Treating Chronic and Severe Mental Disorders
Subtitle: A Handbook of Empirically Supported Interventions
Contributors: Stefan G. Hofmann (Editor); Martha C. Tompson (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: May 10, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9781572307650
Subjects: Abnormal psychology; Diseases & disorders; Psychotherapy; Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy - General; Psychopathology - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Psychoses; Treatment
First sentence: Cognitive-behavioral approaches to family therapy emerged more than 30 years ago, with a series of case reports of specific strategies demonstrated as having benefits for specific problems in childhood disorders, such as nocturnal enuresis, aggressive behavior, tantrums, autism, and learning deficits.