心理学 — 全 下位分類

This edited book analyzes the meaning making process related to gender identity and its performative dimension. We come to life with a body that immediately becomes a cultural body. The identity construction as well as the entire I-other-world relationship is symbolically marked out by socio-historical-cultural expectations related to gender. Based on the sexual organ, newcomers are immersed in a symbolic plot differently entangled for "boys" and for "girls", through which borders are established to demarcate what is allowed to feel, think and act in the world. Using the theoretical perspective of Cultural Psychology of Semiotic Dynamics, emphasis in the analysis will be given to the concept of border, in order to explore the affective-semiotic dynamics of what the masculine and the feminine mean in our society and the role they play in our psychological functioning. The contributions in this volume focus on the notion of border and its permeability to understand the non-binary gender performativity in different social settings. A central concept in Cultural Psychology is, indeed, the idea that masculine and feminine, when treated as rigid categories, are limiting and repress what is situated in between them. Such process of amplification of the gender category demands the identification of new tensions that go beyond the classic masculinity versus femininity dichotomy. This volume focuses on the semiotic processes in the phenomena related to gender identity and, in such a way, it aims at filling the existing gap in the understanding of the psychological dimension of gender expression. This may provide useful guidelines for psychological interventions in different socio-cultural settings.

This book offers a fresh paradigm for psychology and the helping professions, distilled from four decades of clinical work and theoretical research. Building on Vygotsky, Leontiev, and Bakhtin - and on Volosinov, Winnicott, and contemporary biosemiotics - Mikael Leiman proposes two basic abstractions: object-directed activity and a revised concept of sign as a trace of encounters carrying both object and relation references. The first half of the book lays these conceptual foundations; the second applies them to foetal development, the emergence of language, the structure of utterance, problems of agency, dissociation, and the practice of brief psychotherapy, counselling, and coaching. Richly illustrated with clinical excerpts and developmental research, the book equips practitioners with a microanalytic method - dialogical sequence analysis - for listening to clients with new precision and offers researchers a coherent alternative to current cognitive and neurocognitive paradigms.

This book attempts to understand the impact of context collapse on the process of interpersonal interaction by applying an interdisciplinary and interactive perspective. This book systematically explains the impact of context collapse on social behavior by cognitive communication mechanism. Social science and computer system research is the general scope. Social media technology mixes originally heterogeneous audiences into the same context. As a result, people cannot manage multiple identities for online interactions using traditional offline conversation methods. The lack of boundaries in social media platforms in terms of space, time, and social psychology makes it difficult for people to maintain different social environments simultaneously online. Scholars use the concept of "context collapse" to describe how people, information, and norms permeate from one context to another in social media. Context collapse has both advantages and disadvantages and may bring potential positive or negative consequences.

Environmental and occupational toxic exposures rarely leave a single, unmistakable mark on the brain. Instead, they quietly, cumulatively, and often invisibly alter cognition, emotion, and behavior. Neuropsychology of Toxic Exposure brings clarity to this complex terrain, offering a comprehensive framework for understanding how toxic agents disrupt brain-behavior relationships across the lifespan and how those effects can be assessed, treated, and prevented.

Bridging neurotoxicology, neuroscience, and clinical neuropsychology, this volume translates biological injury into functional meaning. It examines how metals, pesticides, solvents, gases, biological toxins, and extreme exposures affect attention, memory, executive functioning, and emotional regulation. The emphasis is on subtle neurocognitive change, longitudinal assessment, and the integration of neuropsychological data with neuroimaging, biomarkers, and exposure history.

Written for clinicians, researchers, and policy professionals, the book goes beyond mechanisms of injury to address rehabilitation, recovery, forensic evaluation, and public health implications. Case examples illustrate diagnostic challenges and differential considerations, and later chapters explore lifespan vulnerability, environmental justice, and the role of neuropsychology in litigation and policy development.

At its core, Neuropsychology of Toxic Exposure argues that brain health is a shared responsibility-one that requires scientific rigor, clinical precision, and informed policy. By integrating science, practice, and prevention, this book offers essential guidance for protecting cognitive function in an increasingly toxic world.

