Evidence Base and Contextual Factors for Psychosocial, Psychopharmacological, and Combined Interventions
A comprehensive report, based on a review of the literature, on the effective use, sequencing, comparative risks/benefits, and integration of psychotropic medications and psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents.
The Handbook of Research Methods in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology presents a diverse range of areas critical to any researcher or student entering the field. It provides valuable information on the foundations of research methods, including validity in experimental design, ethics, and statistical methods. The contributors discuss design and instrumentation for methods that are particular to abnormal and clinical psychology, including behavioural assessment, psychophysiological assessment and observational methods. They also offer details on new advances in research methodology and analysis, such as meta-analysis, taxometric methods, item response theory, and approaches to determining clinical significance. In addition, this volume covers specialty topics within abnormal and clinical psychology from forensic psychology to behaviour genetics to treatment outcome methods.
A successful termination phase is a critically important component of psychotherapy of any orientation. While this is generally accepted, a host of uncertainties continue to surround this phase of treatment. This title synthesizes and evaluates the clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature on termination.
Understanding the Origins of Individual Differences
The authors have integrated empirical and conceptual advances in evolutionary psychology, behavioural genetics and developmental psychology - three fields of enquiry which have experienced great successes in explaining human behaviour in general and antisocial behaviour in particular.
This volume takes a multi-level approach to understanding and treating personality disorder, identifying core symptoms and problems that many patients share and providing a comprehensive framework for clinical intervention.
Psychopathy remains one of the least understood personality disorders and one of the most intransigent to therapeutic amelioration. Encompassing all the significant viewpoints regarding the nature of psychopathic personalities, this volume surveys current typologies and treatment approaches.
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.
Providing an overview of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a multidisciplinary team of leaders in the field detail the latest research and clinical developments.
