Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP)
Describes the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), a research-based approach designed to motivate depressed clients to change and to help them develop needed problem-solving and relationship skills.
Although new immunomodulating treatments have made dramatic inroads into lessening the impact of Multiple Sclerosis, no cure is yet in sight. Most patients will progress, and dealing with their many complex symptoms and issues requires many levels of medical and rehabilitative care. This important book focuses on symptom control and clinical ......
Antisocial behavior takes on many forms, from rebellious teens with green hair and pierced skin to the truly dangerous homicidal individuals whose horrible stories fill our newspapers. This work examines the familial and societal causes, and proposes solutions to the problem - including radical changes to our educational system and the mass media.
New treatments and advances in therapy for the ravages of Parkinson's disease are constantly being researched and perfected for patients. This second edition covers a variety of topics, providing information and suggestions for patients, families, and caregivers to aid them as they grapple with this chronic, debilitating neurological disorder.
Psychoneuroimmunology, a collaborative work of 50 international experts, expands on the American Psychiatric Association's symposium on this topic to present never-before-compiled scientific research from this evolving field. Maintaining a clinical focus, this book illustrates clinical effects by examining relevant research studies.
This work on post-traumatic stress disorder covers: epidemiological risk factors; genetic risk factors; neurocognitive risk factors; psychophysiological expression of risk factors; and risk factors for the acute biological and psychological response to trauma.
A complete overview of the rising epidemic of sexually aggressive behaviour among adolescents. A comprehensive approach to the assessment and diagnosis of the adolescent sexual offender, Sexual Aggression is the most current, integrated approach on this topic today.
Collects the important writings on the comprehension and treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This book provides a concise and illuminating introductory essay on the evolution of our understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and establishes the conceptual framework and terminology necessary to understand the disorder.
A collection of writings on the comprehension and treatment of post-traumatic-stress disorder. The introductory essay by its editor describes the evolution of the understanding of the disorder, and also establishes the conceptual framework and terminology necessary for such understanding.
Seventeen contributors, leading clinicians studying the effects and uses of light treatment, discuss the impact of light and light therapy on such conditions as SAD, premenstrual depression, circadian phase sleep disorders, jet lag, shift work disorders, insomnia, and behavioral disturbances.
Psychological Trauma addresses these advances in a critical and thorough approach. The practicing physician will find this volume an indispensable addition to the existing literature.
Presenting a flexible short-term dynamic model, this book shows how to conduct successful therapies with personality-disordered clients. With step-by-step guidelines and case material, it demonstrates how to bring about rapid and enduring changes in personality-disordered clients.
Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of obsessive- compulsive disorder have come from breakthroughs in neurobiologic and cognitive-behavioral studies. Essential Papers on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder represents the most significant thinkers and the various strands of thought on obsessive-compulsive disorder. Divided into three ......
Represents the significant thinkers and the various strands of thought on obsessive-compulsive disorder. Divided into three sections focusing on classical psychoanalysis, psychological research, and neuro-psychiatric approaches, this volume includes contributions by the most experienced and renowned experts on the subject.
A Window to the Neurological Foundations of Learning and Behavior
Written in an easy-to-read style, this resou rce is designed to help individuals not familiar with neuroi maging to understand the clinical utility of different proce dures and their clinical applications to specific and relate d disorders. '
Why do people take their own lives? How can clinicians best plan and carry out intelligent treatment of desperate patients who are giving up on themselves? Suicide, its motivations, characteristics, and psychology are explicated in these papers by the most experienced and renowned experts on the subject. A definitive volume, Essential Papers ......
Shares details about the author's own life and work in an effort to promote better understanding of the reality of abortion and the violent forces that threaten a woman's right to choose. This work offers readers a view from the clinic operating room as well as information on the abortion pill known as RU 486.
The book offers the clinician working in the community a practicable approach to the treatment of patients with personality disorders. Clearly written, this book focuses on issues relevant to the clinician in private practice, including the diagnosis of a wide range of personality disorders and alternative management approaches.
This guidebook, for anyone developing early-stage Alzheimer's programs, is for use as a national and international model to meet the needs of people just diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Clinical and administrative issues include: selecting group participants; training facilitators; managing unique group topics, interactions, and dynamics.
This is the first book to offer guidelines for the systematic assessment of dissociation and posttraumatic syndromes. This book provides a comprehensive overview of dissociative symptoms and disorders, as well as an introduction to the use of the SCID-D, a diagnostic interview for the dissociative disorders.
The contested psychoanalytic concept of masochism has served to open up pathways into less-explored regions of the human mind and behavior. Part of the Essential Papers in Psychoanalysis series, this title presents an anthology of writings in the psychoanalytic study of masochism.
Addresses the well documented problem of mental-health professionals taking on the same symptoms as their patients with post-trauma stress disorder. After a review of the theoretical basis, discusses specific issues that arise in cases of sexual or physical abuse, war or civil disorder, political o
This book offers a comprehensive, detailed examination of MBPS. Written by leading authorities, it covers all known clinical, medical, psychological, social and legal aspects of the disorder, including detection, dynamics, treatment, and clinical
The diagnosis of multiple personality disorder (MPD) entered the clinical mainstream with a rapidity and in a manner atypical for new descriptions of psychiatric illness. This book contains the most up-to-date information on MPD available written by experts in this field.
This concise, well-organized volume answers common questions about depression and available treatment techniques for people being treated for depression, those considering treatment, their families and friends, and practitioners.
A a group of experienced clinicians and researchers examine troublesome and challenging problems associated with eating disorders, focusing on the frequent complicating conditions and comorbid states that often accompany eating disorders.
A testament to the courage and determination of stroke patients and caregivers. It chronicles the twists and turns of a white-knuckle ride that tested the author's endurance, patience, and ingenuity as she faced tough choices and overcame the challenges of caring for a spouse whose helplessness increased with each new attack.
A testament to the courage and determination of stroke patients and caregivers. It chronicles the twists and turns of a white-knuckle ride that tested the author's endurance, patience, and ingenuity as she faced tough choices and overcame the challenges of caring for a spouse whose helplessness increased with each new attack.
