tours/seminars

Mood Disorders - Understanding Depression in the Modern World


Part I

An overview of Mood Disorders and available treatments.

Part II

An Introduction to Dynamic Psychotherapy in Clinical Practice

Agenda


Part I

Module 1: 
                  
               The Brain in Depression
       
The Origin of Depression  
The Neurobiology of Depression 
The Symptoms Clusters in Mood Disorders 
 The Disorder Clusters in Mood Disorders e

Module 2:

     A Modern Diagnosis Approach 

The Mind Screen 
functional Brain Imaging [SPECT]
Quantum EEG



Module 3:

            The Treatment and Management of Mood Disorders 

Medication 
Dynamic Psychotherapy in Depression 

Module 4:

                 Dynamic Psychotherapy in Depression 

Dimensions of "loss"
The Mental Mechanism--Introjection
Suicide & Suicidal Ideation 
Concepts of:
1. The Depressive Space
2. The Death Space

Part II

An Introduction to Dynamic Psychotherapy in Clinical Practice

Module 1: 

An overview of the Unconscious
The Unconscious Speaks 
Videos of the Night - the dream world

Module 2:
                                         
Mental Mechanisms 
(Acting Out, Introjection, projection etc)
Narcissism
The Depressive and Death Spaces 

Module 3:

The Sense of Self and the Separating Out  

Module 3: 

The Attainment of happiness






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