Klaus Grawe

Neuropsychotherapy

How the Neurosciences Inform Effective Psychotherapy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Profoundly important and innovative, Neuropsychotherapy is a necessary know-how for professionals including psychotherapists, psychotherapy researchers, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and mental-health professionals as it

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 502
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9780805861228
• ISBN-10: 080586122X
• Artikelnr.: 22292448

Autorenporträt

Grawe, Klaus

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Series Foreword. Foreword. Preface. Preface for the English
Translation. Part I:Introduction. The Insights Gained in the Neurosciences
Are Relevant for Each of Us. Brain, Psychotherapy, and Psychopharmacology.
Neuroscience and Psychotherapy. What Is Meant by the Term
Neuropsychotherapy? How Might Neuropsychotherapy Look in Concrete Clinical
Practice? Structure of the Book. Part II:What Psychotherapists Should Know
About the Brain. The Brain: The Epitome of Complexity. What Exactly Happens
During the Transmission of Activation Potentials Between Neurons? The
Biochemical Processes Transpiring at the Synapses and Within Neurons.
Implications for Psychotherapy. Is it Reductionist to Relate Mental
Processes to Their Neural Basis? Neural Activity Transpires in Patterns of
Activation and Inhibition. How Do Neural Activation Patterns Originate? The
Neural Constitution of Perceptual Units. Neural Circuits. Anxiety.
Conclusions for Psychotherapy. Intentional Action. Consciousness From a
Neural Perspective. Acts of Will From a Neural Perspective. Explicit and
Implicit Mental Processes. Conclusions for Psychotherapy. Covariation of
Neural and Mental Activity. Neural Plasticity. Conclusions for
Psychotherapy. Part III:Neural Correlates of Mental Disorders. What Can Be
Said Today About the Neural Correlates of Mental Disorders? Neural
Correlates of Depression. Neural Correlates of Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD). Neural Correlates of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Neural
Correlates of Panic Disorder. Neural Correlates of Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder. What Psychotherapeutic Conclusions Can Be Drawn From the
Neuroscientific Research on Mental Disorders? Part IV:Need-Fulfillment and
Mental Health. Basic Human Needs. Consistency Regulation as a Basic
Principle of Mental Functioning. Basic Needs, Consistency Regulation,
Motivational Schemas, and Incongruence. The Attachment Need. The Need for
Orientation and Control. The Need for Self-Esteem. Enhancement and
Self-Esteem Protection. The Need for Pleasure Maximization and Distress
Avoidance. Consistency and Consistency Regulation. The Development of
Mental Disorders From a Lifetime Developmental Perspective. Part V:
Implications for Psychotherapy. Mental Disorders Result From Unsuccessful
Inconsistency Regulation. Psychotherapy Works Via Consistency Improvement.
The Most Important Options for Enhancing Consistency Via Psychotherapy.
Consistency Improvements Via Changes in Neural Structures? Implications for
an Effectiveness-Optimized Psychotherapy. Neural Mechanisms of Therapeutic
Changes. Guidelines for Therapy Practice. Part VI:Summary and Future
Prospects.