Using Workbooks in Mental Health: Resources in Prevention, Psychotherapy, and Rehabilitation for Clinicians and Researchers

by L'Abate; Luciano

• ISBN13: 9780789015938
• ISBN10: 0789015935
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The use of workbooks in therapy might represent one of the biggest breakthroughs that has occurred in decades. Using Workbooks in Mental Health: Resources in Prevention, Psychotherapy, and Rehabilitation for Clinicians and Researchers examines the effectiveness of mental health workbooks designed to address problems ranging from dementia and depression to addiction, spousal abuse, eating disorders, and more. Compiled by Dr. Luciano L'Abate, a leading authority on mental health workbooks, this resource will help clinicians and researchers become aware of the supportive evidence for the use of workbooks. Using Workbooks in Mental Health examines workbooks designed to specifically help: clients affected by dementia or depression abused women gambling addicts women who have substance-abuse addictions incarcerated felons couples preparing for marriage children with school refusal disorder and more! An essential reference for mental health professionals, graduate students, administrators, and researchers, Using Workbooks in Mental Health also explores the role of workbooks in psychological intervention over the past decade. Although workbooks are not yet part of the mainstream of psychological intervention, they are growing in popularity as their many advantages are recognized. They are easy to use by almost any client, they are cost-effective to both therapist and client in terms of money and time, they provide therapists with written assignments to use as homework for individuals, couples, and families, and they can be used in any setting, especially in computer-assisted offline or online interventions. In addition, this book shows how workbooks can be used to administer therapy to previously unreachable clients such as: people who are reluctant to talk to an authoritative figure or a stranger people who cannot afford face-to-face treatments incarcerated offenders who have not been helped by talk therapies Internet users who are searching for help via computer rather than in person

