恶和蔑视[7]，特别是当这些自我批评伴有严重的精神痛苦[7]时。自我批评与身体形象不满意显著相关。根据Ferreira等人的研究，自我批评被认为是一种与致病效应相关的适应性不良的防御策略，它会导致负面影响的增加，以及自卑和有缺陷的感觉，进而导致羞耻感，并使自我批评的恶性循环持续下去。对自己的身体形象感到羞耻，这可能导致自我批评，包括对身体形象可能是负面自我评价的来源这一事实的消极看法，并且是有缺陷的防御性行为的结果，例如，避免看自己的身体，隐藏和严格的自我控制[9](例如，避免镜子和社交场合，一个人的身体会更多地展示;[8])。然而，这些防御反应有一个矛盾的效果，因为它们增加了羞耻感对一个人的生活的致病影响，特别是对一个人的心理和人际功能的影响。在我们的社会中，是女性正在经历一个社会化的过程，这个过程可以教会她们把外表看得比成就更重要，然而，女性对身材的错误认识可能导致神经性厌食症等致命疾病。有趣的是，Casper等人发现，实验组的女性和神经性厌食症患者的身体形象扭曲程度没有差异——两组人都高估了自己身体部位的大小，但却能够正确估计一块木头的大小。研究表明，对身体形象不满意对女性和男性的身心健康都有不利影响，因为它与更高程度的抑郁、焦虑、无价值感、自卑和饮食紊乱有关，包括饮食习惯紊乱(如饮食严格、贪食症和饮食失调)。对普遍存在的身体形象不满有几种可能的解释。 一种可能性是自我差异理论[18]，该理论认为，个人感知到的实际身体与理想身体之间的差异，或者无法达到理想的身体，会导致情感上的痛苦。狭隘的文化规范忽视了自然发生的各种体型，这使得理想的吸引力不切实际，难以实现。例如，基于文化规范，人们认为女性应该看起来年轻、高挑、苗条，腰臀比要低。实际身材和理想身材之间的差异表现为对身体形象的不满。另一种解释是基于物化理论[21]，该理论认为，在一个社会中，对女性身体的不受控制的物化会导致这种物化的文化适应和内化。西方社会的年轻女性经常经历别人对她们外表的审视和评价，因此她们接受到这样一种信息:她们的身体是她们价值的主要来源
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{"title":"Relationship between epileptic seizures and spiritual distress","authors":"H. Çaksen","doi":"10.12740/app/144106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12740/app/144106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44856,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41948872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"C-Reactive protein and Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio in Depressive disorder: a hospital based cross sectional study","authors":"Uma B.M, S. Bondade, Sunil Puthane Krishnaji Rao","doi":"10.12740/app/143022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12740/app/143022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44856,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45492086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study aimed to identify the level of psychological hardiness and the big five factors of the dominant personality, and to reveal the contribution of those factors in predicting psychological hardiness among counselors working in providing psychosocial support to refugees in Jordan. The study sample consisted of 110 counselors, they were chosen by the purposive method. The researchers used a questionnaire as the study instrument that consisted of a sixty item of the big five personality factors scale and a twenty-six-item Psychological Hardiness scale. The results of the study showed the level of psychological hardiness was at a high level. The big five factors of dominant personality among the psychological counselors are in order: conscientiousness, openness, extraversion, agreeableness, all of them at a medium level, then neuroticism at a low level. The results also showed that the big five personality factors explained (48.3%) as a statistically significant predictor of counselor’s psychological hardiness. the Big Five Personality Factors; psychological hardiness; psychological counselors; psychosocial support for refugees
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Aim: The aim of this study was to compare executive functions and self-efficacy in children with dyslexia and/ or dysorthography relative to healthy controls, as well as the intensity of parental attitudes in their mothers. Method: Three groups of children: with developmental dyslexia and dysorthography (n = 49), with isolated dysorthography (n = 51), and without deficits (n = 59) underwent psychological assessment with the Stanford-Binet 5 Intelligence Scale, the Battery for diagnosing academic failure in pupils aged 10-12, the Battery for the diagnosis of cognitive performance in children aged 10-12 and the Personal Competence Scale. Their mothers completed the Parenting Attitudes Scale. Statistical analyzes were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics. Results: Monitoring time was longer in children with dyslexia and dysorthography compared to controls. Sim-ilarly, phonological and categorical fluency was poorer among children with dyslexia and dysorthography relative to the remaining two groups. No intergroup differences were observed in terms of verbal and non-verbal working memory, monitoring correctness, planning correctness and time, or self-efficacy, strength and persistence. The excessively demanding attitude was more frequent in mothers of healthy controls compared to those of children with dyslexia and dysorthography. No significant differences were found in the intensity of the attitude of acceptance, provision of autonomy, over-protectiveness or inconsistency in the investigated mothers. Conclusions: Due to deficits within phonological and categorical verbal fluency and a longer monitoring speed, children with dyslexia and dysorthography require stimulation within these executive domains. Among the strengths of children with developmental dyslexia and/or dysorthography are self-efficacy, strength and perseverance similar to those found in their healthy peers. Mothers of children with comorbid dyslexia and dysorthography manifest a lesser tendency to an excessively demanding attitude compared to mothers of healthy children.
