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Publisher:Wiley | Pages:332 | 2006-04-21 | ISBN:047164983X | PDF | 1.18 MB

The older adult population is booming in the United State and across the globe. With this boom comes an increase in the number of older adults who experience psychological disorders. Current estimates suggest that about 20% of older persons are diagnosable with a mental disorder: Personality disorders are among the most poorly understood, challenging, and frustrating of these disorders among older adults. This book is designed to provide scholarly and scientifically-based guidance about the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders to health professionals, mental health professionals, and senior service professionals who encounter personality-disordered or “difficult” older adults.

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Publisher:Routledge | Pages:336 | 2006-12-13 | ISBN:0415952158 | PDF | 4.1 MB

Psychotherapy, like most other areas of health care, is a synthesis of scientific technique and artistic expression. The practice, like any other, is grounded in a series of standardized principles, theories, and techniques. Individual practitioners define themselves within the field by using these basic tools to achieve their therapeutic goals in novel ways, applying these rudimentary skills and guiding principles to each situation in new and exciting ways. Effective work can only be accomplished through a synthesis of the fundamental scientific methods and the creative application of these techniques, approaches, and strategies.
In recognition of these two basic skill sets within the field, and acknowledging that they are often taught exclusively of each other, Dr. Hofmann and his co-editor have compiled a group of leading therapists to give insight into the creative side to psychotherapy. Central to this collection is the premise that a toolbox full of treatment approaches, no matter how comprehensive, is not enough to effectively reach your patients. The aim of this book is first to address the fundamental split between the researchers and scholars who use scientific methods to develop disorder-specific treatment techniques and those more clinically inclined therapists who emphasize the individual, interpersonal aspects of the therapeutic process. Ad secondly, once this polarization of approaches is clearly defined, contributors will systematically unearth and explore the variety of unspecific, subtle factors in psychotherapy that are often overlooked by even those therapists who are conscious of interpersonal theories. 18 chapters are broken up into three main sections, focusing on the client-therapist relationship, models of therapeutic change, and more specific issues that arise during therapy. Chapters will be written with a clear emphasis on the practical relevance to therapy and will include many case examples and excerpts of patient-clinician dialogues.

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* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 211
* Publication Date: 2002-05-03
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415231027

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(Routledge) Univ. of Kent, UK. Pocket introduction includes a concise overview of the definitions and models psychological abnormality and investigates current practice by exploring procedures, research, and cultural variability. Softcover, hardcover also available. DNLM: Mental Disorders–diagnosis.

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Publisher: Open University Press
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 2007-06-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0335222633

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“The additions and updates in this second edition will ensure that it maintains its well deserved position as a leading textbook…it provides a clear, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of a wide range of research and theory.” – John Weinman, King’s College, London

Praise for the previous edition:

“…now that Jane Ogden’s book has been published I feel that health psychology has finally come of age.” – Precilla Choi, Psychology Teaching

“…a comprehensive overview of psychological knowledge in relation to health and illness. The clear and accessible style of writing, and the way theory is applied through illustrative examples, make this book very useful for teaching purposes.” – Ad Kaptein, Editor, Psychology and Health

“…a great achievement…an excellent textbook.” – Journal of Health Psychology

Health Psychology: A Textbook has made a major contribution to the teaching and study of this rapidly expanding discipline. The second edition provides a truly accessible and comprehensive guide to all of the major topics in health psychology. It includes a new chapter on the measurement of health status and new sections on professional issues, recent developments in social cognition models, body dissatisfaction and dieting, causes of obesity and the measurement of pain. In addition, it has been revised and updated throughout to take account of recent research.

The introduction provides a historical and theoretical framework within which to study health psychology, and outlines how to make best use of this textbook. The book focuses on psychological theory and how it has been applied in the area of health. It explores how research can be used to influence and structure practice. A particular strength is the strong coverage of European research, as well as the US research which is the exclusive focus of many textbooks.

Health Psychology: A Textbook has been designed specifically with the needs of teachers and students in mind. It can form the basis for a complete health psychology course. Each chapter has been designed as the reading for a lecture, and the book contains many special features to aid teaching and learning:

* Focus on research sections describe specific studies which test theory
* Questions stimulate discussion and structure revision
* Assumptions in health psychology are highlighted
* Chapter overviews provide outlines of structure, aims and key points
* Figures and diagrams put essential information at students’ fingertips
* Further reading points to sources of further information and discussion
* Methodology glossary

Health Psychology: A Textbook is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology, and for students of medicine, nursing and allied health courses.

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* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 376
* Publication Date: 2006-05-10
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415953057

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In 1992, Brunner/Mazel published the first book ever written on the subject of applying hypnosis in the treatment of depressed individuals. Hypnosis and the Treatment of Depressions, by Michael Yapko, not only withstood the test of colleagues previously dismissive of hypnotherapy’s value as a tool of treatment, but thrived in the face of it. The ideas and methods of the book overcome a previously skeptical audience and are now frequently taught at workshops and conferences by professional societies. In 2001, Yapko published a second book on the subject with Brunner-Routledge, Treating Depression with Hypnosis, which was later awarded the prestigious Arthur Shapiro Award from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and named “the best book of the year on clinical hypnosis.”

Now, Yapko proposes a book intended to diversify the range of topics to consider and increase the number of knowledgeable contributors on the subject of treating depression with hypnosis. The book will feature chapter contributions by experts on using hypnosis to treat specific forms of depression, with assessment and intervention strategies as well as sample transcripts of the use of hypnosis in therapy sessions. As a practical guidebook for clinicians looking to add to their treatment protocols, Hypnosis and Treating Depression: Advances in Clinical Science will provide an updated and comprehensive volume on therapeutic use of hypnosis in the treatment of depression.

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