Selecting Effective Treatments: A Comprehensive, Systematic Guide to Treating Mental Disorders, 4th Edition

by Seligman, Linda; Reichenberg, Lourie W.

• ISBN13: 9780470889008
• ISBN10: 0470889004
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A direct and personalized approach to helping practitioners and students understand the diagnostic criteria from the DSM-IV-TR, this book organizes the relevant current literature in the treatment of the major mental disorders into a carefully structured format that helps clinicians quickly assess the client and develop successful treatment plans. Thoroughly revised and updated, this guide includes expanded coverage of childhood disorders and grief, loss, and bereavement, as well as more information on treatment strategies for dual diagnosis.

Author Biography

Linda Seligman was a professor emerita of counseling and development at George Mason University. She authored fifteen books and was named Counselor Educator of the Year and Researcher of the Year by the American Mental Health Counselors Association. She died in 2007. Lourie W. Reichenberg is a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Falls Church, Virginia, where she also provides clinical supervision. She is currently at work on her fourth book.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction to Effective Treatment Planning	p. 1
Mental Disorders in Infants, Children, and Adolescents	p. 41
Situationally Precipitated Disorders and Conditions	p. 125
Mood Disorders	p. 149
Anxiety Disorders	p. 191
Disorders of Behavior and Impulse Control	p. 239
Disorders in Which Physical and Psychological Factors Combine	p. 319
Personality Disorders	p. 347
Disorders Involving Impairment in Awareness of Reality: Psychotic and Dissociative Disorders	p. 403
The Future of Diagnosis and Treatment Planning	p. 439
Appendix	p. 453
References	p. 461
About the Authors	p. 517
Author Index	p. 519
Subject Index	p. 547
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