Depathologizing Psychopathology: The Neuroscience Of Mental Illness And Its Treatment
by Theodore Wasserman /
2016 / English / PDF
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This brief, accessible treatise harnesses the neurophysiological
processes of learning to create an innovative and powerful approach
to therapy. It sets out a non-pathologizing alternative not only to
the current medicalized conception of diagnosis and treatment but
also to the labeling of relatively normal reactions to stressors
and upsets as illnesses. Rooted in the neurobiology of human
learning, the book’s approach to treatment, Neuro-Cognitive
Learning Therapy, characterizes maladaptive behavior patterns as
learned responses to upsetting conditions―processes which can be
unlearned. In addition, the coverage includes a clinical teaching
guide for bringing NCLT theory and methods into the training
curriculum.
This brief, accessible treatise harnesses the neurophysiological
processes of learning to create an innovative and powerful approach
to therapy. It sets out a non-pathologizing alternative not only to
the current medicalized conception of diagnosis and treatment but
also to the labeling of relatively normal reactions to stressors
and upsets as illnesses. Rooted in the neurobiology of human
learning, the book’s approach to treatment, Neuro-Cognitive
Learning Therapy, characterizes maladaptive behavior patterns as
learned responses to upsetting conditions―processes which can be
unlearned. In addition, the coverage includes a clinical teaching
guide for bringing NCLT theory and methods into the training
curriculum.
This groundbreaking volume:
This groundbreaking volume:Proposes a non-stigmatizing learning model for therapy,
Neuro-Cognitive Learning Therapy.
Proposes a non-stigmatizing learning model for therapy,
Neuro-Cognitive Learning Therapy.Introduces the concept of the connectome and explains its
critical role in mental health and illness.
Introduces the concept of the connectome and explains its
critical role in mental health and illness.Differentiates between the unconscious and automaticity in
cognition and behavior.
Differentiates between the unconscious and automaticity in
cognition and behavior.Addresses the applicability of NCLT to biologically-based
mental disorders.
Addresses the applicability of NCLT to biologically-based
mental disorders.Offers case studies illustrating NCLT in contrast with
commonly-used approaches.
Offers case studies illustrating NCLT in contrast with
commonly-used approaches.Includes a chapter-by-chapter clinical teaching guide with
therapeutic principles and discussion questions.
Includes a chapter-by-chapter clinical teaching guide with
therapeutic principles and discussion questions.Provides a comprehensive therapeutic framework for
practitioners of all orientations.
Provides a comprehensive therapeutic framework for
practitioners of all orientations.
Depathologizing Psychopathology gives neuropsychologists,
psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and child and school
psychologists new ways of thinking about mental illness and
learning about learning for a bold new step in the evolution of
mind/brain knowledge.
Depathologizing Psychopathology gives neuropsychologists,
psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and child and school
psychologists new ways of thinking about mental illness and
learning about learning for a bold new step in the evolution of
mind/brain knowledge.