Auteur : Taylor, Graeme J. / Bagby, R. Michael 1953- / Parker, James Donald Alexander 1959-

Maison d'édition : Cambridge University Press

Date de publication : 1997

Collation : xxii, 359 p. : ill.

ISBN : 052145610X

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. The development and regulation of affects -- 2. Affect dysregulation and alexithymia -- 3. Measurement and validation of the alexithymia construct -- 4. Relations between alexithymia, personality, and affects -- 5. The neurobiology of emotion, affect regulation, and alexithymia -- 6. Somatoform disorders -- 7. Anxiety and depressive disorders and a note on personality disorders -- 9. Eating disorders -- 10. Affects and alexithymia in medical illness and disease -- 11. Treatment considerations -- 12. Future directions

Résumé : An entirely new perspective on how emotions influence mental and physical health. The authors present recent thinking about the development and regulation of emotions, and argue that several common but difficult to treat psychiatric illnesses, including drug addictions, eating disorders, panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorders, are a consequence of an inability to regulate distressing emotions through mental processes. The book also advances a model in which dysregulated emotions may alter other bodily systems and thereby contribute to the development of physical illnesses and diseases. Generously illustrated throughout with clinical vignettes and providing descriptions of innovative therapeutic approaches, this book offers a valuable and stimulating reference for clinicians and researchers alike.

Mots-clés : Alexithymie / Émotions / Maladies mentales / Personnalité et émotions

Cote : WM 171 D612 1997