Guides and handbooks are reference manuals usually consulted for basic information or instruction, quick fact-finding, or for a concise and authoritative survey of a topic.
The most comprehensive review available of the field of behavioral assessment. In four sections, it covers general issues in assessment, including trends in the classification of abnormal behavior, six major general approaches used in behavioral assessment and the use of these general methods to assess various behavior problems, and specific behavioral medicine topics. This second edition provides updated and expanded coverage.
Editors-in-chief Michel Hersen and Alan Gross have gathered leading international scholars and practitioners in two volumes to present the latest information and innovations in clinical psychology, including in the areas of ethics, legal issues, professional roles, cross cultural psychology, geropsychology, and more. All mental health professionals, students, and researchers will find these volumes to be an important resource for timely and proven information for effective clinical practice. Volume 1 covers adults while volume 2 covers children and adolescents.
A reference for clinicians completing insurance forms, participating in managed care, or practicing in treatment settings requiring formalizing goals and treatment objectives. Section I provides assessment criteria for all major psychological disorders. Section II discusses how to anticipate and treat special circumstances across disorders. Section III outlines skill-building resources for increasing patient competency for a variety of disorders. Section IV is a compendium of professional practice forms for both clinical and business applications. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Examines different approaches to Psychodynamic/Object Relations. Covers topics ranging from "psychodynamic psychotherapy with undergraduate and graduate students" to "a relational feminist psychodynamic approach to sexual desire" to "psychodynamic/object relations group therapy with schizophrenic patients."
Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments; presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.