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Journal of Clinical Psychology in... Sep 2018Quality Improvement (QI) is a health care interprofessional team activity wherein psychology as a field and individual psychologists in health care settings can and... (Review)
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Quality Improvement (QI) is a health care interprofessional team activity wherein psychology as a field and individual psychologists in health care settings can and should adopt a more robust presence. The current article makes the argument for why psychology's participation in QI is good for health care, is good for our profession, and is the right thing to do for the patients and families we serve. It reviews the varied ways individual psychologists and our profession can integrate quality processes and improve health care through: (1) our approach to our daily work; (2) our roles on health care teams and involvement in organizational initiatives; (3) opportunities for teaching and scholarship; and (4) system redesign and advocacy within our health care organizations and health care environment.
Topics: Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Humans; Patient Care Team; Psychology; Quality Improvement
PubMed: 29468570
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-018-9542-2 -
Journal of Religion and Health Apr 2014Human nature has a dark side, something important to religions. Evolutionary psychology has been used to illuminate the human shadow side, although as a discipline it... (Review)
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Human nature has a dark side, something important to religions. Evolutionary psychology has been used to illuminate the human shadow side, although as a discipline it has attracted criticism. This article seeks to examine the evolutionary psychology's understanding of human nature and to propose an unexpected dialog with an enduring account of human evil known as original sin. Two cases are briefly considered: murder and rape. To further the exchange, numerous theoretical and methodological criticisms and replies of evolutionary psychology are explored jointly with original sin. Evolutionary psychology can partner with original sin since they share some theoretical likenesses and together they offer insights into the nature of what it means to be human.
Topics: Biological Evolution; Crime; Homicide; Human Characteristics; Humans; Psychology; Rape; Religion and Psychology
PubMed: 24327261
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9805-z -
Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik,... 2005Transpersonal psychology represents a perspective which has gained importance in psychological research and clinical practice over the last years. This paper offers an... (Review)
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Transpersonal psychology represents a perspective which has gained importance in psychological research and clinical practice over the last years. This paper offers an overview on the history and the sources of transpersonal psychology. Additionally, important themes and topics of transpersonal psychology will be discussed such as a) the importance of spirituality in psychotherapy and counselling, b) spirituality as a resource for maintaining and regaining health, c) spiritual experiences as an avenue to consciousness, d) the delimination of extraordinary states of consciousness and "spiritual crises". In the next paragraph specific problems and critical points of transpersonal psychology are presented. Among them are the discussion of the question whether experience free of language is at all possible as well as the question how notions coming from eastern traditions can be translated into western psychology. Finally, some positive aspects of transpersonal psychology will be presented, and we submit that transpersonal psychology should be taken seriously in a scientific way.
Topics: Consciousness; Counseling; Humans; Psychology; Psychotherapy; Spirituality; Terminology as Topic
PubMed: 16136444
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-866896 -
Journal of Clinical Psychology Dec 2004A new form of knowledge technology is used to diagnose psychology's epistemological woes and provide a solution to the difficulties. The argument presented is that...
A new form of knowledge technology is used to diagnose psychology's epistemological woes and provide a solution to the difficulties. The argument presented is that psychology has traditionally spanned two separate but intimately related problems: (a) the problem of animal behavior and (b) the problem of human behavior. Accordingly, the solution offered divides the field into two broad, logically consistent domains. The first domain is psychological formalism, which is defined as the science of mind, corresponds to animal behavior, and consists of the basic psychological sciences. The second domain is human psychology, which is defined as the science of human behavior at the individual level and is proposed as a hybrid that exists between psychological formalism and the social sciences.
Topics: Animals; Behavior; Behavior, Animal; Behaviorism; Humans; Knowledge; Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; Philosophy; Psychological Theory; Psychology; Social Sciences; Specialization
PubMed: 15470736
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20061 -
International Review of Psychiatry... Oct 2014This article outlines the cultural and psychological effects of globalization. It looks at the impact of globalization on identity; ideas of privacy and intimacy; the... (Review)
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This article outlines the cultural and psychological effects of globalization. It looks at the impact of globalization on identity; ideas of privacy and intimacy; the way we understand and perceive psychological distress; and the development of the profession of psychology around the world. The article takes a critical perspective on globalization, seeing it as aligned with the spread of neoliberal capitalism, a tendency towards cultural homogenization, the imposition of dominant 'global north' ideas and the resultant growing inequalities in health and well-being. However, it also argues that the increased interconnectedness created by globalization allows for greater acknowledgement of our common humanity and for collective efforts to be developed to tackle what are increasingly global problems. This requires the development of more nuanced understandings of cultural differences and of indigenous psychologies.
