The purpose of this information page is to help you make entries into the EABP Bibliography using the Bibliography Form (please click here). Currently 1 Euro or 1US$ is paid for each entry that we do not have, as long as the entry is made in the correct format.
About the Project:
The European Association for Body-Psychotherapy (EABP) has committed to starting to build-up, on an electronic database, a Bibliography on Body Psychotherapy. We have over 3,000 entries by October 2004 and we hope to have somewhere between 5000-7500 entries soon. However we need your help.
To set up such a project has been quite expensive initially as we have had ensure that we have had access to a computer with the speed and capacity that makes handling such a large size of database a pleasure and to software that is suitable and easily accessible. (For the cognoscenti - we use FileMaker Pro 6.0 for AppleMac, but which also has website and other facilities).
In looking at the range of material, there are a number of different formats; Jourmal Articles, Chapters, Books, Conference Papers, Theses, unpublished material, Tapes, Film, Videos, etc. We have concentrated on the major ones first. These are Journal Articles,Chapters & Books. We also have a smaller number of entries for Papers, Dissertations, Films, Videos, Tapes, Other.
Since Body Psychotherapy material also appears in a number of different languages, we have double-entered non-English language articles; so that a record appears in the language of origin, as well as a duplicate English language version. This means that the reference to an article appearing only in (say) Italian, has an Italian entry and an English entry so that it can be read about by non-Italian speakers. Many Journal articles now have printed English abstracts and sometimes other language abstracts and sometimes major articles are even translated into English. These are all mentioned.
Most of the entries should: Ideally all of them will have an Abstract - a description of up to 200 words of what the Article, Chapter, Book, Film etc. is about. There are bibliographies without abstracts, but they do not really assist research, nor the casual reader.
There are also Key Word Descriptors that give the ability to "Find" articles about (say) "Reich" or "Body Image" or "Anorexia Nervosa". These two fields give the database a power and utility which will make it very attractive to users and researchers.
However these two fields also take up most of the time that it takes to type in an entry and some may even take a lot longer as someone has to read the article first and then write the abstract. These then have to be translated into another language. References just to the author, title, journal, date, publisher, etc. are sometimes not that informative, or can even be misleading.
We have also included fields in the database for International Standard Book and Serial Numbers, year of publication, the source of the entry, and who entered it and when. It is our hope that many of the people working in the field of Body Psychotherapy will involve themselves in this project by submitting entries, and it is our intention that we can pay you for these entries - if we have not got them already, and if they are in the proper format. We are prepared to pay I Euro or 1 US $ per proper entry, and up to 100 Euros for any one person or 250 Euros/US $ to any one centre in any one year. This way there is an incentive to keep this project alive at the grass roots level. We are also prepared to give you copies of the database and format, so that you can build-up a Bibliography for that centre and keep up-dating the main bibliography as well.
In entering the first 3,000 records, we have used a few main sources and a couple of minor ones, to see what the field is like. One of the early sources was PsycLIT, the database of the American Psychological Association, that is available in most main University libraries. We have about 500 entries from this source, covering many of the English language and some foreign language publications and journals and ranging from a few references to Reich, Lowen, Pierrakos, Hakomi, Janov etc. to many on body-mind dualism and (if we want to include these) thousands on Psychosomatics. There are also an increasing number of entries about ‘Neuorscience’ and some of Psychophysiology.
We have been negotiating with the APA about subscription and copyright charges (their standard charge is $5 an entry !!!) looking for something more reciprocal. Another early source was from a member of the USABP, Mary Karis, who started a similar project simultaneously and independently, and we have found ways to collaborate usefully with other people who have electronic databases or access to references like John May and Karin Tritt: we thank them for their generous contributions. Other sources have been our own and our friends’ libraries and we will also be entering all the 20 years of Energy & Character journals soon. There is a large printed German Bibliography, without abstracts, that we are also beginning to enter material from, but we are loath to enter too many entries without the Abstracts, and without English translations, as this limits the research usage.
Information about the Fields:
So, to specifics, the copy of the standard entry format, (click here), displays a number of different "Fields" or entry possibilities as feint rectangular boxes. These carry the basic database information and are accessible in various ways when actually using the database: i.e. Find, Sort etc.