{"title":"Executive functions and self-efficacy in children with developmental dyslexia and parental attitudes of their mothers","authors":"Ewa Radoń, M. Mak, J. Samochowiec","doi":"10.12740/app/148147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12740/app/148147","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: The aim of this study was to compare executive functions and self-efficacy in children with dyslexia and/ or dysorthography relative to healthy controls, as well as the intensity of parental attitudes in their mothers. Method: Three groups of children: with developmental dyslexia and dysorthography (n = 49), with isolated dysorthography (n = 51), and without deficits (n = 59) underwent psychological assessment with the Stanford-Binet 5 Intelligence Scale, the Battery for diagnosing academic failure in pupils aged 10-12, the Battery for the diagnosis of cognitive performance in children aged 10-12 and the Personal Competence Scale. Their mothers completed the Parenting Attitudes Scale. Statistical analyzes were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics. Results: Monitoring time was longer in children with dyslexia and dysorthography compared to controls. Sim-ilarly, phonological and categorical fluency was poorer among children with dyslexia and dysorthography relative to the remaining two groups. No intergroup differences were observed in terms of verbal and non-verbal working memory, monitoring correctness, planning correctness and time, or self-efficacy, strength and persistence. The excessively demanding attitude was more frequent in mothers of healthy controls compared to those of children with dyslexia and dysorthography. No significant differences were found in the intensity of the attitude of acceptance, provision of autonomy, over-protectiveness or inconsistency in the investigated mothers. Conclusions: Due to deficits within phonological and categorical verbal fluency and a longer monitoring speed, children with dyslexia and dysorthography require stimulation within these executive domains. Among the strengths of children with developmental dyslexia and/or dysorthography are self-efficacy, strength and perseverance similar to those found in their healthy peers. Mothers of children with comorbid dyslexia and dysorthography manifest a lesser tendency to an excessively demanding attitude compared to mothers of healthy children.","PeriodicalId":44856,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46880500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: Brainspotting (BSP) is a relatively new neurophysiological-based approach to PTSD treatment that recognizes the relevance and correlation of eye position to neurological and emotional experience. This paper aims to examine the efficacy of BSP in ameliorating severe PTSD symptoms among female residential patients across three-time points. Methods: This study employed a one-group pretest-posttest with delayed posttest quasi-experimental design to establish and determine causal change among different conditions. Different versions of gold-standard measures were administered to individuals with trauma exposure; the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale 5 (CAPS-5) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist 5 (PCL-5). The sample comprised 13 participants at the Marillac Hills Alabang who incurred severe interpersonal trauma and suffered markedly elevated PTSD symptoms for at least two years. They received three sessions of BSP guided by a therapist’s manual and were assessed at three-time points – pretreatment, posttreatment, and two weeks after the treatment completion. Primary data include self-report posttraumatic stress symptoms, which were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA with a Greenhouse-Geisser correction and post-hoc test with a Bonferroni correction. Results: Results showed significant improvements in both measures with large effect sizes from 0.859 to 0.979. Conclusion: At α0.01 (99%) confidence interval, the results suggest that BSP has significant efficacy in decreasing posttraumatic stress symptoms. After the three BSP sessions, all participants were assessed with absent to mild PTSD symptoms. The effects of the treatment persisted during the short-term follow-up evaluation. brainspotting therapy; treatment efficacy; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)