Topics: Culture; Humans; Internationality; Interpersonal Relations; Psychology; Stress, Psychological
PubMed: 25343628
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2014.918873 -
The American Psychologist Oct 2014The number of psychologists whose work crosses cultural boundaries is increasing. Without a critical awareness of their own cultural grounding, they risk imposing the... (Review)
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The number of psychologists whose work crosses cultural boundaries is increasing. Without a critical awareness of their own cultural grounding, they risk imposing the assumptions, concepts, practices, and values of U.S.-centered psychology on societies where they do not fit, as a brief example from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami shows. Hermeneutic thinkers offer theoretical resources for gaining cultural awareness. Culture, in the hermeneutic view, is the constellation of meanings that constitutes a way of life. Such cultural meanings-especially in the form of folk psychologies and moral visions-inevitably shape every psychology, including U.S. psychology. The insights of hermeneutics, as well as its conceptual resources and research approaches, open the way for psychological knowledge and practice that are more culturally situated.
Topics: Cultural Competency; Ethnopsychology; Hermeneutics; Humans; Internationality
PubMed: 24841336
DOI: 10.1037/a0036851 -
The American Psychologist Sep 2009Improving mathematics and science education in the United States has been a matter of national concern for over half a century. Psychology has a vital role to play in... (Review)
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Improving mathematics and science education in the United States has been a matter of national concern for over half a century. Psychology has a vital role to play in this enterprise. In this article, the authors review the kinds of contributions that psychology can make in four areas: (a) early understanding of mathematics, (b) understanding of science, (c) social and motivational aspects of involvement in mathematics and science, and (d) assessment of learning in mathematics and science. They also examine challenges to psychology's playing a central and constructive role and make recommendations for overcoming those challenges.
Topics: Adolescent; Child; Educational Measurement; Humans; Mathematics; Motivation; Psychology, Educational; Science; Stereotyping; Students; United States
PubMed: 19739883
DOI: 10.1037/a0014813 -
Science (New York, N.Y.) May 2019
Topics: Humans; Psychology; Reproducibility of Results
PubMed: 31147499
DOI: 10.1126/science.364.6443.813 -
American Journal of Community Psychology Oct 1987Community psychology's twin goals of prevention and empowerment are ill-served when researchers and practitioners restrict their activities to traditional mental health... (Review)
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Community psychology's twin goals of prevention and empowerment are ill-served when researchers and practitioners restrict their activities to traditional mental health settings. This paper echoes the call of the Swampscott conference for expanding community psychology's domain of inquiry and action. It reviews examples from the research literature of efforts at prevention and empowerment in five classes of behavior settings identified by Barker (1968), namely, schools, work sites, religious settings, voluntary associations, and government, and suggests additional roles community psychologists might play.
Topics: Community Mental Health Services; Humans; Mental Disorders; Psychology, Social; United States
PubMed: 3318393
DOI: 10.1007/BF00929909 -
The American Psychologist Aug 2003Since World War II, American psychology's role in health care has significantly expanded. This was formally recognized in 2001 when the membership of the American... (Review)
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Since World War II, American psychology's role in health care has significantly expanded. This was formally recognized in 2001 when the membership of the American Psychological Association (APA) approved a bylaw change in its mission statement to include the word health. An accumulating body of research demonstrates and recent reviews conclude that psychological factors are primary in health and in illnesses. This article proposes a vision of psychology that endorses a bio-psycho-socio-cultural model of health research and interventions. The author provides 4 definitions of health, reviews selected psychology health research and interventions, summarizes APA's recent health-related activities, and presents 5 policy recommendations for consideration and debate.
Topics: Cultural Characteristics; Health Policy; Health Status; Humans; Psychology; Research; Societies, Medical; Terminology as Topic; United States
PubMed: 14577188
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066x.58.8.670