Angela Molnos – författare

Angela Molnos describes her own concept of "destructive idealization" in which splitting conceals its ultimate destructiveness, which she found so clearly in her studies with staff working with AIDS sufferers. She presented this book on the basis of her talks in 1993 and 1994.

This book analyses the disturbance that HIV/AIDS causes in society and in the individual and shows how it can activate the destructive power of groups, if nothing is done to stem these effects. It is devoted to documenting experiences from a workshop the author convened in London in December 1987.

Angela Molnos describes her own concept of "destructive idealization" in which splitting conceals its ultimate destructiveness, which she found so clearly in her studies with staff working with AIDS sufferers. She presented this book on the basis of her talks in 1993 and 1994.

This book analyses the disturbance that HIV/AIDS causes in society and in the individual and shows how it can activate the destructive power of groups, if nothing is done to stem these effects. It is devoted to documenting experiences from a workshop the author convened in London in December 1987.

Angela Molnos describes her own concept of "destructive idealization" in which splitting conceals its ultimate destructiveness, which she found so clearly in her studies with staff working with AIDS sufferers. She presented this book on the basis of her talks in 1993 and 1994.

This book analyses the disturbance that HIV/AIDS causes in society and in the individual and shows how it can activate the destructive power of groups, if nothing is done to stem these effects. It is devoted to documenting experiences from a workshop the author convened in London in December 1987.

As a group analyst concerned with social and psychological issues, Dr Angela Molnos brings a unique perspective to bear on the problems raised, both for society and the individual, by the confusion and prejudice surrounding HIV infection and the AIDS epidemic. Recognizing that these problems can vitiate even the most enlightened health care policies, she draws on her experience gained by working in several countries to put the case for the application of group analysis, through the organization of staff support groups, to those directly concerned with policy implementation: The carers themselves.In the first part of her book Dr. Molnos demonstrates how, if unchecked, conscious and unconscious prejudice can promote destructive tendencies within groups involved with HIV and AIDS patients. The second part recounts the author's experiences, and insights gained, during the course of a workshop convened in London in December 1987. The third and final section puts forward the case for applying group analysis to health services in the HIV/AIDS sphere. And includes Dr. Molnos' account of her work with a group of health advisers and the subsequent improvements in working practice obtained through the use of the group-analytic method.

This book aims to describe and explain the bias against brief psychotherapy, whilst stressing the importance of actively challenging resistance and working through the transference. It also covers the positive use of anger - even from the first session.As a group analyst concerned with social and psychological issues, Dr Angela Molnos brings a unique perspective to bear on the problems raised, both for society and the individual, by the confusion and the prejudice surrounding HIV infection and the Aids epidemic. Recognizing that these problems can vitiate even the most enlightened health care policies, she draws on her experience gained by working in several countries to put the case for the application of group analysis, through the organization of staff support groups, to those directly concerned with policy implementation; The carers themselves.In the first part of her book Dr Molnos demonstrates how, if unchecked, conscious and unconscious prejudice can promote destructive tendencies within the groups involved with HIV and AIDS patients. The second part recounts the author's experiences, and insights gained, during the course of a workshop convened in London in December 1987. The third and final section puts forward the case for applying group analysis to the health services in the HIV/AIDS sphere, and includes Dr Molnos' account of her work with a group of health advisers and the subsequent improvements in working practice obtained through the use of group-analytic method.

Das vorliegende Buch ist die zweite Veröffentlichung innerhalb der Reihe "Afrika-Studien", die über den rein wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Bereich hinausgeht und sich mit sozialwissenschaftliehen Fragen im weiten Sinne des 1 Wortes befaßt . Es ist eine systematische und zum Teil kritisch-analytische Bestandsaufnahme der Forschungstätigkeit der letzten zehn Jahre in Zentral­ Ostafrika auf dem Gebiet der Geschichtsforschung, Ethnologie, Soziologie, Sozialpsychologie, Psychologie und Nationalökonomie, erwachsen aus der Vorbereitung einer Studie über die "Situation und Rolle der Frau in der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung Ostafrikas". Die Afrika-Studien­ stelle beauftragte die Verfasserirr dieses Buches im September 1963, während eines sechsmonatigen Studienaufenthaltes in Ostafrika dort die notwendigen Daten und Informationen zu sammeln, die zur Ausarbeitung des eigentlichen Forschungsplanes benötigt wurden. Diese Sammlung von Informationen sollte zugleich Anhaltspunkte für ein 1965 beginnendes größeres Programm der Sozialforschung in Ostafrika liefern, sowie den laufenden wirtschafts­ wissenschaftlichen und anderen Forschungsvorhaben der Afrika-Studien­ stelle dienlich sein. Die Notwendigkeit einer engen Zusammenarbeit der Wirtschaftsfor­ schung mit den benachbarten sozialwissenschaftliehen Disziplinen braucht heutzutage auch in Deutschland nicht mehr betont zu werden. Die inter­ disziplinäre Form der Forschung gibt uns gerade in Afrika am ehesten eine Chance, zu wirklichkeitsnahen und theoretisch gesicherten Ergebnissen zu kommen. Werden doch in Afrika die wirtschaftlichen Vorgänge auf natio­ naler und regionaler Ebene sowohl mitbestimmt durch die Eigenart traditio­ neller Wirtschaften auf dem "grass-roots level", als auch durchVerhaltens­ und Denkweisen, die wir schwer nachvollziehen können und die stärker als bei uns Menschen der westlichen Industriegesellschaft im nicht-ökonomischen und irrationalen Bereich wurzeln.