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…3 www.americanmentalhealthfoundation.org 9781590565605, $12.00, PB, 112pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: The use of terrorism to promote a cause is a tragical reality of our times in almost every country in the world. It is now common place in Europe and North America to see urban-transit systems post signs “if you see something, say something”. The warning appears in several languages. Yet, paradoxically, there is as yet no known profile of a terroris…
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Evander Lomke
…r and Director of Rhinebeck Child and Family Center, LLC (www.rhinebeckcfc.com) Co-author with John B. Mordock of A Handbook of Play Therapy with Aggressive Children and Understanding and Treating the Aggression of Children: Fawns in Gorilla Suits. Author of Evocative Strategies in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy; Therapeutic Engagement of Children and Adolescents: Play, Symbol, Drawing, and Storytelling Strategies; and an edited book: Child an…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…empt to save some masculinity in the midst of such passive behavior will become obvious in their communications about women. I was also struck by the number of sexual affairs, betrothals, and marriages that took place at this stage of therapy. Although I did not feel it was a desirable consequence for the members to take such steps, I did not attempt to dissuade them in light of my uncertainty about the results of this form of treatment. Submissiv…
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…ingston, New York, have seen their clinical neurology practice grow from a comfortable red-brick building on Albany Avenue in Kingston to a full-service neurology center on Broadway with twelve neurologists, MRI, PET Scan, and many support services. “It’s no longer necessary to go to Albany or New York City for topnotch care,” said Frontera, who is also Clinical Professor of Neurology and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Both Frontera and Pi…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…otarized can be taken to your bank. They should do it at no charge. You can get more information by contacting the state at: phone: 518-474-3817 or email: *protected email*….
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…had been divorced for over twenty years and had one living child, a thirty-three-year old daughter. Her married life had been fraught with conflict, finally ending in separation from the husband, whom she characterized as a psychopath. Approximately twenty years ago, a son, age ten, was killed by a fall from an apartment building window. She had had intermittent psychotherapy sessions since 1944 at a psychosomatic clinic in a general hospital. Sh…
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…aining groups for hospital doctors, in which they can work through the more-or-less conscious conflicts activated in them by the therapeutic groups and experience first hand the processes that take place in a collective body. The development of group psychotherapy has been helped in the last few years by the increasing concern of psychiatrists to give the patient himself some responsibility for his cure. Naturally, however, we would not expect an…
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…gly ran into insurmountable obstacles and were lost to our profession. The open-minded and talented analysts who chose not to abandon their profession were not in a position to assert themselves. Generalizing theories and facile approaches are a viable substitute for the thorough clinical investigation of the individual A great deal of what passes as attested theory in psychoanalysis is little more than speculation, varying widely in plausibility….
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…Viano, a Leicester mother, said she was told earlier this month that her 15-year-old son, who was hearing voices and not recognizing members of his own family, was “too acute’’ to be admitted to MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, the closest hospital licensed to admit children and adolescents with mental health problems. “She had taken him to the emergency room of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, and he ended up spending two nights…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…on; the gravely autistic, who cannot become involved; the rigidly obsessive-compulsive, who are too preoccupied with their own rituals; mental defectives, who can burden a group; and cardiac patients, for whom the excitement and drama of group interaction might precipitate anginal spasm. Homosexuals, who some therapists believe cannot be treated in a heterogeneous group, I have found to benefit enormously when included in a ‘general world atmosphe…
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…te communication, voiced the opinion that if the therapist views the member-to-member transferences as being displacements from those to the therapist, then the transference neuroses of the individual members can be perceived and analyzed. Our question is also baffling because the concept has been ambiguous enough to invite a variety of interpretations. Two requirements of transference neurosis are unequivocal. The past must be restored in the tre…
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What follows is the up-to-the-minute report on the fundamental research project of AMHF and Astor Services for Children & Families 20-month Progress Report – June 9, 2014 Project Goal To design and implement an evaluation and intervention program for both children and adolescents at risk for psychotic disorders and their families. Youth identified as at risk for psychotic disorders from the initial assessment and who meet criteria after an in dep…
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Evander Lomke
…ncipal training centre and adheres to the classical programme of five-times-a-week analysis over several years. In the perspective of psychoanalytic trainings within the IPA the British system has continued to demand, and to supply, very high standards of students and teachers. Though clearly divided into the three groups, there is greater flexibility and exchange between them in the course of training—for example by joint clinical seminars involv…
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…d to a student’s social group to embarrass and humiliate. “These are not 12-year-olds on a playground, picking on the nerdy kid during a kickball game. These are educated, young adults at a major university who are acting out their own insecurities through the Internet.” In Massachusetts, an anti-bullying law has been put into place and school districts are developing procedures for the implementation of the law. Interestingly, there has been an “…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…The Mission Statement: For a century and in times of social change, a not-for-profit organization advancing the public understanding of mental health by educating through books, articles, website blogs, and workshops. The mission includes publication of a significant 2-year research project with Astor Services Dr. Stefan de Schill, long-time AMHF Director of Research, photographed in Vienna circa 1938 “There are three basic factors in daily…
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…1/05/world/europe/05bulgaria.html “A study of guardianship in eight former Communist countries completed last year by the Mental Disability Advocacy Center in Budapest found jaillike regimens for patients with a wide range of mental disabilities, with one million adults in the region subject to ‘significant, arbitrary and automatic’ violations of their human rights.” This disturbing article goes on to report: “In the two decades since free markets…
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Evander Lomke
…8:30 AM with breakfast at 9:00 AM and the Walk For Life immediately following the Award ceremony at 10:30 AM. You can register to walk by going to http://www.firstgiving.com/spi. Dr. Hendin can be reached by email at *protected email*….
