Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy for People with Learning Disabilities

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-12751-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Cognitive therapy is a well known and widely used means of helping depressed patients, but is only now beginning to be extended to other client groups. Cognitive Therapy for Learning Disability contains contributions from well known and highly experienced practitioner researchers about the theoretical and practical issues surrounding the application of cognitive therapy to this special client group. Since cognitive therapy is usually understood to consist mainly of talking and introspection, the communication difficulties, challenging behaviours and the whole question of self-regulation make CBT for learning disabled people a challenging and fascinating topic.
Cognitive Therapy for Learning Disability provides a wealth of practical examples for training and will be invaluable to clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and all researchers and practitioners who deal with learning disabled people in their daily lives.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stenfert Kroese, Biza

Dagnan, Dave

Loumidis, Konstantinos

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Preface by Raymond W. Novaco

Acknowledgements

1. Cognitive-behaviour therapy for people with learning disabilities: conceptual and contextual issues

2. Theoretical and practical issues in cognitive-behavioural approaches for people with learning disabilities: a radical behavioural perspective

3. Anger assessment for people with mild learning disabilities in secure settings

4. Understanding and assessing depression in people with learning disabilities: a cognitive-behavioural approach

5. Teaching cognitive self-regulation of independence and emotion control skills

6. Social problem-solving groups for adults with learning disabilities

7. Cognitive-behaviour therapy for people with learning disabilities: assessment and intervention

8. Cognitive-behaviour therapy for anxiety in people with learning disabilities

9. Applying cognitive-behavoural approaches to the carers of people with learning disabilities who display challenging behaviour

10. Sustaining a cognitive psychology for people with learning disabilities

Über Autor(innen)

Biza Stenfert Kroese is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Birmingham and Head of Clinical Psychology Services for People with Learning Disabilities in the Dudley Priority Health NHS Trust. Dave Dagnan is Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Birmingham, and Konstantinos Loumidis is a Clinical Psychologist at North Manchester General Hospital