Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders - 9781609186494

Leahy (psychology, Weill Cornell Medical College) et al. provide therapists and graduate students with cognitive-behavioral tools for treating the most common clinical problems encountered in outpatient mental health practice: depression, panic disorder and agoraphobia, generalized and social anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, specific phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. They include basic information on the conditions, step-by-step instructions for evidence-based assessment and intervention, assessment forms, a session-by-session treatment plan, sample symptoms, case examples, and guidance for writing reports and dealing with third-party payers. Included are 74 reproducible handouts, homework sheets, and therapist forms, also on the CD-ROM along with lists of interventions, session guidelines, and sample symptoms, goals, and interventions for use in writing treatment reports. This edition incorporates recent research on the etiology, life course, processes of change, models of intervention, and clinical strategies for each disorder; updated discussion of medication; new techniques that draw on cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches; expanded descriptions of basic behavioral and cognitive techniques; and many new forms. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)