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Evander Lomke
…and Nemetz 1966) is one of the few analysts who has actually collected side-by-side data (tape recording and independent process notes) and subjected them to comparative study in order to begin to provide empirical evidence on this question of whether patterns of change demonstrable in the process notes would also be documented in the same ways in the actual tape recorded verbal transactions between the patient and analyst, a question of such majo…
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…ally the case with private patients. One should remember that the most well-to-do families are also the most educated. It is they who have the best knowledge of the resources of public medicine and often monopolize it. These considerations lead to a number of comments/ observations that are essential for the stability of the mental health centers. They should have records at their disposal that enable an evaluation of their operations: clinical re…
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…Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College; Psychiatrist-in-Chief, The New York Hospital; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University, Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Jacques Palaci: Formerly President, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, New York; formerly Vice-President, Theodor Reik Clinic for Mental Health and Research, New York. Malcolm Pines: Consultant Psychotherapist to the T…
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For half-a-century, Dr. Eugene Kennedy’s books have brought complex mental-health issues to the general public. His classic On Becoming A Counselor (now coauthored with his wife, Dr. Sara Charles) has sold 250,000 copies, has been continuously revised to reflect new findings, and is in print after nearly 35 years at this writing. This book teaches everyone about most major mental-health conditions. Although its subtitle, “A Guide for Nonprofessio…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…tudy [3] reported the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 9-to-10 percent of assaulted staff victims. Additionally, during this time period several initiatives, including new medications, enhanced psychosocial rehabilitation, and new-restraint procedures were fielded in different institutions to reduce this risk of assault. As noted above, the purpose of this review is to examine the published studies on staff victims for the next…
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Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.
…Self-healing and Renewal” Provides the overview, research support, and step-by-step protocol for mental-health clinicians to begin the process of successfully and competently integrating various disciplines of the expressive arts, including play-based interventions, with adult clients and adult supervises in clinical practice. The rationale of utilizing expressive arts and play therapy with adults has been demonstrated in the research to increase…
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Evander Lomke
…s. (Still the country is crippled by the presence of only about 1,000 board-certified child psychiatrists.) On the other hand, many states have encouraged the licensing of masters-level specialists in mental-health counseling, marriage and family counseling, and other areas such as psychoanalysis. Perhaps one reason for this is to decrease taxpayer cost for mental health services in state-run programs. Of course, there is a similar trend in medici…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…twelve have depressive disorders, said Gintner. That number can go up to 4-to-8 percent for those in the 12-to-18 age range. Adolescent girls display twice the risk for depression as boys. Gintner stated the rate of depression has increased every decade since the 1940s. He has trained counselors in the use of the DSM and is considered an expert in planned revisions of the DSM V. It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out. Here we hav…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…individual supervision or peer supervision and avail themselves of patient-at-risk consultations. Providers should also practice self-care and obtain post-incident crisis counseling for any major event that occurs [6]. References 1. Schilling, S., and Christian, C. W. (2014). “Child Physical Abuse and Neglect.” Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 23: 309-19. 2. Zeamah, C. H., and Humphreys, K. L. (2018). “Child Abuse and Ne…
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Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.
…ists films related to he following categories: inspiration, personal issues, social issues, children, adolescents, family issues, couples issues, mental and emotional illness, physical illness and medical issues. AMHF has come up with its own selection of twenty-one movies. All will be reviewed within this blog, as to date five from the list have been. Please consider these blogs and let AMHF know what you think by E-mail:Email Evander…
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William Van Ornum, Ph.D.
…e by applying them constructively, first in the group and then in their day-by-day battles against the old neurotic behavior patterns. For instance, patients who unconsciously have reacted to each interpersonal situation as fearful, helpless, and guilty children might then gradually assert themselves in a more appropriate manner. No definite sequence of procedures or phases of progress are applicable to the group as a whole. Such techniques as “go…
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…o reduce this level of aggression. Medications, behavioral/forensic/patient-at-risk consults and patient groups for anger management and substance abuse could be considered. Similarly, increasing staff to reduce wait times and posting security in high-risk areas could be fielded. Post-incident counseling for staff victims, such as The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) [4, 5], should be made available. Precipitant research is still in its early…
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Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.
…lly be explored in depth. It was then made clear that when Joe was in a one-to-one relationship of limited commitment, as he had had with me, he could reproduce the pleasantries of his relationship with his mother. But that when I was in the group, I became his father and the group his family. From this insight we were able to proceed more deeply into his oedipal conflict, his intense attachment to his mother, his repressed rivalry with his father…
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