30 research outputs found
Innovative moments and poor outcome in narrative therapy
To analyse a poor outcome case of narrative therapy with a woman victim of intimate violence. Method: The Innovative
Moments Coding System: version 1 was applied to all sessions to track the innovative moments (i-moments) in the therapeutic
process. I moments are the narrative details that occur in psychotherapeutic conversations that are outside the influence of
the problematic narrative. This research aims to describe the processes involved in the stability of meanings in
psychotherapy through a dialogical approach to meaning making. Findings: Contrarily to what usually occurs in good
outcome cases, re-conceptualization i-moments are absent. Moreover, two specific types of i-moments emerged with higher
duration: reflection and protest. Qualitative analysis showed that the potential meanings of these i-moments were surpassed
by a return to the problematic narrative. Conclusion: The therapeutic stability seems to be maintained by a systematic return
to the problematic narrative after the emergence of novelties. This process was referred from a dialogical perspective as a
mutual in-feeding of voices, one that emerges in the i-moment and another one that supports the problematic narrative,
which is maintained by an oscillation between these two types of voices during therapy.This article was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), by the Grant PTDC/PSI/72846/2006 (Narrative Processes in Psychotherapy, 2007-2010) and by the PhD Grant SFRH/BD/16995/2004
Annual Research Review: interparental conflict and youth psychopathology: an evidence review and practice focused update
The quality of the interparental relationship is recognized as an important influence on child and adolescent psychopathology. Historically, clinically-oriented research on this topic has focused on the impacts of parental divorce and domestic violence as primary interparental relationship influences on child outcomes, to the relative neglect of dimensional or qualitative features of the couple/interparental relationship for youth (child and adolescent) psychopathology. Recent research has highlighted that children are affected by attributes of interparental conflict, specifically how parents express and manage conflicts in their relationship, across a continuum of expressed severity and negativity – ranging from silence to violence. Further, new evidence highlights that children’s emotional, behavioral, social, academic outcomes and future interpersonal relationships are adversely affected by conflict between parents/carers whether adults are living together or not (i.e. married or separated), or where children are or are not genetically related to their rearing parents (e.g. adoption). We review evidence and present an integrated theoretical model, highlighting how children are affected by interparental conflict and what this evidence base means for effective intervention and prevention program development, as well as the development of possible cost-benefit models. Additionally, we review policy implications of this research and highlight some very recent examples of UK-based policy focusing on addressing the interparental relationship and its impact on youth psychopathology
Therapeutic potential of peptides with neutralizing ability towards the venom and toxin (CaTx-I) of Crotalus adamanteus
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