This book provides in-depth coverage of:
* Neuropsychological principles for assessing toxic exposure
* Brain-behavior effects of metals, pesticides, solvents, gases, and biological toxins
* Acute versus chronic exposure and cumulative neurotoxicity
* Developmental and lifespan vulnerability, from prenatal exposure to aging
* Neuroimaging and biomarker integration in exposure assessment
* Cognitive rehabilitation and recovery following toxic injury
* Occupational and environmental health considerations
* Forensic neuropsychology and toxic exposure litigation
* Environmental justice, prevention, and public policy implications

Neuropsychology of Toxic Exposure is an essential resource for professionals seeking to understand, assess, and respond to the cognitive and emotional consequences of toxic exposure in humans.

This book offers a critical examination of psychology's role in addressing today's interconnected social-ecological crises. It argues that while psychological knowledge is crucial, the discipline often falls short by focusing too narrowly on individual behavior and neglecting broader systemic issues. Through critical perspectives on Environmental Psychology, the contributors illustrate the transformative potential of psychology in facing global challenges. They propose that psychology must evolve to address the complexities of our "polycrisis"-a convergence of ecological destruction, social injustice, and economic instability. The book emphasizes the historical roots of these crises in colonialism, capitalism, and systemic inequality, which psychology has often failed to address.

Divided into four sections, the book begins by highlighting the necessary changes within psychology to tackle today's intertwined crises. It critiques the discipline's limitations and advocates for a reassessment of traditional approaches. The second section introduces decolonial and intercultural perspectives, urging the field to embrace diverse knowledge systems and confront power dynamics in research. The third section critically examines psychology's social role, encouraging it to challenge societal inequalities and environmental harm. The concluding chapters demonstrate theory in action, showcasing emancipatory projects that illustrate how psychology can support social and ecological justice in practice. By outlining practical implementations of critical environmental psychology, the book serves as a guide for how psychology can contribute meaningfully to creating a sustainable, equitable world.

This collection is a must-read for researchers, scholars, and practitioners in the environmental, social, and behavioral sciences. It offers fresh insights and practical guidance for those seeking to understand how psychology can actively contribute to building a sustainable and just world.

This volume advances the understanding of meaning-making in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) by adopting a semiotic perspective. It repositions semiotics as a discipline capable of engaging in a mutually fruitful dialogue with the social sciences. It explores processes of signification in emerging forms of human/non-human coexistence, focusing on the interdependence between consumption, technology, society, and culture, with particular attention to the role played by brands.

The chapters raise a number of key questions: What methodologies can be employed to effectively study interactions among humans, non-human entities, and intangible elements (such as algorithms) in the construction of meaning? How can core notions such as enunciation, veridiction, and anthropomorphism be rethought in light of the expressive forms produced by AI? How can the complex operations of AI be interpreted through the lenses of translation and multimodality, and what challenges does this scenario pose to these concepts? What role do leading brands play in mitigating consumer resistance to the adoption of such technologies? What kinds of forms of life emerge and stabilize when humans accept delegating knowledge, passions, and actions to devices endowed with unprecedented levels of agency? How does AI represent itself?

This volume is of appeal to a wide readership across the social sciences, cultural and media studies.

This book offers a contemporary perspective on the clinical, dynamic, socio-psychological, and adaptive characteristics of paranoid schizophrenia when it co-occurs with synthetic cannabinoid dependence, based on a large-scale study. It also outlines targeted treatment and rehabilitation programs designed to help patients reintegrate into socially accepted, recovery-focused communities.

The study found that the coexistence of these two disorders leads to significant clinical and dynamic changes in both conditions. These include a polymorphism of clinical symptoms during schizophrenia exacerbations, compounded by the addition of synthetic cannabinoid withdrawal syndrome. By the third year, the schizophrenic process often becomes continuously progressive, accompanied by a slow increase in negative psychopathological symptoms and a notable "distortion" of these symptoms.

For the first time, six clinical variants of synthetic cannabinoid withdrawal syndrome are described. The book demonstrates the dominance of destructive psychological defenses, unfavorable adaptation patterns, and specific types of compensatory adaptive mechanisms.

