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Making a Cognitive Sense of Censorship and Repression
Abstract For some philosophers and thinkers (e.g., Jean-Paul Sartre), the repression theory of Sigmund Freud that posits a conscious ego and an unconscious id is an exercise in bad faith, a self-contradiction, and a metapsychological self-deception. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that Freud’s account of censorship and repression is cognitively sound, coherent,… Read more
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is one of the acceptance-based therapies, which characterize the third generation of behavior therapy. Other acceptance-based therapies are acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and mindfulness. Dialectical behavioral therapy is an evidence-based therapy. Originally, Linehan (1993a, 1993b) developed DBT for adults with suicidal-related behavior, extreme emotional and behavioral dysregulation, and borderline personality… Read more
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