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Increasingly used in social and behavioral science research, implicit measures aim to assess attitudes that respondents may not be willing to report directly, or of which they may not even be aware. This timely book brings together leading investigators to review currently available procedures and offer practical recommendations for their ......
The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say No Way -- and Parents Say Way to Go
Fourteen-year-old Eric is plagued by thoughts that germs on his hands could be making his family sick. Kelly, age 8, feels distressed if she can't count her pencils in multiples of four. Based on effective known treatment for OCD, this book demonstrates ways to "boss back" when OCD butts in, enabling youngsters to eliminate their symptoms.
This widely adopted text and practical guidebook presents the fundamentals of family-based intervention with clients struggling with chronic poverty-related crises and life stressors. Grounded in Salvador Minuchin's influential systemic model and the extensive experience of all three highly regarded authors, the book illustrates innovative ways ......
Adapts the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and self-injury. This book takes the reader step by step through understanding and assessing severe emotional dysregulation in teens and implementing individual, family, and group-based interventions.
Designed to meet the challenges of treating personality disorders and other complex difficulties, schema therapy combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with elements of other therapies. This book describes ways to conceptualize challenging cases, explore the clients childhood history, and more.
This clinically wise and pragmatic book presents a systematic approach for treating any form of childhood anxiety using proven exposure-based techniques. What makes this rigorously tested modular treatment unique is that it is explicitly designed with flexibility and individualization in mind. Developed in a real-world, highly diverse community ......
An important component of DBT is the use of skills training to help manage the extreme beliefs, actions, and attitudes that form the criteria for borderline personality disorder. In therapy sessions, this work shows the author teaching patients the use of skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and more.
Integrates information about ADHD with the experiences of adults from different walks of life who suffer from the disorder. Including interviews with these individuals, their family members, and the clinicians who treat them, this program addresses such topics as the symptoms and behaviors that are characteristic of the disorder.
Covers the basic issues surrounding ADHD. This work includes interviews with parents, teachers, and children, to help viewers gain an understanding of: the causes and prevalence of ADHD; effects on children's learning and behavior; other conditions that may accompany ADHD; and, long-term prospects for children with the disorder.
