Freeman / Power Handbook of Evidence-based Psychotherapies

A Guide for Research and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-05975-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten, E-Book

At a time when evidence is everything, the comprehensive Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies handbook provides a unique, up-to-date overview of the current evidence-base for psychological therapies and major psychological disorders. The editors take a pluralistic approach, covering cognitive and behavioural therapies as well as counselling and humanistic approaches. Internationally-renowned expert contributors guide readers through the latest research, taking a critical overview of each practice's strengths and weaknesses. A final chapter provides an overview for the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freeman, Chris

Power, Mick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Part I: Overview of Therapies.
Chapter 1 Introduction (Mick Power and ChrisFreeman).
Chapter 2 Cognitive Therapy (Willem Kuyken and Aaron T.Beck).
Chapter 3 Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Depression (KathrynL. Bleiberg and John C. Markowitz).
Chapter 4 Behaviour Therapy (P.M.G. Emmelkamp, E. Vedel andJ.H. Kamphuis).
Chapter 5 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) (Sharon Y.Manning).
Chapter 6 Eye-movement Desensitisation andReprocessing(EMDR) (John Spector).
Chapter 7 The Effectiveness of Counselling (JohnMcLeod).
Chapter 8 Constructivist and Humanistic Therapies (DavidWinter).
Part II: Psychological Treatment of Disorder and SpecificClient Groups.
Chapter 9 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (KatharineLogan).
Chapter 10 Eating Disorders (Jane Morris).
Chapter 11 Personality Disorders (KatherineCheshire).
Chapter 12 Intellectual Disabilities (William R. Lindsay andPeter Sturmey).
Chapter 13 Forensic Problems and Anger (Mark Ramm).
Chapter 14 Psychological Therapy for Depression and Anxiety inOlder Adults (Ken Laidlaw).
Chapter 15 Alcohol Problems (Nick Heather).
Chapter 16 Bereavement (Fiona Cathcart).
Chapter 17 Evidence-based Psychological Interventions inPsychosis (N. Sanjay Kumar Rao and Douglas Turkington).
Chapter 18 Bipolar Disorders (Jan Scott).
Chapter 19 Depression (Roslyn Law).
Chapter 20 Specific Phobias (Stan Lindsay).
Chapter 21 Social Anxiety Disorder (Winnie Eng and Richard G.Heimberg ).
Chapter 22 Children and Adolescents (Alan Carr).
Chapter 23 Generalised Anxiety Disorder (Rob Durham and PeterFisher).
Chapter 24 Adjuvant Psychological Therapy for Patients withChronic Physical Illness (Tom Brown and SiobhanMacHale).
Part III: Conclusions.
Chapter 25 Practice-based Evidence as a Complement toEvidence-based Practice (Michael Barkham and FrankMargison).
Author Index.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Freeman is a consultant psychiatrist andpsychotherapist based at the Cullen Centre in the royal EdinburghHospital and is also a senior lecturer in the Department ofPsychiatry at the University of Edinburgh. he established the Southof Scotland Training Programme in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy andhas published widely in the areas of eating disorders andpsychological therapies.
Mick Power is Professor of Clinical Psychology at theUniversity of Edinburgh and an honorary consultant clinicalpsychologist at the royal Edinburgh Hospital. he is the co-founderof the journal Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and haspreviously edited handbooks of mood disorders and of cognition andemotion. His main interest is in the application of theories ofcognition and emotion to the understanding of psychologicaldisorders.