ISSN 2576-9375
FALL 2018 ISSUE
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Article abstracts (Vol. 1, no. 2 Fall 2018)opioid crisis in america -- one practitioner's point of view
Michael Teiger, M.D., F.C.C.P. Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center EXCERPT There is, you know, another point of view on the subject. In fact, there are several points of view when it comes to the opioid epidemic crisis that presently grips the United States. There is more to the story than what we are told by the news agencies, social media outlets, and the myriad of news sources, both in print and in electronic form. We in contemporary society depend upon the media to "inform us" correctly. But in the end, we know that there is always more it than what is presented in the bits and pieces of news headline snippets. These days, we rush to conclusions and then render judgment based frequently on limited information. Quick conclusions are easier when the data is given to us via rapid-fire electronic media. We scan information, rapidly digest, come to conclusions made with incomplete information, and move on. the "opioid crisis" -- a psychological perspective
Richard Boudreau, D.D.S., M.D., J.D., Ph.D. Marina Del Rey Hospital EXCERPT Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater? We often do that when there is an event called a “crisis.” We attack symptoms. The government makes policies that are harmful to a large segment of the population and they just don't get it. Here are a few statements from respected journals: The truth about the US ‘opioid crisis’ – prescriptions aren’t the problem; Opioid Addiction Is a Huge Problem, but Pain Prescriptions Are Not the Cause; Cracking down on highly effective pain medications will make patients suffer for no good reason; overdosing on numerous drugs is an epidemic because millions live in a world without hope, certainty, and structure. beyond behaviorism and psychoanalysis:
a tribute to carl rogers and the coming of client-centered therapy John H. Morgan, Ph.D., D.Sc., Psy.D. Senior Fellow in Behavioral Science (ret.), Foundation House/Oxford (UK) ABSTRACT No significantly recognized or clinically validated psychotherapeutic options to behaviorism or psychoanalysis existed before Carl Rogers introduced a paradigm shift to the professional world of counseling by suggesting that the interpersonal relationship between the therapist and client should focus upon the client rather than the therapist. This trajectory towards embracing the primacy of congruency within the therapeutic setting launched a re-direction of both understanding and training within psychotherapy based upon a humanistic approach to the field of psychology as a pivotal alternative to behaviorism (and its eventual off-spring of psychopharmacology), psychoanalysis, and eventually the emergence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The coming of the Third Force following Watson and Freud has created a plethora of alternative modalities of psychotherapeutic treatments within the counseling profession and no one is more deserving of credit for this development than Carl Rogers himself. the question of innate wisdom: a personal reflection on the lifespan
Judith L. Newman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University Abington ABSTRACT This personal reflection explores my increasingly strong conviction over a four-decade career that there is an early emerging wisdom to which we may spend much of our adult lives trying to return or reawaken. The little clues along the way to this conviction began in my undergraduate days when encountering classic notions such as ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny or Chomsky’s theory of language development. As a graduate student, my own research on the competence-performance distinction pushed me more towards this way of thinking. And through all these years of conducting cognitive-developmental research and teaching life-span developmental courses, I have begun to include more about nativist theories of gender identity and moral development, the intuitive or naïve theory (of biology) approach, Werner’s concept of co-existence, Maslow’s notion of self-actualization, and the U-shaped curve of happiness across the lifespan. The even more clear markers at the end of this personal journey include several recently published books on innate or early emerging wisdom, spirituality, and justice which will be discussed in the article. humanistic religion: the prophetic zeal of erich fromm
Michael Brock, LPC, Psy.D. Adjunct Professor, University of Dallas ABSTRACT This paper focuses on Erich Fromm, a humanistic psychologist whose writings on religion have well stood the test of time, addressing many of the specific issues of the current day—the interplay between politics and religion, the possibility of a nontheistic religion, the danger of inauthentic religion, the difference between the insights of the great mystics who preached the eternal values and the institutions that followed in their wake, to name a few. Humanistic psychology rose to prominence in America during the post-World War II years, reaching its zenith in the 1950s and 1960s and continuing to influence the national conversation—psychologically, spiritually, politically, and culturally—throughout the 1970s. During that time, it attracted a wide and popular following of psychologists, social scientists, “public intellectuals,” and political and religious leaders on the world stage, as well as among the general public. This paper is part of a larger project that examines the contributions of the humanistic psychologists Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Erich Fromm, and Rollo May, as well as those of the English evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley, a contemporary who was doing much of the same work as the Americans. These five seminal thinkers had much in common, but they had much more that was unique to each. Fromm, as biographer Lawrence Friedman emphasizes in his title, The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love’s Prophet, was a many-faceted man: psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanist, teacher, counselor, nuclear disarmament spokesman, social reformer, and modern day prophet (and, many would say, contemporary prophet through the writings he left behind). Most relevant to this essay is Fromm’s unique approach to what he would call humanistic, or authentic, religion—a nontheistic religion that celebrates the person as the font of all the qualities and values that others might attribute to God. As this paper is part of a larger project, it begins in the middle of things, placing Fromm in the context of two who paved the way for what would soon be called humanistic psychology, Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. In addition to May and Huxley, they are referenced throughout. pastoral logotherapy: from viktor frankl's search for meaning
