The criteria used respectively by mental health professionals and legal professionals in child custody assessments are reviewed. The review concentrates on case precedents and the psychological literature in an attempt to delineate the major criteria on which custody decisions are based. Differences in assumptions between the two groups of professionals are highlighted.'n Oorsig word gegee van die kriteria wat in voogdyskapgevalle gebruik word deur professionele persone in die geestesgesondheids-en wetlike beroepe. Die oorsig konsentreer op gevallepresedente en die sielkundige literatuur in 'n poging om die hoofkriteria te beskryf waarop besluite aangaande voogdyskap gebaseer is. Verskille in die veronderstellings van persone in hierdie twee professies word uitgelig.
Close scrutiny of legal precedents and psychological literature has revealed significant differences in the views of legal and mental health professionals regarding the major criteria used in custody decisions. This article carries the investigation further and considers empirically the responses to the criteria of these two groups of professionals in South Africa. Findings show subtle but significant differences between them, particularly with regard to the ‘child’ dimension of the ‘best interests’ concept. The implications for mental health professionals in their evaluation of custody cases, and in their giving of testimony, are underscored.
In this study we will show how to conceptualize a Borderline Personality Disorder case with sexual perversions in terms of Interpersonal Motivational Systems and of Metacognitive functioning models, in order to allow a more targeted and effective clinical treatment. To this end, after a theoretical discussion we will analyse some psychotherapy transcripts.In order to support our reflections and therapeutic choices we decided to refer to the metacognitive functioning model according to the Metacognitive- Interpersonal model (Semerari, 1999b; Dimaggio and Semerari, 2003; Carcione et al., 2008; Dimaggio et al., 2008; Dimaggio et al., 2009) and to the Interpersonal Motivational Systems theory within the Cognitive-Evolutionary model (Lichtenberg, 1989; Lichtenberg, Lachman and Fosshage, 1992, 1996; Liotti, 2001, 2005; Liotti, Cortina and Dazzi, 2008).
- The neologism "disidentity", introduced by Lai in 1999, expressed the worry about the spreading of "that feeling of disorientation" that would have shortly became the most dramatic anthropological change of the latest years. In this study we try to understand the reasons of this change, inquiring into the progressing of the feelings of indefiniteness, vacuity, lack of planning, etc., and finding its origin in the lack of transpersonal inscriptions through an eidetic path, which covers the subjectual group analytic theory, trying to go even further. Key words: identity, disidentity, transpersonal.
In questo lavoro, gli autori hanno voluto analizzare la novità e gli aspetti fondamentali positivi e negativi, di quella che è stata chiamata "Rivoluzione digitale" e della società tecnoliquida, mettendo in luce come queste esaltano e plasmano alcune caratteristiche dell'uomo liquido: il narcisismo, la velocità, l'ambiguità la ricerca di emozioni e il bisogno di infinite relazioni "light". Gli autori si sono concentrati sull'impatto che la Rete detiene sulle cognitive functions, in particolar modo su attenzione, memoria e apprendimento. Rispetto all'apprendimento, studi longitudinali hanno messo in luce come l'utilizzo del computer a scuola determini un calo dei risultati sia nella scrittura che nella lettura non dando la possibilità all'alunno di stimolare tracce mnemotecniche motorie che si attivano nella percezione della lettura e che ne facilitano il riconoscimento visivo. Inoltre vengono brevemente descritte le manifestazioni patologiche conseguenti all'eccessivo utilizzo della tecnologia digitale: ansia, depressione, fobie sociali, insonnia ed altre.Parole chiave: rivoluzione digitale, cognitive functions, psicopatologia
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