This book makes available for the first time in English Klaus Holzkamp's ground-breaking book on learning Lernen: Subjektwissenschaftliche Grundlegung. It offers fresh perspectives for today's international debates about how to re-imagine learning and education for future society. Current debates in psychology, educational sciences as well educational politics go beyond the transmission model of education and the traditional short-cut between teaching and learning and are oriented either toward student-centred learning or world-centred education. Holzkamp's book is the first to systematically bridge these approaches and offer a rigorous subject- and world-centred theory of learning.

Divided into 2 volumes, this book presents the first half of the original in which Holzkamp outlines his psychological theory of learning; the need for this understanding within education and how it differs from conventional behaviourist, cognitivist and action-theory-based learning models. This book will appeal to students, psychologists and practitioners with an interest in educational psychology, critical psychology and educational science.

This volume examines the devastating impact of India's Partition on mental health services and individuals with mental illness. Occurring in mid-20th century, after the Holocaust and World War II, the Partition brought similar prejudice, trauma, and displacement in South Asia, yet its psychological consequences have remained largely unaddressed in medical education and practice.

Edited by psychiatrists, the book breaks this silence by tracking the breakdown of civic society, collapse of medical services, and violence against citizens during this cataclysmic event. Contributors draw from clinical experience, archival research, literature, media history, and political theory to investigate gendered violence, the division of mental hospitals, disrupted medical care, and the neglected inner lives of ordinary people. The book highlights how the failure to establish accountability or discuss the psychological impact of violence on victims has blighted post-Partition nations. With post-colonial partitions continuing worldwide, it emphasizes how care for the ill and disabled-civilization's defining feature-is forgotten amid political conflicts.

This interdisciplinary work will resonate with students and researchers in psychiatry, psychology, social welfare, mental health policy, and political history, offering valuable insights into medical history, social psychiatry, trauma studies, health planning, and gender awareness.

Voluntarism and Self-Interest: Psychological Foundations and Panarchist Visions in Libertarian Anarchism investigates a central question in political philosophy: what, if anything, makes political authority legitimate? The book argues that theories of political legitimacy should be evaluated primarily in terms of their practical relevance-whether individuals have instrumental reasons to endorse them. Drawing on findings from experimental psychology about the prevalence of selfish motivations, it develops the claim that the most compelling theory of legitimacy must be one that effectively serves predominantly selfish desires.

Through a systematic analysis of competing accounts of legitimacy, the book argues that express consent theory offers the strongest fit with this motivational structure. It then explores the institutional implications of this conclusion by examining panarchist proposals for voluntary, non-territorial systems of governance that follow from a consistent application of consent theory.

Bringing together analytic political philosophy, conceptual analysis, experimental psychology, and the history of libertarian thought, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of political theory, political philosophy, anarchist studies, and libertarianism, as well as readers concerned with the foundations and future of political authority.

Why do democracies continue to elect 'orphaned' outsiders versus 'patrician' elites?

In The Orphan Paradox, Sharma offers an original meditation on the hidden wounds that shape political leadership. Building on his earlier works, including Barack Obama in Hawai'i and Indonesia (2012), Sharma fuses psychology, history, and political science to illuminate how leaders transform vulnerability into vision. Through vivid portraits that traverse continents and centuries, he traces how the United States and India - twin experiments in democracy born of colonial rupture - produced leaders who embodied both loss and renewal: Washington, Jefferson, and Madison in America; Gandhi, Nehru, and Ambedkar in India. From these founders emerged patrician families -the Adamses, Kennedys, Bushes, and the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty - whose inheritance of power eventually met the populist insurgencies of figures like Trump and Modi. For psychologists, historians and political scientists alike, The Orphan Paradox provides a new framework on the foundations of democracy, showing how personal loss shapes institutional design and how nations, like individuals, oscillate between trauma and transcendence. The result is a work of scholarship with a moral urgency - a study of how the orphaned souls continue to haunt, and perhaps redeem the democratic experiment.

Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy: Further Reflexivity, Methodology, and Criticality provides a theoretically informed, scholarly, reflexive, critical text, comprising chapters that connect readers with their own emerging and/or established research projects. The collection builds on the first volume in this series, introducing and exploring the complexity of a range of different research approaches and their ontological, epistemological, and methodological underpinnings. Each chapter acts as a prompt for psychotherapy researchers to think and feel their way, differently, into their research endeavours. This is a collection of compelling and challenging essays, from authors in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres and from a wide range of theoretical and cultural perspectives, that elucidate and exemplify established and emerging approaches to undertaking qualitative psychotherapy research.

Studying Lacan's Seminar IX presents the combined teachings and exegeses of three eminent Lacanian scholars of one of Lacan's notoriously difficult seminars in a set of detailed commentaries on the lessons of the seminar.

Olga Cox Cameron, Dan Collins, and Don Kunze offer chapters that attempt to navigate the twists and turns of Lacan's logic, offering multiple access points to the mystery of identification, transforming an intimidating seminar into a fertile space for critical thought.

The volume will be an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand the structural patterns of the psyche through a rigorous topological lens and will appeal to scholars and students alike, as well as psychoanalytic therapists and analysts interested in Lacan's teachings.

Turbulent Times in the Modern West examines the collective issues that must be addressed to gain an individuated consciousness, through the theories of depth psychology.

It explores consciousness as a way to recognize the dynamics of an individual's psyche and the archetypal influences of the collective psyche within which they are set. It also presents a thorough examination of the works of C. G. Jung, Marie-Lousie von Franz, James Hillman, and Marion Woodman, and the continued relevance of their scholarship for the 21st century. Through this, it goes on to describe how the modern West was plagued by disruptions to foundational archetypal pairs, such as psyche and matter, having false divides that prevent people from recognizing the wholeness of reality. provide individuals. Eventually, it focuses on the issues unique to the modern Western world and gives direction that aids in making the archetypal realm conscious.

This book will be an interesting read for postgraduate and doctorate students of Jungian Psychology, Psychodynamic Psychology, Psychoanalytical Psychology, Archetypal Studies and Depth Psychology

Psychodynamic Foundations of Bioenergetic Analysis: Weaving Insight with Intensity through Body-Psychotherapy examines how the intensity of body-psychotherapeutic processes can be integrated into a coherent therapeutic framework with the help of psychodynamic insights.

Bioenergetic Analysis, developed by Alexander Lowen on the foundation of psychoanalytic drive theory, draws on Wilhelm Reich's groundbreaking discovery of the functional unity of physical and mental defense processes. In this book, humanistic, hermeneutic and structural-psychoanalytic approaches are combined with classical bioenergetic models, thus conveying a modern understanding of Bioenergetic Analysis. Key topics such as self-regulation, self-actualization and character analysis are re-examined from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives and incorporated into innovative approaches for both individual and group body-psychotherapy. Additionally, the challenges of working with specific client groups are described in practical terms, using the examples of children, adolescents and clients with complex post-traumatic stress disorders. Combining traditional Bioenergetic Analysis with cutting-edge psychoanalytic knowledge, the book reflects the current state of the field.

The book is intended for body-psychotherapists and psychodynamically-oriented students or psychotherapists who want to integrate the body more fully into their work. Readers interested in holistic healing approaches will find a comprehensive overview of the diverse European perspectives on Bioenergetic Analysis, supported by case studies, figures, study cards and multiple-choice questions.

The Psychoanalysis of Nazism explores the intricate relationship between psychoanalysis, language, and the sociopolitical forces of Nazi Germany.

Through a detailed examination of psychoanalytic discourse during the Third Reich, the book reveals how analysts navigated the constraints of censorship and ideological conformity, often adopting a "camouflage" style to preserve their intellectual integrity. It focuses on the works of Alexander Mette and Gerhart Scheunert, two analysts whose contrasting approaches to psychoanalysis under Nazi rule illuminate the tensions between adaptation and resistance. Mette's mastery of linguistic subterfuge allowed him to critique the regime subtly, while Scheunert's dual identity as both a Nazi Party member and a psychoanalyst highlights the moral and professional compromises of the era. The book also delves into postwar controversies, including Annemarie Duehrssen's polemical history of German psychoanalysis and the ongoing struggle to reconcile Freud's legacy with the field's troubled past.

