Linden / Maercker Embitterment

Societal, psychological, and clinical perspectives
2011
ISBN: 978-3-211-99741-3
Verlag: Springer Wien
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, eBook

Embitterment is a distinct state of mood known to everyone. It can be seen in the context of exceptional though “normal” negative life events. It is an emotional reaction e.g. to humiliation, to being severely disappointed by others, or to violations of basic values. Embitterment is accompanied by other emotions like feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, poor moods and a lack of drive, and aggression towards oneself and others. It can end in suicide or even murder-suicide and in a distinct pathological state known as “Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (PTED)”. But despite the high prevalence rates, the detrimental effects on individuals and its forensic and societal importance, embitterment has yet to receive due scientific attention. In this book pioneers in embitterment research summarize the current knowledge on embitterment, its triggers, phenomenology and consequences. The work is intended to stimulate international debate and to contribute to a better understanding of embitterment and a deeper appreciation of the impact of exceptional but normal negative life events on psychological well-being.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Linden, Michael

Maercker, Andreas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Psychology and neurobiology of embittermentPTSD and beyond. The embitterment reactionThe psychology of embittermentPsychology of hope and despairThe belief in a just wordPersonality and embitterment reactionsNeurobiological Correlates of Social Exclusion and Social Pain RevengeWisdom psychology2. Context of embittermentPartnership and embittermentBereavement and embittermentLife Span development, old age and embittermentCancer and embittermentWork and EmbittermentThe Asian perspective on "loosing one’s face"War trauma, Displacement and Embitterment3. Treatment of embittermentPharmacotherapeutic options in the treatment of reactive disorders and embittermentForgiveness therapyWisdom psychotherapy4. Legal, societal, and political dimensions of embitterment and forgivenessHomicide-suicide and forensic aspects of injustice, humiliation and embittermentIntroduction: Embitterment and the German ReunificationForgiveness education in Northern IrelandEmbitterment and Apartheid5. Embitterment and the classification of mental disordersThe differentiation between normal and pathological emmotion. Should embitterment be listed in glossaries of psychopathological terms?Differentiation between "Reactive mental disorders" and adjustment problems because of personality (-disorders)Classification of reactive mental disorders in ICD and DSMContext factors and reactive disorders in the Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Dr.med. Dipl.Psych Michael Linden, Head of Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charité, BerlinProf. Dr. Dr. Andreas Maercker, Head of Department of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich, Switzerland