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Author Gilbert, Paul

Title Human Nature and Suffering
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (436 pages)
Series Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions
Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Classic Edition; 1 Introduction and overview; Outline; 2 A legacy from the past: the role of human nature; Historical background; Evolution in the social context; Evolution of biosocial goals and social strategies; Biosocial goals; A rough classification; Models for the interaction of cognition, behaviour and affect; Concluding comments; 3 The mapping of human nature; Jung's theory of archetypes; Ethological approaches to human nature; The evolution of social roles
Interpersonal approaches to human natureThe cognitive approach; Concluding comments; 4 The psychobiology of some basic mechanisms; Defence; Safety; The neurobiology of go-stop processes; Neuropsychological aspects of defence and safety; Concluding comments; 5 The psychobiology of peripheral systems; The endocrinology of defensive go states; Defensive stop states; The psychobiology of changing states; Concluding comments and the defensive drift hypothesis; 6 Care eliciting and attachment strategies; Attachment theory; The importance of the infant's experience of mediators
The psychobiology of separationConflict in early relationships; Concluding comments; 7 Care eliciting and theories of psychopathology; Early interactions with mediators; Theories of vulnerability; Care eliciting and psychopathology; Developmental issues revisited; The relationship of personality disorder to depression and anxiety; Concluding comments; 8 Care giving and nuturance; Dimensions of care giving; Evolution; Affects related to care giving; Psychotherapeutic points; Concluding comments; 9 Disorders of care giving; Child-adult interactions; Adult-adult relationships
Concluding comments10 Co-operation; The importance of human co-operativeness; Evolution; Issues in co-operative relationships; Transaction in interpersonal relationships; Concluding comments: co-operating versus competing; 11 Co-operation: some blocks and pathologies; Deception; Guilt; The relationship of guilt to shame; Belief systems derived from co-operation and reciprocal altruism; Concluding comments; 12 Competition: status, power and dominance; Status; Power and dominance; Submission; The psychobiology of status, power and dominance; Gender: status, dominance and power
Competition and sibling rivalryConcluding comments; 13 Some psychopathologies of status, power and dominance; Theories of psychopathology; Type A personality; Narcissistic personality disorder; Concluding comments; 14 Beyond the power of reason; Social mentalities; The self; The mind as a system; Psychotherapy implications; Concluding comments; 15 Conclusion and reflections; An overview; Personal reflections; References; Appendix 1; The monoamine system; The distribution of monoamine pathways; Early neurochemical insights; Current ideas on neurobiological mechanisms; Appendix 2
Notes Homeostasis and beyond
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ISBN 9781317189602
1317189604