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Shinya TAKEDA, Masahiko INOUEArticle type: Article
2001 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 59-69
Published: September 30, 2001
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe present study examined the efficacy of clinical Dohsa therapy for improving the cognitive functioning and posture of persons with Alzheimer-type dementia. Participants in the study were 3 nursing-home patients (an 85-year-old man, and 2 women, 77 and 85 years old) who had Alzheimer-type dementia, 2 of which were severe cases, and 1 moderate. Their cognitive functions were assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Nishimura Dementia Scale, and their standing posture from the side and the back was also assessed, to enable an evaluation of the effects of 4 months of therapy. The results revealed that both the MMSE and Nishimura Dementia Scale scores improved in 2 of the patients, although the scores did not change appreciably in the third one. These results were maintained after 3 months. In addition, the results showed that side and back posture improved in all 3 patients. These results suggest that clinical Dohsa therapy appears to maintain or improve cognitive functions and to improve the posture of persons with Alzheimer-type dementia.View full abstractDownload PDF (1043K) -
Hiroko SugiwakaArticle type: Article
2001 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 71-81
Published: September 30, 2001
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe present study examined the effects of person and situational variables on the redressive self-control process. The Redressive-Reformative Self-Control Scale (Sugiwaka, 1995) was used to screen 299 undergraduates (102 men, 197 women; average age 19.7), who were then divided into 2 groups on the basis of the number of behavioral repertoires of redressive self-control: many (n=30) or few (n=37). The execution of rdressive self-control was assessed under easy or difficult speech conditions. Controlling responses used as redressive self-control were distinguished by task-orientation. Person variables interacted with situational variables on the task-oriented redressive self-control task, whereas situational variables were more influential than person variables on the non-task-oriented redressive self-control. These results suggest that the 2 types of redressive self-control have a different function, and that they are used differentially, depending on the person and the situation.View full abstractDownload PDF (1011K) -
Akiko OTSUKA, Hiroaki KUMANOArticle type: Article
2001 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 83-96
Published: September 30, 2001
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA patient with agoraphobia but no history of panic disorder had numerous panic attacks brought on by anticipatory anxiety which we believe was related to a childhood traumatic experience of suffocation by strong gusts of wind in a snowstorm. She was successfully treated by medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The present report describes the therapy. The cognitive-behavioral treatment consisted of psycho-education, abdominal breathing, autogenic training, systematic desensitization, exposure, and cognitive restructuring. From the changes we observed, we assume that (1) psycho-education and relaxation reduced her tension and vigilance, brought about effective coping strategies, and enhanced her motivation; (2) systematic desensitization and exposure normalized the childhood trauma; and (3) cognitive restructuring soothed her anticipatory anxiety. As a consequence, the symptoms of agoraphobia could be cured. These findings suggest that when the anticipatory anxiety maintaining agoraphobia is influenced by childhood trauma, we must focus on that traumatic experience in addition to using standard cognitive-behavioral strategies for agoraphobic avoidance behavior and cognitive distortion.View full abstractDownload PDF (1208K) -
Yoshinori ITO, Masaru KANETSUKI, Kaneo NEDATEArticle type: Article
2001 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 97-108
Published: September 30, 2001
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe present article reviews the significance in cognitive behavior therapy of 2 concepts derived from cognitive psychology, automatic processing and controlled processing. The possible contribution of these concepts to the development of clinical psychology was discussed. Automatic processing is capacity-free, unconscious, and involuntary, whereas controlled processing is capacity-dependent, conscious, and voluntary. When emotions are aroused, they interfere with controlled processing, so that automatic processing becomes predominant. The cognitive process of emotional information is important for a model of emotional disorder. Two-cognitive-process theory is applicable to areas of cognitive and social psychology, and it is expected to be applicable to clinical psychology as well. The present authors believe that applying findings from other areas to clinical settings is one role for cognitive clinical psychology.View full abstractDownload PDF (1203K)
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