Synopses & Reviews
Written by experts who provide explicit descriptions of the empirically indicated treatment procedures for commonly encountered adult disorders, this ideal text includes chapters on PTSD, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, alcoholism, sexual dysfunction, and depression. Throughout, extracts from actual cases illustrate the procedures.
Review
"This volume offers a treasure trove of clinical wisdom and scholarship. It is the most up-to-date, readable, and practical summary of what is known about the conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders." --Allen J. Frances, MD
"This book is a wonderful resource for practicing clinicians and psychologists in training. Each chapter is written by accomplished clinicians-researchers who present a conceptual model that guides treatment and practical discussion about how to implement the interventions. Each chapter also includes therapy transcripts or case studies that illustrate how treatment is actually implemented.
This book will be especially valuable to graduate students as they struggle to make the transition from classroom to the clinic. Our Counseling Psychology program had used the first edition of this book in the counseling practicum and the students raved that they finally found a book that helped them understand how to put these theories into practice. The thoughtful discussion of how to assess the client and how to use this information when deciding which intervention to use will be particularly helpful. I expect students will find the second edition as impressive and helpful as the first edition." --Leonard A. Doerfler, PhD, Assistant Professor and Practicum Coordinator, Assumption College
"Like the first edition in 1985, this much-awaited collection prepared by leading clinicians and carefully edited by David Barlow exemplifies the best of the scientist-practitioner model. Each contribution places clinical interventions in an appropriate empirical context and details for the reader how one moves from abstract principles to humane, appropriate, practical, and effective interventions. The second edition of CLINICAL HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS is must reading for researcher and clinician alike--and for those of us who strive to combine both roles--for it shows us both how clinical interventions can be rationally based on empirical findings and testable theories as well as where the gaps are between data and practice. I've been looking forward to this revision. My students join me in being grateful for its publication." --Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D, Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California
"The first (1985) edition of David Barlow's clinical handbook was very well received as it provides actual treatment protocols and therapeutic transcripts by a number of very prominent clinicians and researchers. This new and extensively revised edition builds on this strength by drawing on a virtual who's who in American clinical psychology.... This book is a mandatory best buy which will have wide appeal to new and experienced practitioners from many professional backgrounds. By avoiding superficial generalisations and stressing the nexus between research and treatment, this handbook will appeal to empirically minded practitioners and researchers alike." --John Franklin, Psychology Department, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Review
"I consider this handbook to be an invaluable fixture in the field of psychological treatment. This was the text I read in graduate school, and it gave me a useful roadmap in my own training in clinical psychology. I know of no other book that brings together research and clinical practice in such a cogent and readable manner. I have recommended this book to graduate students and have used it as a text in an undergraduate course that introduces evidence-based practice in psychology. Although it is more of a graduate text, it has given my students a glimpse into how clinicians actually apply treatments that have empirical support. Several students have remarked that my course 'changed the way they think about treatment,' and I believe this book played a role."--Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University"In preparing graduate-level social workers to use CBT in their field practica, I have found this book to be extremely useful. Covering a range of psychological disorders, each chapter outlines the sequential steps of treatment; clarifies the multiple treatment components; provides a detailed, relevant case study; and presents the empirical evidence supporting the latest CBT treatment. This is one of the most valuable reference books a clinician can have in her or his library."--Nancy Grote, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work; Fellow, Center for Mental Health Services Research, University of Pittsburgh
"I have used the previous editions of this Handbook in my graduate survey course in psychosocial intervention, and certainly intend to continue with the third edition. The chapters, written by acknowledged clinical researchers and practitioners, are unique in combining careful theorizing, a strong empirical focus, and a sophisticated appreciation of clinical applications. The volume offers a true scientist/n-/practitioner approach to understanding the nature and amelioration of psychological disorders. The creative challenges of moving from theoretical abstractions and research data to humane, practical clinical interventions are spelled out in persuasive and vivid detail. As with earlier editions, my students and I are grateful for the publication of this classic--yet new and innovative--work."--Gerald C. Davison, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California.