This book is essential reading for scholars and students of psychoanalysis, history, and sociolinguistics, as well as anyone interested in the intersections of language, ideology, and intellectual resistance. It offers profound insights into the ethical dilemmas faced by psychoanalysts under totalitarian regimes and the enduring impact of these challenges on the development of modern psychoanalytic thought.

Motivated by personal experience, A Wider Spectrum of Neurodivergence delves into the rapidly developing world of neurodivergence, examining how it is understood. It critiques the prevailing view of neurodivergence as a disability and the resulting power imbalance, and advocates for a shift toward recognising it as a natural variance, explaining how neurotype can be seen as a demographic, with broader implications for intersectionality.

The author explores the idea that neurodivergent traits are predominantly controlled by our genes and sets out evidence that different neurotypes have been the norm throughout human history and are likely far more prevalent than we have ever considered. Looking at language, historical context and the domination of the medical model in diagnosing neurodevelopmental "disorders", the author seeks to present alternative ways of thinking, incorporating the Neurodiversity Paradigm, the Social Model of Disability, and her own model of neurovariance which demonstrates that neurodiversity does not only exist beyond the point at which a formal diagnosis is deemed appropriate.

It is valuable reading for mental health professionals whose clients' symptoms may be better understood through the lens of neurodivergence, as well as anyone interested in the broader scope of neurodiversity.

Worker Voices and Psychological Health brings together research-based evidence with worker testimonies to show how modern working life shapes psychological wellbeing.

The book begins with a selective history of work and a clear explanation of wellbeing that integrates hedonic (feeling good) and eudaimonic (meaning and purpose) perspectives. It goes on to trace how work has changed, clarifying what psychological wellbeing really means, and showing how job demands, autonomy, resources and support shape stress, work life balance and work performance. First-person accounts from a diverse range of job holders, including those in senior management, administrative roles, skilled trades, caring and service work, operatives, and elementary occupations, reveal the everyday pressures and practical conditions that help workers cope, recover and thrive. Looking ahead to a future AI-enabled economy, the book concludes by considering those jobs that may be at risk, and those that are likely to evolve and flourish.

Grounded in the words of real workers and connecting psychosocial factors with the day-to-day realities of working life, the book will appeal to anyone interested in the contemporary workplace, including students of organisational psychology, health psychology, occupational health, mental health, and human resource management, as well as professionals in these fields.

The Unconscious and the Family is an exploration of the complex unconscious dynamics that shape family and couple links. Drawing on extensive clinical experience, Anna Maria Nicolo offers profound insights into the psychopathology present in these contexts, illustrating the theoretical framework with compelling case studies of couple conflicts, trauma, and psychotic disorders. Nicolo presents an innovative reinterpretation of psychoanalytic concepts as they apply to family and couple therapy, establishing a theoretical foundation in the first part of the book and detailing practical interventions in the second. The hypothesis of the existence of transpersonal disorders is gaining ground, particularly among couples dealing with violence and psychotic disorders. Special attention is given to diagnostic approaches, interpretation methods, transference dynamics, and the therapeutic use of the metaphor. Essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and mental health professionals working with families and couples, this volume fills a significant gap in the English-language literature on psychoanalytic approaches to family and couple therapy.

This book investigates Bion's enigmatic concept of Caesura-the gap that connects in multiple realms of human existence. The authors respond to Bion's challenge for future analysts to explore its significance and bridge the theoretical limitations he identified in his generation's understanding.

The contributors of this volume honor Bion's legacy by expanding his notion of caesura, demonstrating its still-untapped potential for inspiring new thoughts and original perspectives on a variety of psychoanalytic concerns. Among other issues, they explore the caesuras of birth, trauma, the formation of thought, the question of truth, the connective tissue between body and psyche, the powerful linking force of myths, and the tension between the personal and the socio-political in the consulting room.

This book is ideal for psychoanalysts, scholars, and students seeking to explore the impact of caesural thought across psychoanalytic schools and disciplines. It appeals to those interested in post-Bionian field theories, relational thought, and existential psychoanalysis. Those who wish to explore the caesura between psychoanalysis and other fields of study, such as philosophy, modern medical outlook and Kabbalah research will find in this book a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue, and a creative tension between past traditions and contemporary paradigms.

