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Anxiety disorders are costly, common and debilitating and present challenging problems to practising clinicians. This book compares and contrasts various models and treatment approaches, covering 11 therapies including: contextual family therapy, supportive/expressive and psychodynamic.
Exploring Individual Practice, Organizational Policy and Societal Responses
Based on the acclaimed professional certificate program, Advanced Institute on Victim Studies: Critical Analysis of Victim Assistance, this book identifies core content areas essential for practitioners working with crime victims. Each chapter concludes with an analysis and application section.
Moving beyond simply describing the differences between custodial and noncustodial grandparents, this volume places helping efforts with grandparents in theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic contexts.
Examines the health behaviors of older adults and how these behaviors are affected by societal trends. This volume covers personal attributes affecting health behaviors and health care choices. It is useful for professionals and students interested in the study of health behavior and chronic disease, health economics, and social policy.
Presents the identity process model that serves to integrate the physiological with a psychological perspective. This book focuses on demographic statistics, chronic diseases, the biopsychosocial perspective, and successful aging. It features charts, tables, and figures, and is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
This concise guide provides nurses with the tools to help older adults with arthritis achieve the highest possible quality of life. Practical tips on nursing management, self-care and the importance of exercise are a focus throughout.
A Comprehensive Handbook of Techniques and Strategies
A comprehensive clinical manual focused on stress management and relaxation. It contains detailed descriptions of tactics for training the user in the methods of relaxation, positive thinking, time management, and more. It is suitable for practitioners, students, practitioners-in-training, and clinicians.
Tracing the history and derivation of cognitive psychotherapy, this book discusses various developments as an integrative therapy. Chapters illustrate the applications of cognitive psychotherapy to treat disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and social phobia. Other chapters discuss integration with therapy models, such as constructivism.
Designed for students of social work, this text integrates evidence-based practice with human behaviour and social development theories. The selected readings are designed to provide a brief overview of each theoretical model; and discuss how empiricism can be applied to the modes.