"This is an outstanding resource for practicing clinicians and graduate students in the mental health professions. Like the previous editions, the third edition provides a wealth of information about the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. The book will be especially valuable to graduate students as they struggle to make the transition from the classroom to the clinic. Our Counseling Psychology Program has used the previous editions of this book in counseling practica and advanced intervention courses and students were overjoyed to find a book that helped them understand how to put these theories into practice. I have told psychology graduate students and psychiatry residents that if they could buy only one book on psychotherapy, this was the one to buy."--Leonard A. Doerfler, PhD, Professor and Director, Counseling Psychology Program, Assumption College,Worcester, MA
"As empirical evidence grows and grows that psychosocial therapies are effective, the need for comprehensive treatment manuals to guide clinicians is ever greater. Barlow is clearly the leader not only in developing effective psychotherapies, but in educating the profession and the public about how to use them. Here, he has assembled a cast of some of the most impressive figures in psychosocial interventions to provide us with this most welcome and very comprehensive guide."--Jack M. Gorman, MD, Lieber Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
Synopsis
The first edition of this widely adopted, classic bestseller, published in 1985, represented a distinct departure from other available handbooks. Eschewing a cursory review of therapeutic procedures, it presented in unprecedented detail the actual protocols used to assess and treat frequently encountered psychological disorders. Now, this updated and expanded second edition, the first volume to be totally organized around proposed DSM-IV criteria, incorporates the numerous advances that have been made over the past eight years. Throughout, chapters are written by noted authorities who provide explicit descriptions of the empirically indicated treatment procedures for commonly encountered adult disorders. All of the fully detailed therapeutic technologies described share a proven clinical effectiveness and respond to the universal inquiry of practitioners asking "But how do I do it?"
In addition to completely updated chapters on topics featured in the first edition, this volume covers such issues as:
* Borderline personality disorder
* Eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge
eating disorders
* Rape-induced post-traumatic stress disorder
* Effective treatments for social phobia
* A new protocol for generalized anxiety disorder
The book successfully combines the latest research findings with detailed, practical therapeutic guidelines documented in great detail by leading clinicians and researchers. Each chapter, focusing on a specific disorder, reviews current knowledge and the models or theories that guide the technology. A description of the typical setting in which the treatment is carried out includes a discussion about the social context of treatment and the implications of therapist and client variables. At this point, the book moves to the heart of each of the therapies by providing detailed, step-by-step protocols for assessment and treatment, illustrated with transcripts of actual therapy sessions. Finally, the authors provide clinical predictors of success or failure wherever data exist.
An ideal text for students of psychology, this book is also an invaluable resource for practicing clinicians who wish to keep abreast of the latest ideas emerging on DSM-IV criteria, and the psychosocial treatments that share a proven clinical effectiveness. Similarly, psychiatric residents and other mental health professionals either in training or in practice, who seek definitive, state-of-the-art protocols for the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of adult psychological disorders will find relevant information to complement their individual approaches.
Synopsis
Each chapter summarizes the clinical presentation, etiology, and diagnosis of the each of the most commonly enountered disorders; reviews the models or theories that guide intervention; and delineates step-by-step protocols for assessment and treatment, illustrated with transcripts and vignettes.
About the Author
David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychology, Research Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Training Programs, and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. He has published over 400 articles and chapters and over 20 books, mostly in the areas of anxiety disorders, sexual problems, and clinical research methodology, and has received numerous awards for his contributions to research and practice. Most recently, he was the 2000 recipient of the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology and the APA Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) Distinguished Scientific Award, as well as the first annual Science Dissemination Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology. Extensively involved with numerous professional organizations and journals, Dr. Barlow is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology and maintains a private clinical psychology practice.
Table of Contents
1. Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia,
Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow2. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Patricia A. Resick and Karen S. Calhoun
3. Social Anxiety Disorder, Cynthia L. Turk, Richard G. Heimberg, and Debra A. Hope
4. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Timothy A. Brown, Tracy A. O'Leary, and David H. Barlow
5. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Edna B. Foa and Martin E. Franklin
6. Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Jeffrey E. Young, Arthur D. Weinberger, and Aaron T. Beck
7. Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Laura Gillies
8. Eating Disorders, G. Terence Wilson and Kathleen M. Pike
9. Alcohol Use Disorders, Barbara S. McCrady
10. Cocaine Dependence, Stephen T. Higgins, Alan J. Budney, and Stacey C. Sigmon
11. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder, Marsha M. Linehan, Bryan N. Cochran, and Constance A. Kehrer
12. Bipolar Disorder, David J. Miklowitz
13. Sexual Dysfunction, Amy K. Bach, John P. Wincze, and David H. Barlow
14. Couple Distress, Jennifer G. Wheeler, Andrew Christensen, and Neil S. Jacobson