States of Consciousness (eBook)
XXVI, 261 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-32758-7 (ISBN)
States of Consciousness expands on the pioneering work of J.H. Jackson, offering contemporary models for studying consciousness in both pathology and normal altered states, including relaxation, sleep, meditation, and hypnosis. The author clarifies distinctions between the neuroscientific and psychiatric components of consciousness; at the same time, his theories are rooted firmly in the biopsychosocial approach. The book's scope and the author's attention to detail make it a work of great versatility.
Dr. Kokoszka is currently the head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland and author of more than ten books in Polish. He is a psychiatris, psychologist, psychotherapist, and group analyst trained at the Institute of Group Analysis in Heidelberg, Germany; cognitive-behavioral therapists with the certificate of Italian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy and has been a visiting fellow at University of Oxford, University of California at Irvine, Cleveland State University, and Wayne State University in Detroit.
Consciousness has always been a particularly elusive concept and one vigorously argued in the scientific community. This new volume takes on the task of defining normal and altered consciousness in their most relevant clinical terms.In States of Consciousness, Andrzej Kokoszka expands on the pioneering work of J.H. Jackson, offering contemporary models for studying consciousness as it applies to both pathology and normal altered states, e.g., relaxation, sleep, meditation, and hypnosis. He makes clear distinctions between the neuroscientific and psychiatric components of consciousness; at the same time, his theories are rooted firmly in the biopsychosocial approach.Highlights of the coverage:-Historical overview of studies of consciousness and its altered states-Evolutionary/dynamic model of consciousness and information processing, based on the structure and principles of cell behavior-Comparison of altered states of consciousness in healthy persons and patients with schizophrenia-New perspectives on the role of consciousness in pathology-Case illustration of altered states in a patient with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, integrating neurobiological, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic data-Applications of the model in clinical practiceStates of Consciousness lends itself to theoretical and practical, research and classroom use. It is relevant to a range of scientists and practitioners in cognition, clinical psychology, social psychology, and neuropsychology The book s scope and the author s attention to detail make it a work of great versatility, much like consciousness itself.
Dr. Kokoszka is currently the head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland and author of more than ten books in Polish. He is a psychiatris, psychologist, psychotherapist, and group analyst trained at the Institute of Group Analysis in Heidelberg, Germany; cognitive-behavioral therapists with the certificate of Italian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy and has been a visiting fellow at University of Oxford, University of California at Irvine, Cleveland State University, and Wayne State University in Detroit.
Preface 7
Acknowledgments 11
Permissions 13
Contents 15
Introduction 22
General Presumptions and Concepts Referring to Consciousness and Its Altered States 26
Theoretical Inspirations 35
The Variety of Subjective Experience 63
Research on Altered States of Consciousness 86
Models of the States of Consciousness and Information Metabolism 107
Applications and Extensions of the Models 168
Information Metabolism in the Framework of Exact Sciences 195
Metabolism of Information as a Model for Multiaxial Psychotherapeutic Diagnosis 241
Afterwords 256
References 258
Index 280
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.10.2007 |
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Reihe/Serie | Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy | Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy |
Zusatzinfo | XXVI, 261 p. |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium | |
Schlagworte | attention • Cognition • Diagnosis • Freud • Information Processing • Mind • Neuropsychology • Psychiatry • Psychoanalysis • Psychology • Social Psychology |
ISBN-10 | 0-387-32758-4 / 0387327584 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-32758-7 / 9780387327587 |
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