Die “Seinsweise” des literarischen Kunstwerks: Differenzen zwischen den Auffassungen Roman Ingardens, Edmund Husserls und Waldemar Conrads

Ohne Zusammenfassung Dem Essay liegen Untersuchungen zugrunde, die ich in meinem BuchDas Werk “rein für sich.” Zur Geschichte des Verh?ltnisses von Ph?nomenologie, ?sthetik und Literaturwissenschaft, Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1979, ausführlich vorgestellt habe.     

Contribution Patterns in Major U.S. Marital and Family Therapy Journals: 1992 Through 2002

The institutional sources of articles published between 1992 and 2002 in five major family therapy journals—the American Journal of Family Therapy, Contemporary Family Therapy, Family Process, Journal of Family Psychology, and the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy were reviewed. Noteworthy similarities and differences as compared to earlier reviews were found. While no single institution dominated in numbers of publications, six of the top 10 institutions found between 1980 and 1995 were also found to be within the top 10 most productive institutions between 1992 and 2002. Patterns and changes in contributions from international sources, as well as from institutions with a COAMFTE-accredited program are discussed. Contributions from private practitioners and clinicians are also addressed.     

Metacognitive Experiences: Response to Commentaries

The stimulating commentaries by Huber (2004), Lee (2004), and Pham (2004) raised important questions. This response elaborates on some of their themes by addressing the assessment of naive theories, the role of expectations, the influence of metacognitive experiences on consumer choice, as well as parallels between different metacognitive experiences and moods. Receiving thoughtful and stimulating commentary from three of my favorite consumer researchers, whose work has influenced my own thinking, is a great privilege. In this response, I elaborate on some of the themes of their commentaries (Huber, 2004; Lee, 2004; Pham, 2004), although space constraints do not allow me to do full justice to their thoughts.     

Standardisierte Dokumentation als Methode der Qualit?tssicherung

Quality assurance is one of the recurrent topics in forensic psychiatry and the first methods used were systematic documentation and the development of structured assessment and documentation instruments. In German speaking countries the forensic psychiatric documentation system (FPDS) was derived essentially from the AMDP (working group for methods and documentation in psychiatry) system used in clinical psychiatry and consisted of a modular instrument with a basic module and additional ones for the assessment of violent offenders or of sex offenders for risk assessment etc. The development of comparable instruments became especially popular for risk assessment in different settings and for different offender populations. Even more important was that it initiated a platform for scientific exchange, producing a reliable data base, structured training in forensic psychiatry and evaluation of expert reports. Systematic documentation using instruments was often criticized for reducing information and overlooking the complexity of the problems encountered in forensic psychiatry. The critics, however, often do not seem to be aware of the real quality of forensic assessments and reports, of the variety or of the minimal information they often contain. Systematic documentation serves to find a common language among the experts and the courts to improve the assessment of reliability and validity of the information provided, to establish minimal requirements for the formulation of reports and to prove professionally correct handling of cases in litigation against an expert.     

Dimensionale versus kategoriale Klassifikation von Pers?nlichkeitsst?rungen

The classification systems DSM-IV and ICD-10 are characterized by a categorical conception of personality disorders. This perspective has long been criticized for a number of reasons and a dimensional perspective plays a major role in the debate. For both approaches, advantages and disadvantages can be discussed and a categorical-dimensional hybrid approach will most likely be established in the revised classification systems ICD-11 and DSM-V. An integration of a categorical and a dimensional??quantifying??perspective has always been a standard in the field of forensic psychiatric assessment. A general hybrid approach of defining personality disorders appears suitable, promising and feasible.     

Aktuelle Aspekte des Gefängnissuizids

Suicides present a major complication during imprisonment and contribute essentially to the high mortality rate of prisoners. All international studies found increased suicide rates among prisoners in comparison to the general population. This article reviews general and individual risk factors for suicide in prison and possible contributing specific stress factors during imprisonment. The main results of the analysis of the European Annual Prison Statistics from 1997 to 2007 are presented referring to macrostructural determining risk factors for suicide in prison. Measurements and prevention strategies are briefly discussed.