Nogueira-Vale Oxytocin, Well-Being and Affect Regulation

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-59038-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 110 Seiten

Reihe: Behavioral Science and Psychology

This book brings together neuroscience and psychoanalysis to explain the complex interactions between neurobiological and psychological phenomena involved in the development of human attachment and affect regulation. The author reviews research from the burgeoning fields of affective neuroscience and neuropsychoanalysis to tell the story of how the discovery of a specific hormone – oxytocin – paved the way for the study of the neurobiological bases of emotions in a way that can contribute to integrate neuroscientific research into psychotherapy, especially for the treatment of anxiety disorders.

The book starts by presenting a brief history of neuroscience, spanning from the discovery of oxytocin, at the beginning of the 20th century, until the emergence of affective neuroscience and neuropsychoanalysis as new scientific fields at the turn of the 20th to the 21st century. Then it reviews the long tradition of psychoanalytic research on human attachment starting with John Bowlby’s seminal Attachment Theory and explains how these early findings have been complemented by neuroscientific and psychological research on brain development and affect regulation. Finally, the two last chapters of the book show how this prolific dialogue between neuroscience and psychoanalysis can contribute to the future of psychotherapy.

was originally published in Portuguese for the Brazilian market and this English edition for the international market is a revised version with two new additional chapters. It will be of interest to both students and professionals from different fields within the behavioral and health sciences, such as psychology and medicine, who will find in this book a brief and accessible introduction to key topics in the emerging fields of affective neuroscience and neuropsychoanalysis.

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Nogueira-Vale, Eliana

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 - Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Affective Neuroscience and the Discovery of Oxytocin.- Chapter 3 - The Nervous System and the Affective Neural Systems.- Chapter 4 - Oxytocin.- Chapter 5 - Attachment.- Chapter 6 – Brain Development.- Chapter 7 - Development and Affective Regulation.- Chapter 8 - Therapeutic Choices.- Chapter 9 – A Conversation Between Affective Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis.

Über Autor(innen)

Eliana Nogueira-Vale is a Brazilian clinical psychologist and neuroscientist with a master’s degree in clinical psychology and a doctorate in Neuroscience and Behavior from the Institute of Psychology (IP) at the University of São Paulo (USP) (2019). Principal Researcher in , Federal University of São Paulo (2010). Principal Researcher of the Thesis: (USP, 2019). Studies in Affective Neuroscience focusing on Oxytocin, Attachment and Affect Regulation (since 1997). Member of the Mind-Body Group of the Brazilian Society of Psychoanalysis of São Paulo (2005-2007); of The International Neuropsychoanalysis Society (since 2001); of the Anesthesiology Pain Control Group, Medicine School of USP (from 2007-2015); of the SuCor Laboratory - Subject and Body, Clinical Psychology of IP USP (2015-2019). Principal Author of Oxytocin & well-being as promoters of affect regulation and homeostasis: a neuroscientific review. Psico, Porto Alegre, v. 51, n. 2, p. 1-12, abr.-jun. 2020. (Ed. Escuta, 2003), of (Ed. Manole, 2022), and several chapters in other books, as well as well as scientific articles in journals. Private Clinical Practice (since 1975).