Synopses & Reviews
Review
"In this well-organized and informative volume, Hofmann and Tompson have succeeded in their goal of creating a
single highly accessible resource that can promote the dissemination of effective treatment technologies to direct practitioners who work with consumers who have some of the most challenging and personally and socially costly psychiatric disorders....the book resonates with social work perspectives and professional values. Within each group of major disorders, the editors have included interventions that address different system levels (individuals, families and larger social systems), theoretical perspectives (e.g., cognitive, systems, social learning), and focal concerns (e.g., cognitions, social skills, motivation)....Another welcome emphasis from the perspective of social work values is the attention to engagement and the working relationship in each of the interventions....an excellent resource which will serve to inform our practices. As social workers, we have a professional and ethical responsibility to be knowledgeable about, and gain competence in, the delivery of effective interventions. We must also actively advocate for the use of empirically supported treatment technologies throughout the mental health system. This text certainly gives us some tools to achieve these goals."--
Clinical Social Work Journal"This is a well-researched, carefully edited and very useful technical handbook for clinicians, researchers and students providing psychological treatment to those individuals with chronic and severe mental disorders. The editors have successfully drawn together a fine international team of writers, mostly psychologists and psychiatrists, to create a text that nevertheless sustains unity of style and conveys a sense of shared purpose. The chapters nicely balance theory and research, [while] maintaining an unequivocal focus on practice, and it is hard to fault....Some of the chapters stand out as models of clarity and helpfulness....the text would be useful for psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health specialists, working in community or institutional settings. It would be valuable to novice clinicians developing their skills under expert supervision, as well as in providing established clinicians with an evidence base for their practice. In my view, it is the best text of its kind currently available, and I recommend it without reservation."--Metapsychology
"...selects and presents evidence-based strategies from a veritable 'Who's Who' in psychological treatments for schizophrenia, mood disorders, and substance use and personality disorders. Each disorder-based section is prefaced by an overview of phenomenology, epidemiology, and currently accepted theories of pathogenesis, while individual chapters outline specific clinical strategies in a well-organized, readable fashion. Frequent case examples and learning exercises illustrate concepts, while sections on curriculum development, commonly encountered problems, and empirical findings maintain a consistency of style and content throughout."--Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
"[This book] reflects an important development in contemporary clinical psychology: the continuing effort to establish a scientifically defensible basis for judging the effectiveness of treatments for a diverse range of psychopathologies....For those readers who want an informed contemporary accounting of some of the most promising psychosocial treatments for disorders for which psychosocial treatments have not before been widely available, this would be an excellent choice."--The Clinical Psychologist
"Hofmann and Tompson have assembled here an exceptional slate of expert authors, who have written uniformly clear, well-organized, and informative reviews aimed broadly at practicing clinicians and students alike."--Journal of Psychosomatic Research
"The clinician will find in it an updated reference on state-of-art psychological treatments for severe--and common--mental disorders....The book is nicely printed and bound with the usual austere presentation of other Guilford classics....a valuable and useful book."--The Human Nature Review
Review
"This text fills a real void. There are few comprehensive texts re this subject matter."--Stacey Lambert, Psy.D.
"This compendium of clinical interventions described by highly skilled clinical researchers offers mental health practitioners very practical skills for effectively treating truly serious mental disorders. Especially useful is the mini-manual chapter format with case examples and clinical dialogue illustrating a wide range of cognitive-behavioral methods, interpersonal psychodynamic therapies, and family and systems interventions. This is an excellent choice as a text for advanced graduate students in all mental health disciplines."--Gail Steketee, PhD, Boston University School of Social Work
"This book is an important guide for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and all health professionals who want to review new applications of tested treatments. Guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders increasingly call for evidence of efficacy, making this a most timely publication. Empirical support is no less important in psychotherapy than it is in psychopharmacology."--Myrna M. Weissman, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
"For a long time, severe mental disorders have been treated for the most part with medication. This book fills a longstanding gap in clinical psychology with its sound collection of effective, empirically based psychological treatments for the most troubled populations. Featuring an impressive list of contributors who represent the leading figures in their respective fields, this is a valuable tool for mental health professionals in the United States and internationally. It is also an accessible text for graduate-level students. I highly recommend this book."--Kurt Hahlweg, PhD, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
Review
"Selects and presents evidence-based strategies from a veritable 'Who's Who' in psychological treatments....Individual chapters outline specific clinical strategies in a well-organized, readable fashion."--Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Review
"For those readers who want an informed contemporary accounting of some of the most promising psychosocial treatments for disorders for which psychosocial treatments have not before been widely available, this would be an excellent choice."--The Clinical Psychologist
Synopsis
While recent developments in psychopharmacology have been widely disseminated, equally important advances in psychological strategies for severe mental health problems have received less attention. Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this volume brings together leading clinical scientists to present evidence-based approaches for treating schizophrenia, severe mood disorders, substance use problems, and severe personality disorders. Cutting-edge modalities represented include cognitive-behavioral therapies, couple and family treatments, motivational interviewing, group work, and others. Written in a highly practical style, each chapter reviews the empirical basis for the treatment at hand; explains basic concepts and applications; and provides step-by-step implementation guidelines, concrete clinical examples, and patient-therapist dialogues. Also discussed are ways to modify each approach for different populations and strategies for integrating psychological and pharmacological treatments.