The form has a number of separate sections, separated by shaded boxes. The first few sections are mutually exclusive in that they refer to either Books and Chapters or to Journal Articles or to Conference papers, Theses, Films and Tapes, etc. The second main section contains information that may pertain to any of the earlier sections: about the author; contact information, abstract, references, key words, etc.
At the very top of the form, there is a "radio button" rectangular box with a "Type of Entry" label. This is a quick way of seeing (and sorting) what type of entry this is; and all the various possibilities are listed. Only one "button" should be blacked out here.
The Entry Number is the sequential number that is given to each record in the database and the English Version is the number, if relevant, either of the English Version of that (foreign language entry) or of the foreign language entry that relates to this English Version. Example:
108 Klisic, Ljiljana : 'Karakterna strukure i tipovi.' Psihijatrija Danas, 1981, Vol 13(4),
pp 345-350 Lang: Serbo-Croatian (English Version: 109)
109 Klisic, Ljiljana : 'Character Structure and Types.' Psihijatrija Danas, 1981, Vol 13(4),
pp 345-350 Lang: Serbo-Croatian (English Version: of 108)
Chapters:
The Chapter Title, Chapter Author and Pages (page numbers of the book e.g pp 233-265) are fairly self-explanatory. Following PsycLIT format (most of the time) we have only used capital letters at the beginning of the title, after a colon (for a subsidiary title) and for proper names. The author's surname appears first, then a comma, then first name and any initials. Subsequent authors follow after a semi-colon. Examples:
Chapter: The controversy around Wilhelm Reich's character analysis
Author: Reich, Wilhelm; Fenichel, Otto; Sterba, Richard F.
Pages: pp. 230-286
Books:
Then we get the information about the book itself, or if there is no relevant chapter, this is the main entry. The Title and Author Fields are entered as above. The next Field is the Year of publication; this just a four figure year number.
Then the Publisher, and their full name is put with any main imprint under which the book is published coming first and the publisher in parentheses. The city and country where the publisher is based tacks onto this field on the same line, in another field starting with a comma. Example:
Publisher: 1970, Gestalt Inst of Cleveland Press (Gardner Press), New York, NY, USA
This is then followed by a field labelled ISBN. When an International Standard Book Number exists (or is known) it is entered in this field followed by, whichever is relevant, (hardcover) or (paperback), or both if both exist. Then the number of pages in the Preface, and Main Text follows, the former in lower case Roman Numerals. Examples:
ISBN: 0-89876-143-3 (hardcover); vi, 360 pp.
ISBN: 0-306-42979-9 (hardcover);
0-306-43044-4 (paperback); xix, 365 pp.
The second section, after the JOURNAL ARTICLES box, starts with the Article Title. Again, following PsycLIT (most of the time), I have only used capital letters at the beginning of the title, after a colon (for a subsidiary title) and for proper names. Example:
Article Title: From medicine to psychoanlysis and to psychosomatics.
Article Title: Muscle and personality 1: Properies of muscle
In the Author(s) field, the author's (or authors') surname appears first, then a comma, then first name and any initials. Subsequent authors follow after a semi-colon, as above. Example:
Author: Allain Dupre, Brigitte
Authors: Stadler, Michael; Kruss, Peter
The Journal field gives the name of the Journal only, in whatever language it appears. This is not translated for English language versions of foreign language entries. The next field is the Publication Date field and here the Year comes first, followed by any month(s) or seasons followed immediately by Vol for the Volume and two numbers, the first for the Volume and the second for the Issue in parentheses. These are then followed by the Page numbers of the article. All three items separated by commas. Examples:
Journal: Health Psychology
Publication Date: 1994, Vol 13 (1), 39-46
Journal: Transactional Analysis Journal
Publication Date: 1987, Jul Vol 17(3), 102-104
Journal: Praxis der Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Publication Date: 1991, Mar Vol 36(2), 77-87
The next field is for a six-figure ISSN (International Standard Serials Number) where it exists. The last field in this section is where the article relates to a Conference or is produced as part of a set of Conference papers. The title of the Conference is given with the Date and Location in parentheses. Examples:
Conference: 2nd Nat. Conf. of Hypnotherapy & Handwriting Psychology (1985, Milan, Italy)
Conference: 5th European Congress of Body-Psychotherapy, Six Perspectives on Body- Psychotherapy (April 1975, Carry-le-Rouet, France)
Similar sorts of entries are made for Theses, Conferences, Films, Videos, etc.
