On Aug 10, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Jim Clark wrote: > Lisa J. Miller, the professor who leads the concentration, said she was > training *spiritual psychologists,* who put nonmaterial concepts > like love and connection at the core of their efforts to heal. > *If you tell me you know something in your gut, I say that*s hard > data,*
But what if I "know in my gut" that Lisa J. Miller is wrong? On Aug 11, 2012, Scott O Lilienfeld wrote: > In relatively recent years, however, the Columbia clinical program has > racheted > up its standards considerably and made some excellent hires, including my > friend George Bonanno Well, here's an example of synchronicity (I now feel "in my gut" that Carl Jung was right). In a Mind Hacks column (http://mindhacks.com/2012/08/11/a-very-modern-trauma/) about two recent studies that argue (it seems ... I haven't read them) that the symptom cluster characteristic of PTSD may not have been commonly experienced in the past (i.e., before the Vietnam War), a 2010 paper by Bonanno and colleagues was mentioned: Bonanno, G. A., Brewin, C. R., Kaniasty, K., & La Greca, A. M. (2010). Weighing the costs of disaster: Consequences, risks, and resilience in individuals, families, and communities. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 11, 1–49. doi: 10.1177/1529100610387086 This is from summary of the Bonanno, et al. paper: Disasters typically strike quickly and cause great harm. Unfortunately, because of the spontaneous and chaotic nature of disasters, the psychological consequences have proved exceedingly difficult to assess. Published reports have often overestimated a disaster’s psychological cost to survivors, suggesting, for example, that many if not most survivors will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).... There is considerable interest in prophylactic psychological interventions, such as critical incident stress debriefing (CISD), that can be applied globally to all exposed survivors in the immediate aftermath of disaster. Multiple studies have shown, how- ever, that CISD is not only ineffective but in some cases can actually be psychologically harmful. Other less invasive and more practical forms of immediate intervention have been developed for use with both children and adults. Although promising, controlled evaluations of these less invasive interventions are not yet available.... You can get a pdf of the paper here: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_10_4.pdf Best, Jeff -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. SCC: Professor of Psychology MCCCD: General Studies Faculty Representative --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19686 or send a blank email to leave-19686-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
