Second Special Issue: Changing Theoretical and Clinical Issues.

It is not easy to combine and co-ordinate in one volume the concepts that nurse practitioners need to address. This book goes further by looking at clinical skill, theoretical issues and professional points of view, and integrating them, so that the reader can arrive at a fully rounded concept of what it means to be a nurse practitioner in today’s world.

Although tension reduction is a key principle in drive theory, there are clear dynamic aspects of libido expression aimed at increased tension levels. In a paradigmatic shift from the Freudian conflict model, tension reduction and tension enhancement dynamics are re-conceptualized as valences toward the processes of tension reduction and tension enhancement, rather than toward the respective states of reduced tension or enhanced tension. We posit a unitary direction-independent foundational id drive toward tension level change which incorporates tension reduction and enhancement. As the primary drive circumscribed to manipulations of id tension level, the dynamics of Delta are distinguished from those of Eros and Thanatos whose purviews are in the domain of drive purpose/function (or evolutionary design) and also differentiated from the subjective phenomenological experience of drive expression which varies among people. Theoretical and clinical issues in sexuality and aggression are critically analyzed as entailing libidinal elements of tension enhancement and reduction. Key points are annotated with illustrative clinical vignettes. The intersections between Delta dynamics, ego psychology, and object relations are explored. Possible elaborations of sub-drive development entailing functional autonomy are outlined.

Forensic social work can bridge the gap between the criminal justice and mental health systems and serve clients who “fall between the cracks.” The authors describe theoretical and clinical issues, utilizing case examples and the literature to develop a conceptual paradigm for the role of social workers in this area.

Victoria's new Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act 2005 established a new regime whereby high-risk child-sex offenders can receive intensive, long-term supervision in the community post incarceration. Motivation for the new Act stemmed from increasing public outcry regarding a small number of known child-sex offenders sexually recidivating, and presumes that this recidivism should have been, and could have been, predicted and therefore prevented. The present article reviews the nature and purpose of this new sex offender legislation, and discusses some of the theoretical, practical and clinical issues in forensic psychiatric and psychological research highlighted by its implementation. The sole focus of the legislation on child-sexual offenders implies that these offences are more severe, or more recidivistic, than other sexual or violent crimes, a contention that is not wholly supported by the literature. Furthermore, research on many of the crimes specified under the Act is limited, and many questions remain unanswered regarding our ability to predict sexual recidivism, particularly in legal contexts where the consequences of false predictions are so severe. Further research on base rates and risk prediction of these specific offences, and in Australian populations, is required in order to justify the conclusions on which this law is based.

Introduction. Part I: Theoretical Voices. Freedom to Relate. The Human Aspects of the Psychoanalytic Relationship. Aspects of Consciousness - One Voice or Many? On Subjective Organisations. Restoring History to Psychoanalysis. Part II: Clinical Voices. Handling the Dual Aspect of the Transference. A Severe Form of Breakdown in Communication in the Psychoanalysis of an Ill Adolescent. Bearing the Unbearable - Working with the Abused Mind. Becoming a Subject - Some Theoretical and Clinical Issues. Part III: Other Voices. The Internal Drama - Psychoanalysis and the Theatre. Some Aspects of Group Therapy with Psychotic Patients. Psychosis and the Family. Work of the Day. A Psychoanalyst in the Family Court.

Attitudes of Entitlement: Theoretical and Clinical Issues. Edited by Vamik D. Volkan and Terry C. Rodgers. Charlottesville, Va.: Univ Virginia Press, 988, xi + 106 pp., $19.95.

In this paper, the author aims to highlight why Ferenczi is the "introjective psychoanalyst" par excellence in the history of psychoanalysis. Employing the approach to classic psychoanalytic texts adopted in his book Psychoanalysis as a Journey , he explores and discusses a number of crucial theoretical and clinical issues that, throughout Ferenczi's life and works, shaped his development in this direction. In doing so, the author also maintains that this specific characteristic of his analytic commitment is the main reason why today we still look at Ferenczi as a source of inspiration and a contemporary teacher. In his argument, the author focuses particularly on Ferenczi's early and late writings in order to illustrate more clearly the development of his "introjective" analytic style. He leaves for another paper the equally interesting subject of the evolution of Ferenczi's ideas on the phenomena of imitation, incorporation, and identification that follow the process of introjection.

While the developmental relevance of young children's behavior problems is now generally recognized, there has been a marked paucity of information on the topic. Filling a gap in the literature, this volume focuses exclusively on children from toddlerhood through the preschool period. Integrating theory with clinical and developmental research with theoretical issues, and presenting a wealth of illustrative case material, it provides a clinically rich and highly readable account of this significant stage in the behavioral development of children.

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This is a timely book that would be of interest to all those who treat children or parents. Renewed psychiatric research in depression and the rising suicide rate among adolescents highlight the importance of this topic. To quote the preface, reported research currently notes that prospective studies on children, whose parents have unipolar and/or bipolar disorders display a prevalence of depression ranging from 7 to 85%. The aim of this book is to present current theoretical, clinical, research, and treatment issues that promote an understanding of the effects of parental depression on the developing child. The editor, a child psychiatrist involved in active treatment of children, has assembled some of the leading authors in research on this subject. This 296-page book provides a broad range of subject matter, varying from research data and clinical observations to theoretical discussions. The main theme of the book is that affective disorders in

PL.06.01 Anxious temperament: results from a translational neuroscience approach

S.12.05 Allosteric modulation of NMDA receptors rescues impaired synaptic plasticity in experimental Parkinsonism

PL.04.01 Is it time for immuno-psychiatry?

S.24.02 Reelin, an extracellular matrix protein linked to early onset psychiatric diseases, drives prefrontal cortex development via the mTOR pathway

Individuals, Families, and the New Era of Genetics: Biopsychosocial Perspectives brings together state-of-the-science information on the psychosocial aspects of genetics and genomics from individual and family dynamic perspectives. Genetic screening, testing, and treatment for disease will soon be available on a large scale. This book applies cognitive-behavioral and family systems approaches to conceptualize how individuals and their families cope with genetic information. Its authors, all eminent scholars, cover theoretical, methodological, clinical, legal, and ethical issues involved in areas such as information processing, decision making, quality of life, behavior change, and family communication. The book targets a wide audience, at all stages of professional development, and establishes a unified individual and family focus for responding to the psychosocial challenges of the new era of genetics and genomics.