This completes the first section.
If any of these entries are blank, then either the information is unattainable or it is not relevant. If the entry refers to a complete book, then the Chapter Title, Chapter Author and Pages fields will be blank.
The second section, starts off with the Author's Institution, which is given (where known), with an indication of the author's status, and the location of the Institution (City, Country). Example:
Author's Institution: California School of Professional Psychology, Associate Prof, Fresno, CA, USA
Then follows a Field on the Language of the Entry. If this is a non-English language entry, then this language will appear in the language of origin. If it is an English entry of a foreign language article, then this word will be in English. The Country is written in English, and the reason for this field is so that people in various countries can call up all entries relating to that country, whatever the language. e.g. Canada has entries in English and in French. Example:
Language: Espagnol (Original Language version) Country: Spain
Language: Spanish (English version) Country: Spain
Abstracts:
The Abstract field is perhaps the most important and informative field in the whole bibliography. The Abstract gives the Bibliography its power and interest. However it also needs to be written, copied, or summarised., which is a major input.
The Abstract is written both, in the language of origin in the original version and (if this is not in English) in English for the English version. Where relevant, the Abstract prefixed by comments as to the source of the Abstract i.e. taken (from the cover) or (from the chapter) or followed by a notation like (English abstract).
Where a copyright exists on the Abstract (as with the PsycLIT), this is noted. The Abstract can be up to 200 words and should convey sufficient pertinent information as to the contents of the chapter, article or book etc. so that a reader gets a good idea and a good feeling of the contents and main themes or arguments.
Examples:
Abstract: Discusses the potential benefits of a better understanding of the relationship between stress management and productivity and suggests that the relationship between mind-body techniques and absenteeism is a good place to begin developing that understanding. © PsycLIT Database 1989 American Psychological Assn
Abstract: (from cover) (This book) is the landmark book that gives overwhelming evidence in favour of the revolutionary technique that lets you control your mind and body. Biofeedback has been used with dramatic success to treat more than fifty major stress-related disorders. Among them: anxiety, asthma, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, ulcers, insomnia, alcoholism, and drug abuse. / (this book) explains how to use this startling technique of self-treatment to improve your health and your life.
The Addenda field contains further or supplementary information about the number of references, or the existence of appendices, an index, a bibliography. Example:
Addenda: 9 refs, 5 appendices, index, bibliography
The Key Phrases field picks out certain topics or subjects dealt with by the article or book. I have also included topics of particular interest to Body Psychotherapists and some of the key words used to reference the article or book from the PsycLIT database or whatever. This is a good place to check the bibliography for subjects of your choice. Please be aware that American spellings are also used.
In the foreign language entries, the entries in this field are also in that language. Examples:
Key Phrases: Death Attitudes - Emotional Adjustment - Geriatric Psychotherapy - Physiological Aging - Group Psychotherapy - Gerontology - Psychotherapeutic Techniques
Key Phrases: Psychotherapy - Reichian Therapy - Body Armouring
The Source field gives the source of the information; PsycLIT (plus a whole lot of copyright information); or someone's library; or EABP archives, or whatever.
The next two fields, Entry by and Entry date, tell who made the entry and when. Hopefully we will have lots of different people sending in entries, if you are one of these people, your name will appear here.
The last field, Other Information, tells anything else of interest - perhaps the article is out-of-print; or an unpublished manuscript, or originally published as something else.
It may have been translated by someone, so their name would be given, where known. There may be another copy of this article in the database in a different language - the other Language is given and the corresponding Entry Number(s) is / are given in parentheses. Examples:
Other Information: (Trans K. Aro)
Other Information: Originally published as: Relaxation East and West
Other Information: (+ Spanish (456), French (460), Italian (457) and 2 German (454, 455) translations)
The reason that we have given so much specific information is to encourage you to make the fullest possible contribution. This project will only work with your co-operation and with your contributions. Please copy the form as many times as you want or need to make entries and fax them into the EABP Secretariat or send them by e-mail to us (click here for contact information). We will let you know whether we have this entry already or whether your entry has been accepted. We will at times, find ways to try to inform you what is already in the database, probably via this web-site.
We will also be asking the National Associations and Committees to translate this paper in due course. We really need their help in making the foreign language entries.
Courtenay Young
EABP Bibliography / Publications Committee