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Influences On Freud's Mourning And Melancholia And Its Contextual Validity., David J. A. Dozois
Influences On Freud's Mourning And Melancholia And Its Contextual Validity., David J. A. Dozois
Psychology Publications
This article critically evaluates S. Freud's (1917) Mourning and Melancholia and challenges both the celebratory and reactionary views that treat this essay as an ahistorical and decontextualized "foundation-stone" of depression. Although many biographies have been written on Freud, the possible influences on his thinking in the area grief and depression have not been examined. Moreover, no reviews have investigated Freud's understanding of mourning and melancholia from the perspective of his own experiences with these difficulties. Following a brief overview of Freud's seminal paper, the historical psychiatric views on depression and the influences on Freud's conceptualization of mourning and melancholia are …
Cognitive And Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, K. S. Dobson, B. J. Backs-Dermott, David J. A. Dozois
Cognitive And Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, K. S. Dobson, B. J. Backs-Dermott, David J. A. Dozois
Psychology Publications
In this chapter we will provide a brief review of some of the major historical forces that lead to the development of the cognitive behavioral therapies. We will then define what are the common characteristics among this increasingly diverse set of interventions, and in doing so also attempt to differentiate the cognitive-behavioral therapies from related approaches to psychotherapy. We will then turn our primary focus to a description of the major models within the cognitive-behavioral paradigm, and to discussing their current empirical status. The chapter will conclude with a discussion of current issues related to the cognitive-behavioral therapies, and with …