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A Theory of Behavior
Michael McGuire and Alfonso Troisi
in Darwinian Psychiatry
This chapter presents an overview of a theory of behavior. Systems of behavior are reviewed first, before focusing on the four infrastructures responsible for behavior: motivations-goals, ...
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Conclusion and Future Directions
Collie W. Conoley and Michael J. Scheel
in Goal Focused Positive Psychotherapy: A Strengths-Based Approach
The final chapter presents empirical support for Goal Focused Positive Psychotherapy (GFPP) in comparison to cognitive-behavioral therapy and short-term psychodynamic therapy. Topics for ...
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Evolutionary Models of Depression
Michael McGuire and Alfonso Troisi
in Darwinian Psychiatry
This chapter begins with a brief discussion of three topics: models that include more than one variable (the 15% principle), conditions grouped by behavior systems, and sexual selection. ...
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Adopting the AMBIT approach to changing wider systems of help
Dickon Bevington, Peter Fuggle, Liz Cracknell, and Peter Fonagy
in Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment: A Guide for Teams to Develop Systems of Care
AMBIT is now beginning to address larger whole systems of professional help, predicated on four assumptions: help is relational, contingent on trust, and requires collaboration, and ...
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Person-Centered Suicide Prevention in Primary Care Settings
Paul R. Duberstein, Marsha Wittink, and Wilfred R. Pigeon
in Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
The increase in the availability of mental health services in primary care settings in large health systems is a positive development for suicide prevention, but challenges remain. ...
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Promoting a Resistant Stance Toward Objectification
Tracy L. Tylka and Rachel M. Calogero
in Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment: Constructs, Protective Factors, and Interventions
Objectification, or the fragmentation of others or oneself into body parts or sexual functions for scrutiny or gratification, is a destructive force that usurps positive embodiment. Yet, ...
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Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: An Approach to Empower Families At-Risk for Child Physical Abuse
Melissa K. Runyon and Esther Deblinger
Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CPC-CBT), created by Melissa K. Runyon and Esther Deblinger and outlined in this guide, provides an evidence-based intervention aimed at ...
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Final Thoughts and Future Directions
Golan Shahar
in Erosion: The Psychopathology of Self-Criticism
In the concluding chapter, Shahar highlights the dominant themes that have emerged from the discussion of self-criticism as a clinical and social problem. Specifically, the importance of ...
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Organizational Psychology
Jay C. Thomas
in Specialty Competencies in Organizational and Business Consulting Psychology
Chapter 8 discusses how OBC psychologists must understand systems theory and how an organization has evolved to fit its environment if they are to devise interventions that will be accepted ...
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Diagnosing and Explaining Mental Conditions
Michael McGuire and Alfonso Troisi
in Darwinian Psychiatry
The chapter discusses medical and psychiatric models, diagnostic and explanatory practices, and presents an analysis of two explanatory systems (conditions known or highly likely to be ...
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Conceptual and Scientific Foundations
Jay C. Thomas
in Specialty Competencies in Organizational and Business Consulting Psychology
Chapter 2 discusses how organizational theory has used force field analysis and systems theory as conceptual frameworks for understanding the development, evolution, and effects of changes ...
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