Psychodynamic perspectives on aging and illness. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tamara McClintock Greenberg.
• Authors: Greenberg, Tamara McClintock
• Contents: Chapter 1: When the Body Intrudes: Psychotherapy with Older and Medically Ill Adults; Why Psychodynamic Approaches? Evidence on Efficacy; Traditional Ideas About Aging and Illness; Applying Psychodynamic Concepts to Aging and Medically Ill Patients; The Boom in Aging and Medical Illness; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Technology, Idealization, and Unconscious Dynamics in the Culture of Medicine; The Hypomanic Culture of Medicine; Patient Expectations in Medicine; Technology and Idealization. Looking for Love (and a Cure): Medical Relationships Suggested Techniques: How to Talk with Patients about Manic Defenses; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The Trauma of Medical Illness; Do We Have to Talk about It? The Mental Health Clinician and Medical Patients; Fear and Confusion in Illness; Shame and the Trauma of Illness; Denial and the Need to Escape; Past Trauma in the Context of Aging and Illness; Suggested Techniques: Creating Safety in the Context of Avoidance; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Narcissistic Aspects of Aging and Illness. Everyone's a Little Narcissistic: When a Normal Defense Becomes Excessive A Body (and Mind) without a Home: Late Life Consequences of Early Loss; Letting Go of a Perfect World: The Silhouette of Mourning in Narcissistic Patients; The "Midlife Crisis"; Suggested Techniques: Providing a Place to Think; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Gray Areas: When Illness May Be Particularly Impacted by Psychological Variables; How Do We Define "Psychosomatic" and Does It Matter?; How Stress Lands in the Body: The HPA-Axis; Back to Hysteria? No and Yes. Suggested Techniques: Clarifying Affective Confusion Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Transference and Countertransference Considerations; Transference and Implications for Older and Medically Ill Patients; Countertransference Feelings as a Reaction to Vulnerability; Countertransference: When Older Is Easier (for Therapists); Countertransference: Social Contextual Issues; Suggested Techniques: Modern-Day Transference Interventions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Self-Destructive Behaviors and Illness; Psychodynamic Ideas on Masochism. Achieving Control No Matter What: The Demand to Be Fixed Unhealthy Behaviors and the Desire to Ignore the Truth; How Anger Leads to Attempts at Mastery; Failed Attempts at Denial and Homeostasis; Suggested Techniques: The Careful Balance of Addressing Aggression; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Cognitive Changes and Implications for the Therapeutic Encounter; Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly; Normal Physical Changes Related to Aging; How to Detect Delirium; Psychotherapy with Cognitively Impaired Adults; Suggested Techniques: Discussing Impairments; Conclusion; References ; Chapter 9: What We Know and What We Don't: The Influence of Psychological Factors and Relationships on Medical Illness; Child Abuse and Maltreatment; Depression; Anxiety; Anger and Hostility; Social Support: Partners and Families; The "Stress Response" and Job Strain; The Meaning of the Research on Psychological Factors and Medical Risk; Suggested Techniques: How Research Matters (or Not) When Talking with Patients; Conclusion; References ; Chapter 10: Hope and Grief: The Introduction of an Emotional Language; Posttraumatic Growth; Alexithymia: Adaptive Aspects of Psychic Detachment; Alexithymia, Hysteria, and Dissociation; Trauma, the Sense of Self, and Illness; Hope and Grief: Therapeutic Action; (Epilogue) Resilience in the Elderly and Medically Ill; References.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 209 pages)
• Subjects: 618.97/0019; Psychology; Geriatrics -- Psychological aspects; Aging -- Psychological aspects; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Aging -- psychology; Geriatric Psychiatry -- methods; Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic -- methods; Aged; MEDICAL -- Geriatrics; MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Gerontology; MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics; Aging -- Psychological aspects; Geriatrics -- Psychological aspects; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry; Aging; Social Work; Medical -- Psychiatry -- General; Family & Relationships -- Aging; Social Science -- Social Work; Psychiatry; Age groups: the elderly; Social work; Psychology, clinical; Psychiatry; Aging -- Research; Social work; Psychology -- Clinical Psychology; Clinical psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319242897
• Related ISBNs: 331924289X; 9783319242873; 3319242873
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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