{"title":"The preliminary efficacy and clinical applicability of Brainspotting among Filipino women with severe posttraumatic stress disorder","authors":"Teofilo PALSIMON JR.","doi":"10.12740/app/143015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12740/app/143015","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Brainspotting (BSP) is a relatively new neurophysiological-based approach to PTSD treatment that recognizes the relevance and correlation of eye position to neurological and emotional experience. This paper aims to examine the efficacy of BSP in ameliorating severe PTSD symptoms among female residential patients across three-time points. Methods: This study employed a one-group pretest-posttest with delayed posttest quasi-experimental design to establish and determine causal change among different conditions. Different versions of gold-standard measures were administered to individuals with trauma exposure; the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale 5 (CAPS-5) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist 5 (PCL-5). The sample comprised 13 participants at the Marillac Hills Alabang who incurred severe interpersonal trauma and suffered markedly elevated PTSD symptoms for at least two years. They received three sessions of BSP guided by a therapist’s manual and were assessed at three-time points – pretreatment, posttreatment, and two weeks after the treatment completion. Primary data include self-report posttraumatic stress symptoms, which were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA with a Greenhouse-Geisser correction and post-hoc test with a Bonferroni correction. Results: Results showed significant improvements in both measures with large effect sizes from 0.859 to 0.979. Conclusion: At α0.01 (99%) confidence interval, the results suggest that BSP has significant efficacy in decreasing posttraumatic stress symptoms. After the three BSP sessions, all participants were assessed with absent to mild PTSD symptoms. The effects of the treatment persisted during the short-term follow-up evaluation. brainspotting therapy; treatment efficacy; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)","PeriodicalId":44856,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43279321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aim of the study: To present the new model for the depiction of mental health issues during Covid-19 pandemic in the media Subject or material and methods: A unique 11-item framework was created for the analysis of the articles and the pilot study was conducted. Results: 365 online media articles related to mental health and Covid-19 from multiple news websites in Lithuania, Australia and Germany were included in the pilot study, which showed the power of the proposed model for depicting the mental health issues during Covid-19 pandemic Discussion: The authors suggest that the proposed model could be used for further studies gathering not only the newspapers but also the other sources of media (podcasts, TV news, radio) to have a wider scope for analysis and interpretation. As a lot of information nowadays is being gathered through social media, this could also be used as a source in future studies, especially to those relating to the younger generation. Conclusions: As indicated in our pilot study, many articles tend to focus on the adverse effects of the pandemic. Moreover, the news also lacked statistical information, a detailed explanation of the events and solutions to address the issues presented in the articles. With such a high flow of negative information, it is unsurprising that some experts estimate the mental health problems to rise rapidly in the upcoming months and years.
{"title":"Depiction of mental health issues during Covid-19 pandemic in media: an analysis framework model and a pilot study (the cases of Australia, Germany and Lithuania)","authors":"Ruta Karaliuniene, E. Šumskienė, Vita Akstinaite","doi":"10.12740/app/141282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12740/app/141282","url":null,"abstract":"Aim of the study: To present the new model for the depiction of mental health issues during Covid-19 pandemic in the media Subject or material and methods: A unique 11-item framework was created for the analysis of the articles and the pilot study was conducted. Results: 365 online media articles related to mental health and Covid-19 from multiple news websites in Lithuania, Australia and Germany were included in the pilot study, which showed the power of the proposed model for depicting the mental health issues during Covid-19 pandemic Discussion: The authors suggest that the proposed model could be used for further studies gathering not only the newspapers but also the other sources of media (podcasts, TV news, radio) to have a wider scope for analysis and interpretation. As a lot of information nowadays is being gathered through social media, this could also be used as a source in future studies, especially to those relating to the younger generation. Conclusions: As indicated in our pilot study, many articles tend to focus on the adverse effects of the pandemic. Moreover, the news also lacked statistical information, a detailed explanation of the events and solutions to address the issues presented in the articles. With such a high flow of negative information, it is unsurprising that some experts estimate the mental health problems to rise rapidly in the upcoming months and years.","PeriodicalId":44856,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41706262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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