Psychology

For thousands of years, Western culture has dichotomized science and art, empiricism and subjective experience, and biology and psychology. In contrast with the prevailing view in philosophy, neuroscience, and literary criticism,George Engel, an internist and practicing physician, published a paper in the journal Science in 1977 entitled "The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine." In the context of clinical medicine, Engel madethe deceptively simple observation that actions at the biological, psychological, and social level are dynamically interrelated and that these relationships affect both the process and outcomes of care.
The biopsychosocial perspective involves an appreciation that disease and illness do not manifest themselves only in terms of pathophysiology, but also may simultaneously affect many different levels of functioning, from cellular to organ system to person to family to society. This model provides a broader understanding of disease processes as encompassing multiple levels of functioning including the effect of the physician-patient relationship.
This book, which containsEngel's seminal article, looks at the continuing relevance of his work and the biopsychosocial model as it is applied to clinical practice, research, and education and administration.

Contributors include: Thomas Inui,Richard Frankel, Timothy Quill, Susan McDaniel, Ronald Epstein, Peter Leroux, Diane Morse, Anthony Suchman, Geoffrey Williams, Frank Degruy, Robert Ader, Thomas CampbelL, Edward DecI, Moira Stewart, Elaine Dannefer, Edward Hundert, Lindsey Henson, Robert Smith, Kurt Fritzsche, Manfred Cierpka, Michael Wirsching, Howard Beckman, and Theodore Brown.

Comparative studies of normal self-development and atypical psychopathological populations contribute to an understanding of normal development of the Self.

Disorders and Dysfunctions of the Selfcontinues the tradition of the Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology series highlighting how knowledge of normal self-development can be applied to the study of atypicaland psychopathological populations and, conversely, how examinations of abnormality can enhance understanding of the normal development of the self.
The authors in this volume illustrate advances that have been made in understanding the developmental mechanisms that contribute to anomalies and perturbations in the self systems of high risk and disordered populations.
PETER MUNDY, ANNE HOGAN, CLAIRE B. KOPP, NATALIE WYER,SIMON BARON-COHEN, MARY M. ROBERTSON, JOHN MORIARTY, PATRICIA M. CRITTENDEN, KURT W. FISCHER, CATHERINE AYOUB, DREW WESTON, FRANK W. PUTNAM, ROGER KOBAK, HOLLAND COLE, GIL G. NOAM, GAYLE VALIANT, SUSAN HARTER, DONNA B. MAROLD, MICHAEL CHANDLER