Book review

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Review of Cancer and Self-Help: Bridging the Troubled Waters of Childhood Illness, by Mark A. Chesler and Barbara K. Chesney. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995, 393 pp. ISBN 0-299-14824-6. $19.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Anji A. Newell.     

Does psychosocial stress exacerbate avoidant responses to cancer information in those who are afraid of cancer? A population-based survey among older adults in England

Objective: Communication of cancer information is an important element of cancer control, but cancer fear may lead to information avoidance, especially when coping is low. We examined the association between cancer fear and cancer information avoidance, and tested whether this was exacerbated by psychosocial stress.

Design: Cross-sectional survey of 1258 population-based adults (58–70 years) in England.

Main outcome measures: Cancer fear (intensity and frequency), perceived psychosocial stress and cancer information avoidance. Control variables were age, gender, ethnicity, marital status and education.

Results: A quarter (24%) of respondents avoided cancer information. Ordinal logistic regression analyses showed main effects of psychosocial stress (OR = 1.17, 95% CI 1.07–1.29) and cancer fear: cancer information avoidance was lowest in those with no cancer fear (13%), followed by those with moderate (24%; OR = 2.15, 95% CI: 1.49–3.12), and high cancer fear (35%; OR = 3.90, 95% CI: 2.65–5.73). In the adjusted model, the interaction between cancer fear and stress was significant (OR = 1.14, 95% CI 1.004–1.29, p < .05): 40% of those with high fear/high stress avoided cancer information compared with 29% with high fear/low stress.

Conclusion: Cancer fear and psychosocial stress interact to produce disengagement with cancer-related information, highlighting the importance of affective processes to cancer control efforts.     

Book review

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Chronic Illness: From Experience to Policy, edited by S. Kay Toombs, David Barnard, and Ronald A. Carson. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 1995. 221 pp. ISBN 0-253-36011-0. $27.95 hardback. Reviewed by Lee Combrinck-Graham.

S. Kay Toombs is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University and author of The Meaning of Illness.

David Barnard is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Humanities at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He is coauthor of Nourishing the Humanistic in Medicine: Interactions with the Social Sciences.

Ronald A. Carson is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas in Galveston. He is coeditor of Medical Humanities Reviews.

Lee Combrinck-Graham is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Behavioral Health Medical Director of Oxford Health Plans, and Editor of Children in Family Contexts and Children in Families at Risk. She is the author of Giant Steps: Therapeutic Innovations in Child Mental Health.     

Adult self-image and well-being after testicular cancer: The role of agency and meaning

Objective: Cancer during young adulthood can limit the extent to which one adopts an adult self-image. However, the relationship of adult self-image to cancer-related adjustment remains unexplored. The current study examines relationships of adult self-image and social/emotional well-being and job-related problems in young testicular cancer survivors. Factors thought to facilitate future-oriented goals (i.e. agency and meaning) are examined as intermediary processes.

Design: Testicular cancer survivors (N = 171) between the ages of 18 and 29 completed questionnaire measures of adult self-image, agency, sense of meaning and indicators of adjustment.

Main Outcome Measures: Social and emotional well-being were measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General. Job problems were assessed using the EORTC’s testicular cancer supplement (EORTC QLQ-TC26).

Results: Path model results revealed direct associations of survivors’ adult self-image with social (β = .20, p < .05), but not emotional well-being (β = .14, p < .01). Both agency and meaning mediated the relationship of adult self-image and well-being indicators. Finally, the relationship between adult self-image and job problems was only significant for those who were employed or in school (β = ?.19, p < .05).

Outcomes: Assessment of adult self-image might be useful in identifying risk for poor adjustment. Interventions that target agency and meaning might facilitate developmental goals.     

Book reviews

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THE INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE: Theory, Translation, Measurement and Analysis. Sally A. Shumaker and Richard Berzon (eds). Oxford: Rapid Communications of Oxford, 1995. 275 + vi pages. Price £80/US$125. ISBN 1-86560-004-7.

UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE (1996), MICHAEL OLIVER, BASINGSTOKE: Macmillan Press Ltd. UK £11.50 pbk. ISBN 0333599160.     

An interview with emily and john visher

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Making an Issue of Child Abuse: Political Agenda Setting for Social Problems, by Barbara J. Nelson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984, 269 pages, $27.50.

Child Abuse: A Community Concern, edited by Kim Oates. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1984, 336 pages, $25.00.

Death and Grief in the Family, edited by Thomas T. Frantz. Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems Corporation, 1984, 122 pages, $18.00.

A Child Dies: A Portrait of Family Grief, by loan Hagan Arnold &; Penelope Buschman Gernuna. Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems Corporation, 1983, 162 pages (price unknown).

The Single Child Family, edited by Toni Falbo. New York: Guilford Press, 1984, 304 pages, $27.50.

Adolescent Crises: Family Counseling Approaches, by Eva Leveton. New York: Springer Publishing, 1984, 285 pages, $24.95.

The Narcissistic and Borderline Disorders: An Integrated Developmental Approach, by J. F. Masterson. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1982, 256 pages, $20.00.

The Battered Woman Syndrome, by Lenore E. Walker. New York: Springer, 1984, 272 pages, $21.95.

Human Sexuality: Contemporary Controversies, edited by Harold Feldman 6 Andrea Parrot. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1984, 333 pages.

Family Relationships in Later Life, edited by Timothy Brubaker. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1983, 272 pages, $25.00, paperback $12.50.

Overcrowding in the Household, An Analysis of Determinants and Effects, by Walter R. Gove &; Michael Hughes. New York: Academic Press, 1983, 326 pages, $39.00.

Origins and Evolution of Behavior Disorders, by Stella Chess &; Alexander Thomas. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1984, 320 pages, $30.00.

Psychotherapy with Psychotherapists, edited by Florence W. Kaslow. New York: Haworth Press, 1984, 202 pages, $22.95.

Innovations in Clinical Practice: A Source Book, Volume 3, edited by Peter A. Keller &; Lawrence G. Ritt. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1984, 482 pages, hardbound $39.95; looseleaf binder, $44.95.

Guiding the Family: Practical Counseling Techniques, by B. B. Grunwald &; H. V. McAbee. Muncie, IN: Accelerated Development, 1985, 346 pages, $17.95.

Applying Family Therapy: A Practical Guide for Social Workers, by Helen C. Masson &; Patrick O'Byrne. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1984, 148 pages, hardbound $20.00; paperback $13.00.

Parent Training, edited by Richard F. Dungel &; Richard A. Polster. New York: Guilford, 1984, 576 pages, $35.00.

New Developments in Behavior Therapy, edited by Cyril M. Franks. New York: The Hawthorne Press, 1984, 589 pages, $45.00 hardbound, $24.95 softbound.

Symptom Reduction Through Clinical Biofeedback, by Ivan Wentworth-Rohr, New York: Human Sciences Press, 1984, 273 pages.

American Family Law in Transition, by Walter O. Weyrauch &; Sandord N. Katz. Washington, DC: The Bureau of National Affairs, 1983, 629 pages, $35.00.

The Denial of Stress, edited by Sholomo Breznitz. New York: International Universities Press, 1983, 316 pages, $25.00.

Stress Reduction and Prevention, edited by Donald Meichenbaum 6 Matt Jaremko. New York: Plenum, 1983, 512 pages, $32.50.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Nonnormative Life Events, edited by Edward J. Callahan &; Kathleen A. McCluskey. New York: Academic Press, 1983, 314 pages, $29.50.     

Activities of the member societies

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The impact and legacy of Karen Horney 1885-1952

The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology White Institute Elects New Editor

News from the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, New York, USA

News from Brazil:

Conferences

The Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Institute and Center

The William Alanson White Institute

The VII Scientific Conference of IFPS was held in Munich, August 26-29th 1992. Theme: Psychoanalysis between conformity and opposition.

The V Nordic Conference for members from IFPS Societies in Finland, Norway and Sweden will be held near Stockholm, January 23-24, 1993.     

