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105 Pages·2010·3.33 MB·English

by  Barry Karlsson

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”The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the
opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
Niels Bohr
NPT
NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPY
© Barry L Karlsson
Licensed clinical psychologist
Board certified in neuropsychology
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What is psychotherapy?
Def. “treatment of psychiatric problems
with psychological methods”
What is the mind?
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What are psychological methods?
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How do we understand the body-mind-
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interaction?
Neuropsychotherapy offers a theoretical framework that
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makes the body-mind-interaction be operationalized in
evidence based treatment forms.
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Neuroscience
Neuroscience combines:
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Biology (neuroanatomy, physiology, immunology, etc
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Chemistry
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Medicine (neuropharmacology)
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Neuropsychology (the connections between behaviour and neural
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functions/structures)
connections between sociology and humanities
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cognition-, emotion-, perception - & learning
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Aim: to understand the nerve system’s organization and
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structure – and its effect on social interaction
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The Neuropsychotherapeutic
panorama 1
Neuroscience
Environment Biology Chemistry Medicine Psychology
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
Neuropsychological Neurocognitive Therapeutic Neuropsycho-
psychotherapy treatment Assessment analysis
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The Neuropsychotherapeutic
panorama 2
Neuro-
psychotherapy
Traditional
psycho-
Cognitive
therapies
rehabilitation
BT / CBT / DBT
Gestalt, etc
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The Neuropsychotherapeutic
panorama 3
Gestalt
NPT
CBT PDT
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Problems with traditional
psychotherapeutic programs
Ignore irregularities of cognitive profiles
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Often disregard the np-components (e.g. neurocognitive deficits)
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Disregard the aptitude components
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Underestimates genetic and epigenetic components
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Overestimates the individual learning process
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Overestimate or underestimate the possibilities to change cognitive
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impairments
Overestimate or underestimate the concept of “obstruction to
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treatment” (personal resistance)
Overestimate psychosomatic features as if they only were “psychic”
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The level of therapy is to abstract or to concrete
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Distribution of cognitive impairments
in wealthy and poor children
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
FaPtotiogra WReaikltahy
Emerson (2008) IASSID 13th World Congress, Cape Town
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Poor and Wealthy Children in England
Cognitive Development 22 month – 10 yrs
High Cognitive
Status
High social status
Low social status
Low Cognitive
22 month 10 years
Status
Feinstein (2003)
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