Synopsis
While recent developments in psychopharmacology have been widely disseminated, equally important advances in psychological strategies for severe mental health problems have received less attention. Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this volume brings together leading clinical scientists to present evidence-based approaches for treating schizophrenia, severe mood disorders, substance use problems, and severe personality disorders. Cutting-edge modalities represented include cognitive-behavioral therapies, couple and family treatments, motivational interviewing, group work, and others. Written in a highly practical style, each chapter reviews the empirical basis for the treatment at hand; explains basic concepts and applications; and provides step-by-step implementation guidelines, concrete clinical examples, and patient-therapist dialogues. Also discussed are ways to modify each approach for different populations and strategies for integrating psychological and pharmacological treatments.
About the Author
Stefan G. Hofmann, PhD, is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Boston University. His research, which has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, focuses on the treatment of anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. His publications include a coauthored book on social anxiety and social phobia.
Martha C. Tompson, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Boston University. Her research interests include family processes among individuals with severe psychopathology, family-based treatment for mood disorders, and developmental psychopathology. She has received grants from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a family-based treatment for preadolescents suffering from depression and to examine family factors in the development of depression vulnerability in youth.
Table of Contents
Part I. Psychological Treatments for Schizophrenia1. Cognitive-Behavioral Family and Educational Interventions for Schizophrenic Disorders
Ian R. H. Falloon
2. Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia
Sarah Pratt and Kim T. Mueser
3. Personal Therapy: A Practical Psychotherapy for the Stabilization of Schizophrenia
Gerard E. Hogarty
4. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Schizophrenia: A Case Formulation Approach
Nicholas Tarrier and Gillian Haddock
Part II. Psychological Treatments for Mood Disorders
5. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression
Kate E. Hamilton and Kevin S. Dobson
6. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for the Management of Bipolar Disorder
Michael W. Otto and Noreen Reilly-Harrington
7. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Unipolar and Bipolar Disorders
Holly A. Swartz, John C. Markowitz, and Ellen Frank
8. Family-Focused Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
David J. Miklowitz
9. Treatment of Marital Discord and Coexisting Depression
K. Daniel O'Leary
10. Treatment of Suicidality: A Family Intervention for Adolescent Suicide Attempts
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Alison M. Goldstein, and Amy S. Elkavich
Part III. Psychological Treatments for Substance Use and Abuse Disorders
11. Motivational Interviewing for Initiating Change in Problem Drinking and Drug Use
Nancy S. Handmaker and Scott T. Walters
12. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Addiction
Tracy A. O'Leary and Peter M. Monti
13. Twelve-Step Facilitation Therapy for Alcohol Problems
Joseph Nowinski
14. Couple Treatment for Alcohol Abuse: A Systemic Family-Consultation Model
Michael J. Rohrbaugh and Varda Shoham
15. Psychosocial Treatment of Cocaine Dependence: The Community Reinforcement plus Vouchers Approach
Stephen T. Higgins, Stacey C. Sigmon, and Alan J. Budney
Part IV. Psychological Treatments for Severe Personality Disorders
16. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Kelly Koerner and Marsha M. Linehan
17. Multiple Family Group Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
Teresa Whitehurst, Maria Elena Ridolfi, and John Gunderson
18. Multisystemic Treatment of Antisocial Behavior in Adolescents
Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Phillippe B. Cunningham, and Scott W. Henggeler
19. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Severe Personality Disorders
Freeman
20. Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Resolving Character Pathology by Treating Affect Phobias
Nathaniel S. Kuhn and Leigh McCullough
Concluding Remarks
Hofmann and Tompson