Book Review

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ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Myocardial infarction and its influence on male sexual function, by C. B. Dhabuwala, A. Kumar,&;J. M. Pierce, 1986, 15(6), 499-504

BEHAVIOR THERAPY Parental perception and treatment outcome in families of aggressive children: A causal model, by Jean E. Duman, 1986, 17, 420-432

PSYCHOTHERAPY Counseling violent couples using Walker's model, by J. Harris, 1986, 23(4), 613-621     

A ptolemaic theory of emotion

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A review of The Emotions by Nico H. Frijda (1986). Cambridge and Pans: Cambridge University Press and Maison

des Sciences de l'Hornme, pp. 544, £35.00, $59.50 ISBN 0-521-30155-6 (hbk); £12.95, $17.95 ISBN 0-521-31600-6 (Pbk)     

From the Book Review Editor

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ETHICS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE (2nd Edition), by Kenneth S. Pope and Melba J. T. Vasquez (1998). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Reviewed by Paula J. Caplan.

BREASTS: THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE ON AN AMERICAN OBSESSION, by Carolyn Latteier (1998). New York: Harrington Park Press. Reviewed by Joan C. Chrisler.

LOOKING QUEER: BODY IMAGE AND IDENTITY IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES, edited by Dawn Atkins. New York: Harrington Park Press, $29.95, paperback. Reviewed by Christine Smith.

THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS, by Daphne Scholinski with Jane Meredith Adams (1997). New York: Riverhead Books, $23.95, hardback. Reviewed by Claudette Kulkarni.

AFTER SILENCE: RAPE AND MY JOURNEY BACK, by Nancy Venable Raine (1998). New York: Crown Publications, Inc., $23.00, hardback. ISBN: 0-517-70683-0. Reviewed by Lisa Cosgrove.     

Book reviews and books received

Seeking convergence SAVICKAS, M.L. & LENT, R. W. (Eds), 1994 Convergence in Career Development Theories: Implications for Science and Practice Palo Alto, CA: CPP Books ISBN 0-89106-066-9 $32

Reviewed by John Killeen, University of Hertfordshire and National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling

Careers in the classroom BARNES, A. & ANDREWS, D. (Eds), 1995 Developing Careers Education and Guidance in the Curriculum London: Fulton ISBN 1-85346-323-X £13.99

Reviewed by Sheila M. Sloney, National Foundation for Educational Research

Painful questions LAGO, C. & THOMPSON, J. 1996 Race, Culture and Counselling Milton Keynes: Open University Press ISBN 0-335-19294-7 £12.99

Reviewed by Alan Home, Principal Psychotherapist, Central Manchester Healthcare Trust

Skills training INSKIPP, F. 1996 Skills Training for Counsellors London: Cassell ISBN 0-304-32920-7 (hardback); 0-304-32918-5 (paperback) £35 (hardback); £11.99 (paperback)

Reviewed by Maggie Robson, School of Education, University of Durham

Therapy for psychosis CHADWICK, B. BIRCHWOOD, N. & TROWER, P. 1996 Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-71-96173-6 £15.99

Reviewed by Frank Margison, Consultant Psychotherapist, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Demonstrating REBT DRYDEN, W. 1996 Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: Learning from Demonstration Sessions London: Whurr ISBN 1-897-635-443 £12.95

Reviewed by Michael Gopfert, Consultant Psychotherapist, Liverpool Psychotherapy and Consultation Service, Mossley Hill Hospital, Liverpool

Promoting mental health TUDOR, K. 1996 Mental Health Promotion: Paradigms and Practice London: Routledge ISBN 0-415-10106-9 £16.99

Reviewed by Mike McNulty, Department of Primary Health Care, University College of St Martin, Carlisle

Incest therapy COURTOIS, C.A. 1988 Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy New York: Norton ISBN 0-393-31356-5 £13.95

Reviewed by Helen Bridges, Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychology, University College of St Martin, Lancaster     

The relation of illness perceptions to stress,depression, and fatigue in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Objective: Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is the most prevalent adult leukaemia and is incurable. The course and treatment of CLL is unique and characterised by repeated cycles of treatment, stable disease and relapse. Utilising a Self-Regulatory Model framework, we examined the relationship between patients’ illness perceptions and cancer-specific stress, depressive symptoms and fatigue. Our aim was to test illness perceptions as predictors of these outcomes when variance due to disease and treatment variables was controlled.

