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Handbook of psychotherapy case formulation, 2nd ed./ Edit.: Tracy D. Eells
No full textxvi, 448 hal.: tab.; 24 cm
Handbook of psychotherapy case formulation, 2nd ed./ Edit.: Tracy D. Eells
No full textxvi, 448 hal.: tab.; 24 cm
Handbook of psychotherapy case formulation, 2nd ed./ Edit.: Tracy D. Eells
No full textxvi, 448 hal.: tab.; 24 cm
Handbook of psychotherapy case formulation, 2nd ed./ Edit.: Tracy D. Eells
No full textxvi, 448 hal.: tab.; 24 cm
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Can therapy affect physical health
Get PDFA n impressive amount of research has accumulated over past decades suggesting that psychological states can have a profound effect on physiological processes. Psychoimmunologists focusing on the effects of stress have demonstrated that the mind affects the body through the neuroendocrine system. Glaser et al. 1 found suppressed immune functioning in highly stressed medical students. Pennebaker and colleagues 2 demonstrated that healthy college students who write about traumatic events have stronger immune functioning, visit university health clinics less frequently, and experience greater subjective well-being compared with control subjects. Similarly, Cohen et al. 3 found that highly stressed subjects were more likely to contract the cold virus compared with low-stress counterparts. Expanding beyond a focus on stress, Peterson and Seligman 4 reviewed several studies suggesting that a psychological trait (pessimism) can affect long-term health outcomes. Luborsky 5 conducted a series of single-subject studies of psychotherapy patients and identified psychological antecedents to stomach ulcer pains, migraine-like headaches, absence epilepsy episodes, and premature ventricular contractions of the heart. With this background in mind, I was curious to find out whether any recent psychotherapy research has explicitly addressed physiological outcomes. Therefore, I conducted an online literature search of the PsycINFO database for articles published since 1998 identified by the search terms "psychotherapy and health" and "psychotherapy and physical illness." I found the following seven articles. Summary: This article reviews some of the most methodologically rigorous outcome research in four areas of health psychology and behavioral medicine: smoking cessation, chronic pain, cancer, and bulimia nervosa. The authors' goal was to determine whether psychological therapy for these conditions meets criteria for empirically supported treatments as outlined by Chambless and Hollon. ABSTRACTS 6 These conditions were selected because they represent the diversity and significance of psychotherapy in health psychology and behavioral medicine. Outcomes were aimed at alleviating subclinical symptoms of anxiety and depression (in response to pain or the diagnosis and treatment of cancer); treating symptoms that can dramatically interfere with daily functioning and quality of life (chronic pain); treating a psychiatric diagnosis that relates directly to physical functioning (bulimia nervosa); reducing or eliminating potentially life-threatening behaviors (smoking); and prolonging life (cancer). With regard to smoking cessation, the authors focused on research since 1990 that reported the percentage of subjects who had completely ceased smoking at a 1-year follow-up and in whom abstinence could be corroborated biochemically. The most successful treatments were behavioral or cognitive-behavioral, achieving complete abstinence rates of 32% to 44%. These treatments were short-term and included some or most of the following components: an educational focus, environmental management (e.g. removal of ashtrays), Research Abstract
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