Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies - A Guide for Research and Practice
Published on 13. May 2008
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Other digital
512 pages
978-0-470-71324-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
1108 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-71324-2 (9780470713242)
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Additional editions
Chris Freeman | Mick Power
Handbook of Evidence-based Psychotherapies
A Guide for Research and Practice
E-Book
03/2007
1st Edition
Wiley
€202.99
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Persons
Chris Freeman is a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist based at the Cullen Centre in the royal Edinburgh Hospital and is also a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh. he established the South of Scotland Training Programme in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and has published widely in the areas of eating disorders and psychological therapies. Mick Power is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh and an honorary consultant clinical psychologist at the royal Edinburgh Hospital. he is the co-founder of the journal Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and has previously edited handbooks of mood disorders and of cognition and emotion. His main interest is in the application of theories of cognition and emotion to the understanding of psychological disorders.
Content
About the Editors. List of Contributors. Preface. Part I: Overview of Therapies. Chapter 1 Introduction (Mick Power and Chris Freeman). Chapter 2 Cognitive Therapy (Willem Kuyken and Aaron T. Beck). Chapter 3 Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Depression (Kathryn L. Bleiberg and John C. Markowitz). Chapter 4 Behaviour Therapy (P.M.G. Emmelkamp, E. Vedel and J.H. Kamphuis). Chapter 5 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) (Sharon Y. Manning). Chapter 6 Eye-movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing(EMDR) (John Spector). Chapter 7 The Effectiveness of Counselling (John McLeod). Chapter 8 Constructivist and Humanistic Therapies (David Winter). Part II: Psychological Treatment of Disorder and Specific Client Groups. Chapter 9 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Katharine Logan). Chapter 10 Eating Disorders (Jane Morris). Chapter 11 Personality Disorders (Katherine Cheshire). Chapter 12 Intellectual Disabilities (William R. Lindsay and Peter Sturmey). Chapter 13 Forensic Problems and Anger (Mark Ramm). Chapter 14 Psychological Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults (Ken Laidlaw). Chapter 15 Alcohol Problems (Nick Heather). Chapter 16 Bereavement (Fiona Cathcart). Chapter 17 Evidence-based Psychological Interventions in Psychosis (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 Peter Fisher). Chapter 24 Adjuvant Psychological Therapy for Patients with Chronic Physical Illness (Tom Brown and Siobhan MacHale). Part III: Conclusions. Chapter 25 Practice-based Evidence as a Complement to Evidence-based Practice (Michael Barkham and Frank Margison). Author Index. Subject Index.