Non-verbal Communication in Depression
Non-verbal Communication in Depression
£32.00
GBPHow does mood affect non-verbal communication, the gazes, gestures and facial expressions which accompany dialogue? This important monograph, based on a longitudinal study of five hundred interviews with depressed patients and normal subjects, systematically examines the ways in which mental illness may affect non-verbal interaction patterns. A number of specific patterns of non-verbal behaviour are identified which relate directly to psychological state and also depend on the interaction of the participants in a dialogue. Non-verbal Communication in Depression is not only rich in much-needed empirical data, but it also offers a fresh theoretical and methodological perspective on communicative behaviour in general. Most importantly, perhaps, it represents a real advance in our understanding of the functions of various non-verbal mechanisms and thus provides the clinical psychologist and psychiatrist with an important diagnostic tool.
Product details
January 2008Paperback
9780521047562
284 pages
229 × 153 × 17 mm
0.435kg
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Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Relating nonverbal behaviour to psychological disorders
- 3. Social interaction and affective state of depression
- 4. Longitudinal study during the course of depression - methodological aspects
- 5. Facial expression of mood and emotions
- 6. Gaze and speech
- 7. Gestures
- 8. Exemplary single cases
- 9. Nonverbal reaction patterns
- 10. Nonverbal expression of mood - general discussion and conclusions
- Appendixes
- References
- Index of authors
- Subject index.
