Though in the time we have at our disposal there is much ground to be covered on a specific subject, it will be worth while just to take a very cursory glance at the histor;cal aspect of mental healing. The treatment of disease by mental means can be traced back to the earliest times. Its beginnings were of a mnagical nature and in the hands of the primitive medicine man, and later in those. of...

The article is devoted to the study of functioning English adjectival emotive units denoting positive semantics as direct linguistic means representing human emotional states that combine semantic and pragmatic components meaning. aim this paper determine features with meaning in modern English. defined approach investigation led use those research methods correspond best its goals: particular,...

In a previous paper, the question of whether diagnosis is a prerequisite of psychotherapy was discussed. On the one hand we have Thorne's statement that "it seems elemental that rational therapy cannot be planned and executed until an accurate diagnosis has been made." On the other hand, Rogers writes that "diagnostic knowledge and skill are not necessary for good therapy." Thorne bases his arg...

OBJECTIVE Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), introduced by Albert Ellis in the late 1950s, is one of the main pillars of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Existing reviews on REBT are overdue by 10 years or more. We aimed to summarize the effectiveness and efficacy of REBT since its beginnings and investigate the alleged mechanisms of change. METHOD Systematic search identified 84 articles...

This paper develops an account of mood selection with attitude predicates in French. I start by examining the “contextual commitment” account of mood developed by Paul Portner and Aynat Rubinstein (P&R). I raise empirical and theoretical challenges for P&R’s analysis of contextual commitment and its role in P&R’s explanations of mood selection. There are indicativeselecting verbs that are felic...

An empirically-guided program designed to empower at-risk youth through increased knowledge of depression and prevention resources was developed and implemented. Ninety-three court-involved adolescents participated in the Moods Matter project, a four-part psycho-educational group experience rooted in the principles of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Addressing the disproportionate inc...