Table of Contents

About the Editor	xiii
Contributors	xv
Foreword	xix
James W. Pennebaker
Preface	xxiii
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. The Role of Workbooks in the Delivery of Mental Health Services in Prevention, Psychotherapy, and Rehabilitation	3	(62)
Luciano L'Abate
The Status of Mental Health Needs in the United States	7	(2)
The Status of Individual Psychotherapy	9	(3)
Toward an Increasing Formalization of Psychological Interventions	12	(7)
Implications of an Increasing Trend in Formalization	19	(2)
Differences Between Clinical Practice and Research	21	(6)
Workbooks in Current Psychological Literature	27	(4)
Overview of Workbook Administration	31	(2)
Toward a Classification of Writing	33	(2)
Toward a Classification of Workbooks	35	(4)
Advantages of Workbooks	39	(6)
Metafunctions of Workbooks	45	(1)
Disadvantages and Dangers of Workbook Administration	46	(1)
Testing Theories Through Workbooks	47	(2)
On the Nature of Evidence to Support Workbook and Structured Computer-Assisted Interventions	49	(1)
Importance of Evaluation and Informed Consent for Workbook Administration	50	(1)
Successive Sieves and Stepped Treatment in the Delivery of Mental Health Services	51	(1)
Conclusion	52	(13)
Chapter 2. Systematically Written Homework Assignments: The Case for Homework-Based Treatment	65	(40)
Luciano L'Abate
Professional Antecedents of Systematically Written Homework Assignments	65	(4)
Workbooks As Extensions of Existing Knowledge	69	(3)
Bridging the Semantic Gap	72	(3)
Research with SWHAs	75	(17)
A Meta-Analysis of Workbook Effectiveness	92	(1)
Professional Implications	93	(3)
Conclusion	96	(9)
SECTION II: INDIVIDUALS
Chapter 3. Dementia, Depression, and Workbooks: A Personal Odyssey	105	(10)
Everett Gorman
The Problem of Depression	106	(3)
Completing Personal Assignments for Depression	109	(4)
Conclusion	113	(2)
Chapter 4. Life-Challenging Conditions and Helpers	115	(14)
Rubin Battino
Description of Workbooks	116	(1)
Workbook for People Who Have a Life-Challenging Disease	117	(3)
Workbook for Caregivers	120	(3)
Workbook for Grieving	123	(1)
Results from a Brief Survey	124	(2)
Susan and Bill: A Case Study	126	(1)
Implications and Conclusions	127	(2)
Chapter 5. Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy: A Stage-Specific Workbook Approach	129	(12)
Demián F. Goldstein
Rationale and Background for the Creation and Development of the Workbook	129	(2)
Description of the Workbook	131	(1)
Administering the Workbook	131	(1)
The Stage-Specific Schema Inventory	132	(1)
Implications for the Role of Workbooks in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy	133	(1)
Implications of the Present and Future Use of Workbooks in Mental Health Interventions	134	(1)
Appendix: A Sample Assignment from the 3S Workbook-Crisis Three, Initiative versus Guilt	135	(6)
Chapter 6. Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women's Workbook	141	(18)
Ellen Arledge
Joselvn Y. Barsfield
Caroline L. Mitchell
Emily Moody
Carolina J. Quesada
Description of Workbook	141	(5)
Results of Workbook Administration	146	(1)
Clients' Comments Concerning Workbook Utilization	147	(4)
The Role of Workbooks in Prevention	151	(5)
Implications for Using the Workbook in Practice	156	(1)
Conclusion	156	(3)
Chapter 7. Workbooks for Individuals with Gambling Problems: Promoting the Natural Recovery Process Through Brief Intervention	159	(14)
David C. Hodgins
Recovery from Problem Gambling	160	(1)
Natural versus Treatment-Assisted Recovery	161	(1)
Applying the Stepped Care Model to Problem Gambling	162	(2)
Self-Help Workbooks in Addictions	164	(1)
Developing a Self-Help Workbook for Problem Gamblers	164	(2)
Clinical Trial	166	(4)
Conclusion	170	(3)
Chapter 8. The Wheel of Wisdom with Depressed Inpatients	173	(18)
Piero De Giacomo
Marco Storelli
Andrea De Giacomo
Caterina Tarquinio
Giovanni Carrieri
Odilia Mele
Massimiliano Morreale
Francesco Vaira
Objectives and Research Hypothesis	174	(1)
Scriptotherapy	174	(1)
The Technique	175	(1)
Method and Experimental Procedure	176	(1)
Analysis and Description of the Sample	177	(1)
Analysis of Results	178	(8)
Discussion and Conclusions	186	(5)
Chapter 9. Substance Abuse in Women: An Empirical Evaluation of a Manualized Cognitive-Behavioral Protocol	191	(14)
Terry Michael McClanahan
Description of the Manualized Cognitive-Behavioral Protocol	192	(2)
Clinical Efficacy of CBT Workbooks with Female Substance Abusers	194	(8)
Conclusion	202	(3)
Chapter 10. Workbooks and Psychotherapy with Incarcerated Felons: Replication of Research in Progress	205	(12)
Oliver McMahan
John Arias
Benefits of Writing in Interventions with Felons	205	(1)
Felon Writers and Emotionality	206	(2)
Continuing Research in Progress: Rehabilitation Program Using Programmed Distance Writing	208	(4)
Conclusion	212	(5)
SECTION III: COUPLES
Chapter 11. Marriage Preparation and Maintenance	217	(30)
Mario Cusinato
Historical and Cultural Context for Marriage Preparation and Maintenance	217	(2)
Strategies for Intervention	219	(3)
A Program of Marriage Preparation and Maintenance	222	(6)
Workbooks for Marriage Preparation	228	(3)
Workbooks for Marriage Maintenance	231	(1)
Evaluation of the Educational Process	232	(7)
Conclusion	239	(8)
Chapter 12. Homework in Couple Therapy: A Review and Evaluation of Available Workbooks	247	(18)
Krista S. Gattis
Mia Sevier
Andrew Christensen
Defining Homework	247	(1)
Clinical Issues in Homework with Couples	248	(2)
Research Basis of Homework with Couples	250	(1)
Workbooks for Use with Couples	251	(10)
Special Considerations	261	(4)
Chapter 13. Intimacy in Couples: Evaluating a Workbook	265	(18)
Eleonora Maino
Contextual Considerations	266	(1)
The Early Couple Relationship	266	(2)
Research with Structured Interventions	268	(4)
Intervention: An Intimacy Workbook	272	(4)
Discussion and Summary	276	(7)
SECTION IV: FAMILIES
Chapter 14. Manualized Treatment for School-Refusal Behavior in Youth	283	(18)
Christopher A. Kearney
Krisann M. Alvarez
Rationale for the Creation and Development of a Therapist Guide and Parent Workbook	284	(1)
Description of the Therapist Guide and Parent Workbook	285	(8)
Research Evidence	293	(1)
Case Studies	294	(4)
Predictions About the Future of Manuals and Workbooks in Mental Health Interventions	298	(1)
Conclusion	299	(2)
Chapter 15. A Review of Workbooks and Related Literature on Eating Disorders	301	(26)
Katherine J. Miller
Introduction	301	(6)
Descriptions of Workbooks and Related Research	307	(12)
Conclusion	319	(8)
Chapter 16. Couples with a Handicapped Child: Experiencing Intimacy	327	(24)
Eleonora Maino
Silvia Pasinato
Donatella Fara
Umberto Talpone
Massimo Molteni
Contextual Considerations	328	(1)
Clinical Considerations: Family Resources and the Impact of Disability	328	(1)
Intervention Modality: Psychoeducational Counseling and Workbooks	329	(3)
Research with Structured Interventions	332	(2)
Intervention: An Intimacy Workbook	334	(2)
Representative Case Studies	336	(7)
Discussion and Summary	343	(8)
SECTION V: CONCLUSION
Chapter 17. The Status and Future of Workbooks in Mental Health: Concluding Commentary	351	(24)
Luciano L'Abate
Lorna L. Hecker
Introduction	351	(3)
Unstructured versus Structured Interventions	354	(1)
Questions About Programmed Distance Writing	355	(2)
Epidemiological Implications of Workbooks	357	(2)
A Research Agenda for Workbooks	359	(6)
Psychotherapy and Workbook-Based Interventions	365	(4)
Conclusion	369	(6)
Appendix. Survey Questionnaire: Participant Satisfaction with Workbooks	375	(6)
Index	381