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1	Chronic headache : an ecosystemic exploration Rawsthorne, Julie Karen 12 1900 (has links) Chronic headache may be the most frequently reported somatic symptom, yet it puzzles health experts and poses a considerable treatment challenge. It was suggested that this is because conventional views of headache, adhering to a Newtonian-Cartesian epistemology, focus almost exclusively on intrapsychic factors ignoring the wider social context in which the problem is embedded. An overview of the existing body of knowledge on the most widely researched headache conditions was presented, and it was argued that a conceptual shift is required to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the problem. This study was conducted within an holistic, ecosystemic epistemology. A qualitative approach employing a case study method was adopted to provide rich descriptions of the contexts in which two chronic headache sufferers' symptoms were embedded. The case study presentations also illustrated the attempts that were made to intervene into the headache contexts from a second-order cybernetics stance. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology) Chronic headache Tension headache Migraine Somatic symptoms Social context Context Ecosystemic epistemology Constructivism Second-order cybernetics Co-created realities Qualitative research 616.8491 Migraine Constructivism (Psychology) Tension headache Headache -- Psychological aspects
2	Chronic headache : an ecosystemic exploration Rawsthorne, Julie Karen 12 1900 (has links) Chronic headache may be the most frequently reported somatic symptom, yet it puzzles health experts and poses a considerable treatment challenge. It was suggested that this is because conventional views of headache, adhering to a Newtonian-Cartesian epistemology, focus almost exclusively on intrapsychic factors ignoring the wider social context in which the problem is embedded. An overview of the existing body of knowledge on the most widely researched headache conditions was presented, and it was argued that a conceptual shift is required to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the problem. This study was conducted within an holistic, ecosystemic epistemology. A qualitative approach employing a case study method was adopted to provide rich descriptions of the contexts in which two chronic headache sufferers' symptoms were embedded. The case study presentations also illustrated the attempts that were made to intervene into the headache contexts from a second-order cybernetics stance. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology) Chronic headache Tension headache Migraine Somatic symptoms Social context Context Ecosystemic epistemology Constructivism Second-order cybernetics Co-created realities Qualitative research 616.8491 Migraine Constructivism (Psychology) Tension headache Headache -- Psychological aspects
3	Stories of life and death: undertakers' perspectives Nel, Elsie Petronella 25 August 2009 (has links) Like death, the defining human reality underlying our relationships and views of life's meaning, the experiences and activities of undertakers, remains an uncommon subject for psychological research. Existential anxiety roots a society-wide denial of the fundamental nature of death. which necessitates the development of institutions to take responsibility for the dying and dead. As the image and service of the stigmatised funeral industry improves, society's experience of death should become more meaningful. The overview of the research into these topics noted the need for further studies. Within a holistic, ecosystemic epistemology, this study adopted a qualitative approach and case study method, which provided descriptions of the ecology, contexts, and relationships characteristic .of the undertaker's vocation by focussing on patterned expressions of views and attitudes. The aim was to gain insight into the undertaker's experience of the many faces of death, with a genuine interest and deep respect for their world. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology) Death Bereavement Undertaker Funeral director Existentialism Death ritual Anxiety Denial Meaning Ecosystemic Epistemology Context Constructivism Second-order cybernetics Qualitative research Co-created realities 363.75 Funeral supplies industry Undertakers and undertaking Funeral rites and ceremonies Death -- Psychological aspects Bereavement Constructivism (Psychology) Existential psychology Funeral consultants Death ritual Ecosystemic psychology
4	Stories of life and death: undertakers' perspectives Nel, Elsie Petronella 25 August 2009 (has links) Like death, the defining human reality underlying our relationships and views of life's meaning, the experiences and activities of undertakers, remains an uncommon subject for psychological research. Existential anxiety roots a society-wide denial of the fundamental nature of death. which necessitates the development of institutions to take responsibility for the dying and dead. As the image and service of the stigmatised funeral industry improves, society's experience of death should become more meaningful. The overview of the research into these topics noted the need for further studies. Within a holistic, ecosystemic epistemology, this study adopted a qualitative approach and case study method, which provided descriptions of the ecology, contexts, and relationships characteristic .of the undertaker's vocation by focussing on patterned expressions of views and attitudes. The aim was to gain insight into the undertaker's experience of the many faces of death, with a genuine interest and deep respect for their world. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology) Death Bereavement Undertaker Funeral director Existentialism Death ritual Anxiety Denial Meaning Ecosystemic Epistemology Context Constructivism Second-order cybernetics Qualitative research Co-created realities 363.75 Funeral supplies industry Undertakers and undertaking Funeral rites and ceremonies Death -- Psychological aspects Bereavement Constructivism (Psychology) Existential psychology Funeral consultants Death ritual Ecosystemic psychology

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