Design: Data were collected on 147 patients with relapsed/refractory CLL as they entered a phase II clinical trial of an investigational medication at a university affiliated, National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center.

Main outcome measures: Cancer-specific stress, depressive symptoms and fatigue interference.

Result:. Hierarchical multiple regression was used. Consequences and emotional representation were related to all outcomes (ps?p?p?Conclusion: Illness perceptions are related to cancer-specific stress, depressive symptoms and fatigue interference in relapsed/refractory CLL. Interventions targeted at restructuring maladaptive illness perceptions may have clinical benefit in this population.     

A Review of “Risk Management: Clinical,Ethical, & Legal Guidelines for Successful Practice”

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Between Mothers-In-Law and Daughters-In-Law: Achieving a Successful and Caring Relationship, by Helene S. Arnstein. New York: Dodd, Mead&;Company, 1985, 225 pages, $8.95 paperback

When Living Hurts: Directives for Treating Depression, by Michael D. Yapko. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1988, 217 pages, $22.50

The Illustrated Manual of Sex Therapy, 2nd ed., by Helen Singer Kaplan. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1987, 181 pages, $22.50

Reforming the Law: Impact of Child Development Research, edited by Gary B. Melton New York: The Guilford Press, 1987, 307 pages, $30.00.

Doing Things: A Guide to Programming Activities for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, by Jitka M. Zgola. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 149 pages, $20.00 hardcover, $8.95 paperback

Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life, edited by Steven Mintz and Susan Kellogg. New York: The Free Press, 1987, 244 pages, $22.50

Handbook of Measurements for Marriage and Family Therapy, by Norman Fredman&;Robert Sherman. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1987, 218 pages, $27.50     

Book reviews and books received

Paradox and Passion in Psychotherapy van Deurzen, E., 1998 Chichester: Wiley Isbn 0-471-97390-4 £14.95

Witness and Vision of the Therapists Feltham, C. (Ed.), 1998 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5158-X £13.99

Are You Sitting Uncomfortably?: Windy Dryden Live and Uncut Dryden, W., 1998 Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books ISBN 1-898059-18-7 £10.50 (discounts for buying direct)

The Integrative Power of Cognitive Therapy Alford, B.A. & Beck, A.T., 1997 New York: Guilford Press ISBN 1-57230-171-6 £11.95

Psychotherapy Counselling and Mental Health Care: Assessment for Brief or Longer-Term Treatment Burton, M., 1998 Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-471-98228-8 £17.99

Career Counselling: a Narrative Approach Cochran, L., 1997 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-0442-5 £14.99

Telling Tales: Perspectives on Guidance and Counselling in Learning Edwards, R., Harrison, R. & Tait, A.I. (Eds), 1998 London: Routledge ISBN 0-415-19443-1 £14.99

Taking Issue: Debates in Guidance and Counselling in Learning Crawford, M., Edwards, R. & Kydd, L. (Eds), 1998 London: Routledge ISBN 0-415-19667-1 £14.99     

Solitaire

Dancing In the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness. 1996. By Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickson. Boston: Shambala.

Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration. 1995. By Wilkie Au and Noreen Cannon Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press

Cast the First Stone: Ethics in Analytic Practice 1995. By Lena B. Ross and Manisha Roy Wilmette, IL: Chiron

Transforming Sexuality: The Archetypal World of Anima and Animus 1994. By Ann and Barry Ulanov Boston: Shambala

Fate, Love, and Ecstasy: Wisdom from the Lesser-Known Goddesses of the Greeks 1995. By John A. Sanford Wilmette, IL: Chiron

Jungian Perspectives on Clinical Supervision 1995. Edited by Paul Kugler Switzerland: Daimon

Synchronicity, Science and Soul-Making: Understanding Jungian Synchronicity through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy 1995. By Victor Mansfield Chicago: Open Court     

dreampoem

Personality: The Individuation Process in the Light of C.G. Jung's Typology. 1995. By C.A. Meier Translated by David N. Roscoe. Einsiedeln, Switzerland: Daimon.

