Treatment of individuals with anger - control problems and aggressive behaviors
Subtitle: a clinical handbook
By: Donald Meichenbaum.
Publisher: Institute Press; Crown House Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Clearwater, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780969884019
Subjects: Anger; Aggressiveness; Anger; Aggression
Description: The ... emphasis [of this book is] on procedural guidelines ... The focus is on working with adults, although a life-span developmental perspective is offered in order to appreciate how angry and aggressive behaviors develop and to consider the implications for assessment and treatment ... Although the focus of the [book] is anger and aggressive behavior, many of the assessment and treatment strategies described ... could readily be applied to patients with other psychiatric disorders (anxiety, depression, impulse-control and Axis II disorders.).-Introd.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-400) and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature of anger; title: Developmental life-span perspective of aggressive behavior; title: Assessment; title: Introduction to treatment; title: Initial phase of cognitive behavioral treatment; title: Skills training phase; title: Generalization guidelines and application training.