Psychological stress : Psychoanalytic and Behavioral Studies of Surgical Patients / Irving L. Janis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janis, Irving L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery--Psychological aspects.

Surgery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 pages)

Place of Publication:

Saint Louis, MO : Elsevier Science, 1958.

Summary:

Psychological Stress: Psychoanalytic and Behavioral Studies of Surgical Patients attempts to present as complete a picture as possible of the psychological aspects of surgery. The primary purpose is to highlight the theoretical implications by conveying what has been learned concerning the dynamics of human adjustment to stressful life events. It also draws attention to some of the main practical implications with respect to three important types of problems : (a) the formulation of policies of medical management which take account of the psychological needs of sick people; (b) the improv.

Contents:

Front Cover; Psychological Stress: Psychoanalytic and Behavioral Studies of Surgical Patients; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; Part I: Psychoanalytic Observations and Theory; Chapter 1. Introduction; The Problem of "Objective" Anxiety; Scope of the Inquiry; Surgery as a Danger Situation; Organization of This Book; Notes; Chapter 2. Values and limitations of psychoanalytic research; Expanding the Scope of Psychoanalytic Research; Improving the Case Method; Value of Psychoanalysis for Studying Mediating Processes; Outline of Part I; Notes. Chapter 3. The psychoanalytic study of surgeryResearch Procedures; Description of the Patient; Notes; Chapter 4. The patient's premonitions; SESSIONS 1-4: INITIAL PREOPERATIVE REACTIONS; SESSIONS 5 AND 6: ANALYSIS OF A PREOPERATIVE DREAM; SESSIONS 7 AND 8: INDIFFERENCE VERSUS AGITATION; Chapter 5. Superego mechanisms; Guilt Reactions; Compensatory Fantasies; Notes; Chapter 6. A crucial preoperative session; SESSION 9: EMOTIONAL CRISIS; Chapter 7. Causes and consequences of intellectual denial; Minimization of Personal Vulnerability; Defensive processes in Intellectual Denial; Notes. Chapter 8. Arousal of affiliative needsNotes; Chapter 9. Awaiting the operation; SESSION 10: VASCILLATION; SESSION 11: REACTIONS TO POSTPONEMENT; SESSION 12: PARADE OF PAST HORRORS; Chapter 10. Causes and consequences of exaggerated fears; Latent Content of Surgical Fears; Predisposing Factors; Role of Repression in Approach-Avoidance Conflict; Differences Between Repressed and Nonrepressed Fears; Notes; Chapter 11. Emotional relief during early convalescence; RETROSPECTIONS FROM SESSIONS 13-16: THE ELATION SYNDROME; FREE ASSOCIATIONS FROM SESSIONS 13-16: LATENT ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SURGEON. Chapter 12. Attitudes toward danger-control authoritiesChapter 13. Constructs for a theory of reactive elation; Notes; Chapter 14. Affective disturbances during prolonged convalescence; SESSION 13: AVOIDANCE OF AFFECTION; SESSIONS 14 AND 15: ASSOCIATIONS TO A POSTOPERATIVE DREAM; SESSIONS 16-20: THE EMERGENCE OF ACUTE DEPRESSION; Chapter 15. Constructs for a theory of reactive depression; The Bipbasic Character of Stress Impact; Aggrievement Reactions; Externalized Rage and Resentment; Grief and Self-aggression; Notes; Chapter 16. A paradoxical effect of stress: unrepression; Notes. Chapter 17. Summary of part I: Major psychodynamic hypothesesHypothesis 1A; Hypothesis 1B; Hypothesis 2; Hypothesis 3A; Hypothesis 3B; Hypothesis 4; Hypothesis 5; Hypothesis 6; Hypothesis 7; Hypothesis 8A; Hypothesis 8B; Hypothesis 9; Hypothesis 10; Hypothesis 11A; Hypothesis 11B; Hypothesis 12A; Hypothesis 12B; Hypothesis 13A; Hypothesis 13B; Hypothesis 13C; Hypothesis 14; Part II: Behavioral Research; Chapter 18. Scope and theoretical background; Major Reaction Variables; General Hypotheses; Theoretical Background; Notes; Chapter 19. Methods: case studies and survey research.

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