Assessment and Therapy (eBook, PDF)

Specialty Articles from the Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Redaktion: Friedman, Howard S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 341
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780080527635
• Artikelnr.: 38115116

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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. Labbé
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. Muñoz
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.