In addition to a historical overview of interdependence, chapters analyse the subject's primary components. Authors demonstrate how this phenomenon is distinct from other relationship processes, as well as the involvement of factors including biological sex, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. With a detailed exploration of nuances such as cognitive aspects, affect, and behavioural processes within interdependence theory, the book presents directions for future research into this foundational pillar of contemporary relationship science.

Understanding Interdependence in Close Relationships is an illuminating read for scholars and students in psychology, sociology, communication studies, and family studies. It is also highly relevant for counsellors, clinicians, and other practitioners in psychotherapy contexts who specialise in interpersonal relationships.

This essential guide helps psychotherapists integrate psychoanalytic concepts and techniques into their clinical practice, enriching patient relationships and enhancing therapeutic effectiveness through engaging clinical vignettes.

Readers will explore how to enhance their comprehension of patient dynamics, recognize and utilize transference and countertransference phenomena, and develop greater self-awareness during therapy sessions. This book combines theoretical foundations with practical examples, demonstrating how psychoanalytic concepts can transform therapeutic relationships and outcomes. Each chapter includes practical techniques that can be are demonstrably applicable in clinical settings, while also encouraging ongoing professional reflection and growth.

Written for practicing psychotherapists seeking to enhance their clinical skills, this book serves both newcomers to psychoanalytic concepts and experienced practitioners looking to deepen their psychodynamic understanding. Perfect for therapists wanting to enrich their current practice.

Psychodynamic Foundations of Bioenergetic Analysis, volumes one and two, explores bioenergetic analysis, developed by Alexander Lowen on the foundation of psychoanalytic drive theory, draws on Wilhelm Reich's groundbreaking discovery of the functional unity of physical and mental defense processes.

Volume one, Weaving Insight with Intensity through Body-Psychotherapy examines how the intensity of body-psychotherapeutic processes can be integrated into a coherent therapeutic framework with the help of psychodynamic insights. Key topics such as self-regulation, self-actualization and character analysis are re-examined from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives and incorporated into innovative approaches for both individual and group body-psychotherapy. Additionally, the challenges of working with specific client groups are described in practical terms, using the examples of children, adolescents and clients with complex post-traumatic stress disorders. Volume two, Responses from Body-Psychotherapy to the Uncertainty of Our Times, explores how Alexander Lowen's concept of a grounded self can be cultivated despite the increasing uncertainty caused by rapid political and social changes. The book offers answers to postmodern questions arising from the spread of Bioenergetic Analysis in non-Western societies, changes in the disease spectrum, new insights into the development of gender identities and the revolutionary spread of artificial intelligence. The authors show how the postmodern development toward individual self-construction, which has emerged through the increasing virtualization of life or new sociocultural constructions of femininity, can engage in a productive dialogue with the idea of a grounded self.

This two-volume set is intended for body-psychotherapists and psychodynamically-oriented students or psychotherapists who want to integrate the body more fully into their work. Readers interested in holistic healing approaches will find a comprehensive overview of the diverse European perspectives on Bioenergetic Analysis, supported by case studies, figures, study cards and multiple-choice questions.

This expertly curated volume offers groundbreaking explorations for treating people who struggle with these issues, reframing problematic sexual conduct - often labelled "sex addiction" - as complex and often harmful human behaviors rather than as a disease.

Mental health practitioners often have limited resources and few expert mentors to consult when treating patients with out-of-control sexual behaviors (OSCB). With contributions from twenty seasoned clinicians, this book provides nonpathologizing approaches to support diverse sexual health needs and client healing. The writers address common clinical challenges such as erotic difference, existential angst, fidelity, pornography, and internalized shame and discusses the impacts of sexism, racism, and ethnic oppression on individual experiences of sexuality and on patient treatment. Filled with rich and engaging clinical examples, including harm reduction, IFS, couple and group therapy approaches, as well as clinical supervision, this collection equips a wide range of mental health professionals with practical tools to expand their practice.

This book is an essential guidebook for both new and experienced clinicians looking to refine their perspectives, enhance their clinical skills, and foster unbiased, effective treatment for a diverse clientele. Individuals and families affected by OCSB will also find hope and guidance within its pages.