Night: Night Life, Night Language, Sleep, and Dreams. 1995. By A. Alvarez New York, London: W.W. Norton &; Company.

Tracks in the Wilderness of Dreaming: Exploring Interior Landscape Through Practical Dreamwork. 1996. By Robert Bosnak. New York: Delacorte Press.

Metaphor and Meaning in Psychotherapy. 1990. By Ellen Y. Siegelman New York: The Guilford Press.

Psyche in Scripture: The Idea of the Chosen People and Other Essays. 1995. By Rivkah Scharf Kluger Toronto: Inner City Books.

Abraham–The Man and the Symbol: A Jungian Interpretation of the Biblical Story 1995. By Gustav Dreifuss &; Judith Riemer Wilmette, Illinois: Chiro Publications

Jungian Archetypes: Jung, Gödel, and the History of Archetypes 1995. By Robin Robertson York Beach, Maine: Nicolas-Hays

Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences 1995. Edited by Robin Robertson and Allan Combs Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Chaos Theory in Psychology 1995. Edited by Frederick Abraham and Albert Gilgen Westport: Praeger     

White Flowers/Black Berries

Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. New York: Ballantine, 1992.

God Is a Trauma. By Greg Mogenson. Dallas: Spring, 1989.

Lilith—The First Eve: Historical and Psychological Aspects of the Dark Feminine. By Siegmund Hurwitz. Switzerland: Daimon-Verlag, 1992.

Ultradian Rhythms in Life Processes: An Inquiry Into Fundamental Principles of Chronobiology and Psychobiology. Edited by David Lloyd and Ernest L. Rossi. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Theft of the Spirit: A Journey to Spiritual Healing with Native Americans. By Carl A. Hammerschlag, M.D. New York: Simon &; Schuster, 1993.

Meeting the Madwoman: An Inner Challenge for the Feminine Spirit. By Linda Schierse Leonard. New York: Bantam, 1993.

Beginner's Guide to Jungian Psychology. By Robin Robertson. York Beach, Maine: Nicolas-Hays, 1992.     

Are emotion metaphors conceptual or lexical?

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A review of Metaphors of Anger, Pride and Love: A Lexical Approach to the Structure of Concepts by Z. Kövecses (1986). Philadelphid/Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. vii, 147. ISBN 1-55619-009-3 (US); ISBN 90-272-2558-3 (Europe). $34     

BOOK REVIEW

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Some Days I Wish I was A Turtle: Managing Stress and Pain. Lynn Hill. Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2005, 236 pp., $15.95, ISBN: 0-7414-2624-2, paperback. Reviewed by Rosemary E. Batorski.     

Setting the record straight

Translate This Darkness: The Life of Christiana Morgan. By Claire Douglas. New York: Simon &; Schuster, 1993.

A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Freud, Jung, and Sabina Spielrein. By John Kerr. New York: Knopf, 1993.

Gods in Our Midst Mythological Images of the Masculine: A Woman's View. By Christine Dawning. New York: Crossroad, 1993.

The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden. By Robert A. Johnson. San Francisco: Harper, 1993.

Listening To Prozac. By Peter D. Kramer. New York: Viking, 1993. Gathering the Light: A Psychology of Meditation. By V. Walter Odajnyk. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1993.

Gathering to Light A Psychology of Meditation

The Pornographer's Grief and Other Tales of Human Sexuality. By Josqjh Glenmullen. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Love and the Soul: Psychological Interpretations of the Eros and Psyche Myth. By James Gollnick. Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992.

Healing and Transformation in Sandplay. By Ruth Amman. Peru, IL: Open Court, 1991.

Hildegard of Bingen and Her Vision of the Feminine. By Nancy Fierro. Los Angeles: Carondelet Productions, 1994