num_pages: 230
description: A five-year study of a method for the treatment of mental illness which emphasizes guided self-help and is also adaptable to the prevention and early detection of mental illness in the apparently-well population. The theoretical basis of Rational Behavior Training is illustrated in eight case histories, each typifying a different kind of mental and emotional malaise. These include depression, anxiety, phobia, impotence, hostility, and kleptomania. The book describes this method as being particularly well suited to application in community mental health centers, where emphasis is placed on keeping the patient ambulatory and in touch with his normal environmental. It suggests common denominators in the therapeutic approach of all self-help movements, including those organized by patients and ex-patients with or without help from professionals, indicating that all such movements represent a strong orientation by patients toward getting in touch with reality, toward self-reliance in treatment, and toward the assumption of responsibility for their own behavior.
language: English
title: Emotional Well-Being Through Rational Behavior Training
titlecomplete: Emotional Well-Being Through Rational Behavior Training
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Charles C. Thomas