Psychotherapie chronischer Depressionen. Praxisleitfaden CBASP

Der Band liefert einen Praxisleitfaden zur Behandlung von chronischen Depressionen nach dem CBASP-Ansatz. Patienten mit chronischer Depression haben häufig Schwierigkeiten bei der Bewältigung von interpersonellen Situationen. Das Cognitive Behavioural Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) von James McCullough hilft ihnen, diese Schwierigkeiten zu überwinden. Beim Vorgehen nach dem CBASP-Ansatz lässt sich der Therapeut persönlich und ganz individuell auf seinen Patienten ein, um mit ihm zusammen interpersonelle Fertigkeiten zu trainieren. Dieses Buch vermittelt die dazu notwendige therapeutische Vorgehensweise auf praxisnahe Weise. Basierend auf einer Beschreibung des Störungsbildes erläutern die Autoren Schritt für Schritt alle Techniken des CBASP und die therapeutische Haltung im Umgang mit chronisch depressiven Patienten. Der Ablauf der Therapie, beginnend mit der Vermittlung des Krankheitsmodells, der Fallkonzeptualisierung und dem Training interpersoneller Fertigkeiten bis hin zur Rückfallprohylaxe, wird praxisorientiert erläutert. Vorgestellt werden zudem aktuelle Entwicklungen des Ansatzes, wie z.B. der Umgang mit komorbiden psychischen Störungen und die Anwendung des CBASP in der Gruppe oder im stationären Setting. Anhand zahlreicher Fallbeispiele wird außerdem der Umgang mit schwierigen Therapiesituationen vermittelt. Die dem Buch beigefügte CD-ROM enthält Materialien für den gesamten Therapieprozess einschließlich der Diagnostik. Es finden sich dort die im CBASP notwendigen Patientenarbeitsblätter und Kurzzusammenfassungen aller im CBASP verwandten Techniken.

EC Electronic Communications and Competition Law

Telecommunications have developed at an incredible speed over the last couple of decades. The decreasing size of our phones and the increasing number of ways in which we can communicate are barely the only result of this (r)evolutionary development. The latter has indeed multiple implications. The change of paradigm for telecommunications regulation, epitomised by the processes of liberalisation and reregulation, was not sufficient to answer all regulatory questions pertinent to communications. Today, after the transition from monopoly to competition, we are faced perhaps with an even harder regulatory puzzle, since we must figure out how to regulate a sector that is as dynamic and as unpredictable as electronic communications have proven to be, and as vital and fundamental to the economy and to society at large. The present book addresses the regulatory puzzle of contemporary electronic communications and suggests the outlines of a coherent model for their regulation. The search for such a model involves essentially deliberations on the question "Can competition law do it all?", since generic competition rules are largely seen as the appropriate regulatory tool for the communications domain. The latter perception has been the gist of the 2002 reform of the European Community (EC) telecommunications regime, which envisages a withdrawal of sectoral regulation, as communications markets become effectively competitive and ultimately bestows the regulation of the sector upon competition law only. The book argues that the question of whether competition law is the appropriate tool needs to be examined not in the conventional contexts of sector specific rules versus competition rules or deregulation versus regulation but in a broader governance context. Consequently, the reader is provided with an insight into the workings and specific characteristics of the communications sector as network-bound, converging, dynamic and endowed with a special societal role and function. A thorough evaluation of the regulatory objectives in the communications environment contributes further to the comprehensive picture of the communications industry. Upon this carefully prepared basis, the book analyses the communications regulatory toolkit. It explores the interplay between sectoral communications regulation, competition rules (in particular Article 82 of the EC Treaty) and the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) relevant to telecommunications services. The in-depth analysis of multilevel construct of EC communications law is up-to-date and takes into account important recent developments in the EC competition law in practice, in particular in the field of refusal to supply and tying, of the reform of the EC electronic communications framework and new decisions of the WTO dispute settlement body, such as notably the Mexico-Telecommunications Services Panel Report. Upon these building elements, an assessment of the regulatory potential of the EC competition rules is made. The conclusions drawn are beyond the scope of the current situation of EC electronic communications and the applicable law and explore the possible contours of an optimal regulatory framework for modern communications. The book is of particular interest to communications and antitrust law experts, as well as policy makers, government agencies, consultancies and think-tanks active in the field. Experts on other network industries (such as electricity or postal communications) can also profit from the substantial experience gathered in the communications sector as the most advanced one in terms of liberalisation and reregulation.