Auteur : Bradley, Susan J.

Maison d'édition : Guilford Press

Date de publication : 2000

Collation : xii, 324 p. : ill.

ISBN : 1572309393

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Part I : Overview
1. The model and its rationale
Part II : The evidence
2. An introduction to affect regulation and its development -- 3. Constitutional and genetic factors -- 4. The caregiving environment -- 5. Stress, trauma, and abuse -- 6. Coping : learning and experience -- 7. The neurobiology of affect regulation -- 8. Therapeutic considerations
Part III : Clinical syndromes
9. Internalizing disorders : anxiety, mood, and related disorders -- 10. Externalizing disorders : the disruptive -- 11. Psychotic disorders
Part IV : Final remarks
12. Future directions

Résumé : This pioneering work sets forth an important new model for understanding the development of psychopathology. Bridging the gap between psychodynamically and biologically oriented perspectives, noted clinician-researcher Susan J. Bradley synthesizes extensive evidence from studies of attachment, temperament, neurobiology, psychotherapy, stress, and trauma. The book establishes the centrality of emotional arousal--and the failure to regulate this arousal--in the development, recurrence, and maintenance of behavioral disorders, affective spectrum disorders, and the psychoses. Attention is given to the interplay of brain processes, individual differences, and transactional factors (including caregiver behaviors) in the growth of the capacity to manage the experience and expression of affect. Also considered are ways that affect and its regulation are addressed by various models of psychotherapy, and implications for understanding patient resistance to change. The book is unique in demonstrating the significance of a developmental perspective for understanding not only childhood disorders, but adult psychopathology as well. It will be invaluable as a resource for mental health practitioners, students, and researchers, and as a text in graduate-level courses.

Mots-clés : Affect (Psychologie) / Personnalité et émotions

Cote : WM 140 B811a 2000