to man's search for ultimate meaning Ann V. Graber Professor of Pastoral Logotherapy, Graduate Theological Foundation ABSTRACT In 2012 the Graduate Theological Foundation celebrated the 50th anniversary since it was formed in 1962, following the convening of Vatican II that encouraged dialogue with other religious denominations. The Foundation’s ecumenical and interreligious outreach as an institution of higher learning for ministry professionals had grown tremendously since its inception. A new initiative was launched to meet students’ needs: The Graduate Center for Pastoral Logotherapy (2012). It is intended to serve students looking for pastoral care and counseling approaches that include spirituality and is widely applicable with people of various faith traditions or with persons of a secular Weltanschauung. Featured authors in this issue:
Alain Berthoz (Collège de France and the Perception and Action Lab of CNRS) Author of The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds (Harvard University Press, 2017) Stijn Vanhuele (Ghent University (Belgium) and psychoanalyst in private practice) Author of Psychiatric Diagnosis Revisited: From DSM to Clinical Case Formation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) |
ABOUT
MacBain & Boyd Publishers is pleased to announce a new scholarly journal in the field of mental health, The Behavioral Mind: A Journal of Personality Disorders. The inaugural issue of this double-blind peer-reviewed journal was released in Spring 2018 and will be issued twice annually (Spring/Fall). John H. Morgan, Ph.D.(Hartford), D.Sc.(London), Psy.D.(FH/Oxford), serves as Editor-in-Chief with a distinguished Board of Editors attached. Recently retired Senior Fellow in Behavioral Science of Foundation House/Oxford (UK), Dr. Morgan's recent publications include Clinical Psychotherapy: A History of Theory and Practice (from Sigmund Freud to Aaron Beck) and Psychopathology: A Clinical Guide to Personality Disorders as well as An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Terms and Concepts (forthcoming summer 2018).
AIM & SCOPE
The birth and continued prominence of humanistic psychology, the Third Force, initiated by Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, has proven pivotal in the continual dialogue, (not always pleasant but always productive), between the various schools of biological psychiatry and psychoanalysis, a fact that cannot be denied. This interface between the diagnostic labeling embraced by the DSM and the humanistic approach to psychotherapy embodied in the Third Force has proven most productive in the advancement of mental health treatment in the 20th and 21st centuries, and this publication, The Behavioral Mind: A Journal of Personality Disorders, is committed to creating a positive and productive environment for that ongoing discussion and dialogue.
This journal strives to present a balance between the DSM and humanistic psychology and will have as its focus the fostering of work by adjunct and junior faculty teaching and researching in the field of psychology.
Read the Editor's Note (Fall 2018).
This journal strives to present a balance between the DSM and humanistic psychology and will have as its focus the fostering of work by adjunct and junior faculty teaching and researching in the field of psychology.
Read the Editor's Note (Fall 2018).
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
John H. Morgan, Ph.D. (Hartford), D.Sc.(London), Psy.D.(Foundation House/Oxford)
Senior Fellow in Behavioral Science (ret.), Foundation House/Oxford (UK)
Member: American Psychological Association; American Counseling Association;
Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12); Society of Behavioral Medicine
Senior Fellow in Behavioral Science (ret.), Foundation House/Oxford (UK)
Member: American Psychological Association; American Counseling Association;
Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12); Society of Behavioral Medicine
BOARD OF EDITORS
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Michael L. Brock, Psy.D.
University of Dallas Richard G. Boudreau, M.D., Psy.D. Marina Del Rey Hospital Thomas Cordier, Ph.D. New England Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychiatry Nancy Dietsch, Psy.D. San Diego VA Healthcare Muhammad Hatim, Ph.D. Private Addictions Counselor Charles Ignatius, Ph.D. Bon Secours Health System |
Eric Shyman, Ed.D.
St. Joseph's College New York Shinichi Tagami, Ph.D. Mt. Olive Hospital, Okinawa Michael Teiger, M.D. University of Connecticut Health Center Arthur Waskow, Ph.D. The Shalom Center Hui Xu, Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago |
AUTHOR SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND DEADLINES
There are no fees to authors or authors' institutions for submission, review, or publication of articles.
Deadlines are April 1 for Spring issues and October 1 for Fall issues. Release dates are in June (Spring) and December (Fall).
Deadlines are April 1 for Spring issues and October 1 for Fall issues. Release dates are in June (Spring) and December (Fall).
Articles
- Articles must be submitted as a Word Document
- Articles must comply with APA notation style; in-text citations are required as footnotes are not accepted
- Word count range is 5,000 to 7,500
- Articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and a list of five keywords
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- Authors must hold an adjunct or faculty position at the collegiate level
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Doctoral Abstracts
- Blind submission with attached cover sheet to include author’s name, degree, year of degree, and institution where degree was earned
- Abstracts of approximately 250 words
- Word document format
- Authors must hold complete copyright to the submitted abstract
- Abstracts dating from no earlier than three calendar years prior to submission
Published Research Briefs
Published Research Briefs are short abstracts of research articles, either presented at conferences or published in academic journals. This section of the journal features a digest of recent research by scholars working and teaching in the psychological sciences.
- Title of the article
- Text of the brief (approximately 125 words)
- Bibliographic citation in APA 6th
- Author name and institutional affiliation
- Briefs dating from no earlier than three years prior to submission
Send submissions to John H. Morgan, Editor-in-Chief.
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Authors interested in submitting a book proposal in the psychological sciences to MacBain & Boyd should visit the Authors section.
