Change is an Ongoing Ethical Event: Levinas,Bakhtin and the Dialogical Dynamics of Becoming

In this article, we use the intersubjective ethics of Bakhtin and Levinas and a case illustration to explore change in therapy as an ethical phenomenon. We follow Lakoff and Johnson in their emphasis on the way our conceptions of change seem permeated by metaphors. Bakhtin and Levinas both suggest through a language in which metaphors play a crucial role, that human existence—the consciousness and the subject—emerge within the dialogue of the encounter. They both describe the dynamics of human existence as ethical in their origin. Following this, we argue that change may be seen as an ongoing ethical event and that the dynamics of change are found in the ways we constantly become in this event. We investigate the ethical dynamics of this ongoing event through three themes illuminating the contributions of both Bakhtin and Levinas: (1) we become as responsible, (2) we become in speaking, (3) we become in answering the unknown. We explore these themes through a case illustration. Finally, we briefly point out some possible implications for mental health practice.     

Legal Marriage,Unequal Recognition,and Mental Health Among Same‐Sex Couples

The authors examined whether the perception of unequal relationship recognition ‐ a novel couple‐level minority stressor ‐ has negative consequences for mental health among same‐sex couples. Data were analyzed from a dyadic study of 100 same‐sex couples (200 individuals) in the United States. Being in a legal marriage was associated with lower perceived unequal recognition and better mental health; being in a registered domestic partnership or civil union—but not also legally married—was associated with greater perceived unequal recognition and worse mental health. Actor partner interdependence models tested associations between legal relationship status, unequal relationship recognition, and mental health (nonspecific psychological distress, depressive symptomatology, and problematic drinking), net controls (age, gender, race and ethnicity, education, and income). Unequal recognition was consistently associated with worse mental health, independent of legal relationship status. Legal changes affecting relationship recognition should not be seen as simple remedies for addressing the mental health effects of institutionalized discrimination.     

Stakeholder Perspectives on Children's Mental Health Needs and Supports in Six Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) are faced with disproportionately high levels of unmet child mental health needs. This study explored through interviews the perspectives of 17 inter‐agency service stakeholders from Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda and Turkey on existing supports and challenges. Four themes emerged on the holistic nature of children's mental health needs linked with disadvantage; limited resources and skilled workforce; stigma; and strategies for future implementation, including awareness, parental engagement, skills‐based programmes and cultural adaptation. Stakeholder input is essential in conceptualising, developing and evaluating culturally appropriate interventions for vulnerable children in LMIC.     

Tracing disorder across theories of autism,empathy, and mental health care

Abstract

Categories of mental disorders are generally understood through a biomedical paradigm of clinical research, diagnosis, and intervention. Here, diagnoses operate as professional tools, facilitating care organization and information exchange across diverse social contexts. In this article, I focus on how the diagnosis of autism-spectrum disorder operates in this manner. Autism conceived as a biomedical disorder is then contrasted with proposals by the neurodiversity movement, who understand core qualities of autism as alternative expressions of otherwise normal processes of brain development. Finally, I supplement these conversations with insights from Gerald Edelman’s theory of neural plasticity and Felix Guattari’s paradigm of ethico-aesthetic care. Understood together, these allow mental disorders and community care generally to be reconceived in terms of networks of expressive, embodied, and dynamically embedded rhythms that transcend individual persons. This serves, additionally, to illustrate a concept of empathy that traverses neurological, psychological, and sociocultural domains.     

大学生内部称谓语使用情况调查——以湖南理工学院为例

大学生内部称谓形式丰富,来源广泛,是校园文化、强势媒体、地域文化、传统文化、外来文化共同作用的结果．大学生内部称谓的选择存在群体差异,与文理科、性别、年级等有一定的相关关系。称谓选择的心理动机可以分为无所谓、从众、讲求理据、创新求异等类型。     

心理健康与大学生全面发展

从大学生心理健康存在的问题及心理健康在大学生全面发展中的意义,说明了大学生心理健康与全面发展的关系,强调了大学生心理健康工作的重要性。并提出如何增进和维护大学生心理健康,促进大学生全面发展。     

多元文化心理咨询模式与本土化心理咨询模式

寻找适合中国人的心理咨询模式,一直是心理咨询的目标。对近年流行的两种咨询模式——多元文化心理咨询模式和本土化心理咨询模式进行综合评价,并将两者从产生背景、基本思想、研究课题等方面进行比较,很有现实意义。     

瑜伽运动对女大学生身心健康的影响

运用文献资料法、调查法、实验法和数理统计法对定期参加瑜伽运动的高校女大学生进行调查研究,提取其实验前后身体形态、身体机能、身体素质、心理健康四个方面的多项数据,探讨了瑜伽运动对高校女大学生身心健康的影响。研究结果表明：瑜伽运动可以改善高校女大学生身体形态、提高肺活量、降低安静时心率、改善身体机能,并能提高身体柔韧性和平衡能力,使其整体心理健康水平呈显著性提高。瑜伽运动是提高女大学生身体健康水平的有效手段之一,是新兴的有待进一步开发的重要课程资源。     

女大学生心理亚健康状态的诊断与辅导

世界卫生组织的一项全球性调查结果显示,全世界真正健康者仅占人口总数的5％;有75％是“亚健康”者,年龄多在20-45岁。聚类分析结果表明,女大学生中心理正常的只有37．6％,而处于边缘状态的女生却超过了半数,表明50％以上的女大学生处于心理亚健康状态。心理学工作者只有通过心理测量来筛查、心理亚健康状态的表征、个别访谈等方法诊断出处于心理亚健康状态的女大学生,才能帮助女大学生及时觉察并正确认知心理亚健康状态．掌握有效的调适方法,摆脱亚心理健康．形成健康的心理。