Synopses & Reviews
Assessment and Therapy is a derivative volume of articles pulled from the award-winning
Encyclopedia of Mental Health, presenting a comprehensive overview of assessing and treating the many disorders afflicting mental health patients, including alcohol problems, Alzheimer's disease, depression, epilepsy, gambling, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and suicide
According to 1990 estimates, mental disorders represent five of the ten leading causes of disability.* Among "developed" nations, including the United States, major depression is the leading cause of disability. Also near the top of these rankings are bipolar depression, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition, mental disorders are tragic contributors to mortality, with suicide perennially representing one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide.
Assessment and Therapy describes the impact of mental health on the individual and society and illustrates the factors that aid positive mental health. Twenty-six peer-reviewed articles written by more than 40 expert authors include essential material on assessing and treating schizophrenia, manic-depressive illness, major depression, anxiety disorders, and other mental illnesses. Professionals and libraries will find this timely work indispensable.
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searchers, and practicing clinicians. It is a well-organized, informative review of topical mental health trends in assessment and therapy."
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lth trends in assessment and therapy."
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"The litmus test for a volume such as this rests in asking two questions. Are the articles cogent articulations of current thinking and methodology? Do they serve to both explicate and enrich the subject area? These critera, we can say, are satisfied. This book deserves a strong recommendation as a test and reference for psychopathology. Broad based, the book is written by experts for generalists as well as for those doing clinical work in the given areas... The diversity, clinical coverage, and liveliness of the ideas make this collection stimulating for practitioners and academics alike. Each topic enjoys a robust portrayal. Disorders are place in epidemiological context, their diagnostic features provided, and their most obvious forms illustrated. The often overlooked social impairment or prevention is refreshingly included in many cases, elucidating the implications of the disorders beyond matters of diagnosis and invervention, also covered thoroughly in most cases."
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"The majority of mental health students and professionals would find this book immensely useful... Information is well organized and easily accessible..."
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Synopsis
In 1998, Academic Press published the award-winning three volume
Encyclopedia of Mental Health encompassing coverage of disorders, epidemiology, issues of treating specific patient populations, therapies, and more. By popular demand, we now present a more concise work:
Assessment and Therapy, containing only those articles specific to therapeutic treatment and accuracy in assessment. Coverage includes both standard therapies such as psychoanalysis, family therapy, and couples therapy as well as newer treatment methods such as those encompassing brain neuroimaging. Methodological issues receive attention throughout, including important chapters on nontraditional approaches to classifying mental disorders and standards for psychotherapy. Also included is a cross section of topics not considered psychiatric pathology but which can be important to understanding therapy or to achieving success in treatment.
Also Available:
Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Three-Volume Set
1998, 2,398 pp. /
Synopsis
The Disorders is a derivative volume of articles pulled from the award-winning
Encyclopedia of Mental Health, providing A-to-Z coverage of the many disorders afflicting mental health patients, including alcohol problems, Alzheimer's disease, depression, epilepsy, gambling, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and suicide.
According to 1990 estimates, mental disorders represent five of the ten leading causes of disability.* Among "developed" nations, including the United States, major depression is the leading cause of disability. Also near the top of these rankings are bipolar depression, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition, mental disorders are tragic contributors to mortality, with suicide perennially representing one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide.
The Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of the disorders afflicting mental health patients. It describes the impact of mental health on the individual and society and illustrates the factors that aid positive mental health. Thirty-five peer-reviewed articles written by more than 50 expert authors include essential material on specific disorders affecting modern society. Professionals and libraries will find this timely work indispensable.
Synopsis
In 1998, Academic Press published the award-winning three volume
Encyclopedia of Mental Health encompassing coverage of disorders, epidemiology, issues of treating specific patient populations, therapies, and more. By popular demand, we now present a more concise work:
The Disorders, containing only those articles specific to mental disorders. Coverage includes 35 peer-reviewed articles by more than 50 expert authors. Articles include standard DSM diagnoses such as depression, schizophrenia, phobias and the like, as well as commonly seen problems across disorders such as Pre-menstrual Syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease, and threat of suicide. Methodological issues receive attention throughout, including chapters on DSM-IV and on nontraditional approaches to classifying mental disorders.
Also Available:
Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Three-Volume Set
1998, 2,398 pp. /
Synopsis
, containing only those articles specific to therapeutic treatment and accuracy in assessment. Coverage includes both standard therapies such as psychoanalysis, family therapy, and couples therapy as well as newer treatment methods such as those encompassing brain neuroimaging. Methodological issues receive attention throughout, including important chapters on nontraditional approaches to classifying mental disorders and standards for psychotherapy. Also included is a cross section of topics not considered psychiatric pathology but which can be important to understanding therapy or to achieving success in treatment.
Also Available:
Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Three-Volume Set
1998, 2,398 pp. /
Synopsis
pedia of Mental Health
Three-Volume Set
1998, 2,398 pp. /
About the Author
Howard S. Friedman is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. He also holds an adjunct appointment as Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Diego Medical School. Dr. Friedman attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with Honors in psychology. He was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1976. Dr. Friedman is the author of many influential scientific articles in leading journals and was named "most-cited psychologist" by the publishers of the Social Science Citation Index. His books include a textbook, three edited scholarly volumes, and a comprehensive trade analysis. Friedman is a thrice-elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. His research centers around the relations of mental and physical health, and he has received research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Friedman also directs a project on health and longevity funded by the National Institute on Aging.
University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.
Table of Contents
About the Editors.
How to Use the Encyclopedia.
M.C. Maultsby, Jr., and M. Wirga, Assessment of Mental Health in Older Adults, Behavior Therapy.
R.M. Kaplan and D.N. Kerner, Behavioral Medicine.
E.E. Labb, Biofeedback.
R.J. Haier, Brain Scanning/Neuroimaging.
K.C. Faller, Child Sexual Abuse.
T.R. Sarbin and E. Keen, Classifying Mental Disorders: Nontraditional Approaches.
E. Gambrill, Clinical Assessment.
M.E. Weishaar, Cognitive Therapy.
E. Seidman and S.E. French, Community Mental Health.
R.A. Neimeyer and A.E. Stewart, Contstructivist Psychotherapies.
A. DeLongis and S. Newth, Coping with Stress.
K.T. Sullivan and A. Christensen, Couples Therapy.
R.F. Muoz, Depression--Applied Aspects.
S.A. Graham-Bermann, Domestic Violence Intervention.
J.J.B. Allen, DSM-IV.
P. Barker, Family Therapy.
J.F. Kihlstrom, Hypnosis and the Psychological Unconscious.
R. Friedman, P. Myers, and H. Benson, Meditation and the Relaxation Response.
P.T. Costa, Jr., and R.R. McCrae, Personality Assessment.
L.W. Roberts, T. McCarty, and S.K. Severino, Premenstrual Syndrome Treatment Interventions.
M.J. Horowitz, Psychoanalysis.
N.E. Grunberg, L.C. Klein, and K.J. Brown, Psychopharmacology.
D. Bhugra and P. de Silva, Sexual Dysfunction Therapy.
R.M. Dawes, Standards for Psychotherapy.
B.H. Gottlieb, Support Groups.
Encyclopedia of Mental Health Executive Advisory Board.
Contributors.
Index.