Defense Mechanisms over Time
Mary C. Zanarini
in In the Fullness of Time: Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
At baseline, three defenses were found in multivariate analyses to be significantly associated with a borderline diagnosis. Two of these defenses were immature and one was neurotic: acting ...
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The Psychosocial Aspects and Nature of Killing
Richard J. Hughbank and Dave Grossman
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Killing is a reactionary element driven by a stronger motivation. Those motivations could stem from self-preservation such as in combat or in the form of self-defense. Others can be a ...
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Dealing with Licensing Board and Ethics Complaints
Gerald P. Koocher and Patricia Keith-Spiegel
in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)
Chapter 104 provides guidelines for dealing with licensing board and ethics complaints, such as the importance of understanding the nature of the complaint, its potential consequences, the ...
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Insanity Defense, Diminished Capacity, Mitigation
Richard I. Frederick
in Ziskin's Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony (6 ed.)
This chapter outlines the insanity defense, diminished capacity, and mitigation. It considers the standards of insanity, contending with insanity evaluations, and volition. ...
Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence
Douglas B. Marlowe, David S. DeMatteo, Nicholas S. Patapis, and David S. Festinger
in Ziskin's Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony (6 ed.)
This chapter discusses substance use, abuse, and dependence, and reviews the circumstances under whichevidence of acute intoxication may serve to reduce legal culpability,and it describes ...
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Contemporary Psychodynamic
Robert A. DiTomasso, Stacey C. Cahn, Susan M. Panichelli-Mindel, and Roger K. McFillin
in Specialty Competencies in Clinical Psychology
In this chapter, the core features of contemporary psychodynamic theory are discussed. Modern Psychodynamic Theory has evolved from its traditional psychoanalytic roots to consider ...
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The Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project
Morgan T. Sammons
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
The Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project was the first formal training effort designed to equip psychologists with the ability to prescribe psychotropic agents. ...
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Providing Service Under TRICARE
Troy Mosley, Angela J. Williams-Steele, and Kate McGraw
in Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions for Veterans and Service Members: A Guide for the Non-Military Mental Health Clinician
This chapter provides insights into the TRICARE military benefit and information on how to become a participating behavioral health, network provider. TRICARE provides health benefits to ...
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Coping: Where Have You Been?
C. R. Snyder and Beth L. Dinoff
in Coping: The Psychology of What Works
This chapter traces the history of the coping process and will arrive at a definition that encompasses modern thinking and research, considering psychodynamic roots and defense mechanisms, ...
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Preparation for the Evaluation
Ivan Kruh and Thomas Grisso
in Evaluation of Juveniles' Competence to Stand Trial
Chapter 4 discusses preparations for the evaluation of juvenile CST. This includes qualifications for conducting juvenile CST evaluations, clarifying the referral, contacting defense ...
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The human brain: anatomy, evolution, and function
Martin Brüne
in Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine: The Origins of Psychopathology (2 ed.)
The human brain is the most complex organ that has ever evolved. It contains more neurons and synapses than any other primate brain. In relation to body weight, it is outstandingly large ...
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Corporal Punishment Harms All Children: Rethinking the Culture Defense in Expert Witness Testimony in Child Abuse Cases
Stacey Patton
in The Legacy of Racism for Children: Psychology, Law, and Public Policy
Corporal punishment remains a controversial practice among American parents despite over 1,400 studies demonstrating the harms to children’s long-term physical and psychological health. ...
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Mental Disability, Criminal Responsibility, and Civil Commitment
Stephen J. Morse
in The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History
This chapter interweaves a history and analysis of these issues in the formative years of the American Psychology–Law Society with the author’s involvement in writing about it and in taking ...
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Understanding, Treating, and Preventing the Development of Substance Use Disorders: A Psychodynamic Perspective
William H. Gottdiener
in Parenting and Substance Abuse: Developmental Approaches to Intervention
This chapter examines the psychopathology of substance use disorders (SUD) as well as their treatment and prevention from a psychodynamic perspective. After considering the causes of SUD, ...
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Evaluation of Criminal Responsibility
Ira K. Packer
in Forensic Assessments in Criminal and Civil Law: A Handbook for Lawyers
This chapter reviews the essential elements of professional standards used in the evaluation of criminal responsibility. It first provides an overview of the historical development of the ...
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Supportive Therapy Techniques Part II
Brian A. Sharpless
in Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques: A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions
This chapter concludes the section on supportive therapy and describes four additional sets of techniques with clinical examples. Interventions that are intended to reduce and prevent ...
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The Legal Context
Ira K. Packer
in Evaluation of Criminal Responsibility
Chapter 1 considers the legal context of criminal responsibility evaluation, the purpose of the insanity defense, the evolution of legal standards for insanity (including the M'Naghten ...
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Insurance Needs of the Private Practitioner
Martin G. Tracy and Jana N. Martin
in Handbook of Private Practice: Keys to Success for Mental Health Practitioners
This chapter introduces clinicians to the types of insurance coverage they should procure before they see their first clients. It discusses the concept of negligence in professional ...
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Reparation in Respect of Mother’s Organized Defence Against Depression
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 3, 1946-1951
In this paper Winnicott discusses how false reparation can appear through a patient’s identification with the mother, where the dominating factor is the mother’s organized defence against ...
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Aggression in Relation to Emotional Development
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 3, 1946-1951
In this essay, Winnicott states that the basis for a study of actual aggression must be a study of the roots of aggressive intention. The main source of aggression is instinctual ...
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