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

by L'Abate; Luciano

• ISBN13: 9780789015945
• ISBN10: 0789015943
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-07-07
• 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	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Foreword	p. xix
Preface	p. xxiii
Introduction
The Role of Workbooks in the Delivery of Mental Health Services in Prevention, Psychotherapy, and Rehabilitation	p. 3
The Status of Mental Health Needs in the United States	p. 7
The Status of Individual Psychotherapy	p. 9
Toward an Increasing Formalization of Psychological Interventions	p. 12
Implications of an Increasing Trend in Formalization	p. 19
Differences Between Clinical Practice and Research	p. 21
Workbooks in Current Psychological Literature	p. 27
Overview of Workbook Administration	p. 31
Toward a Classification of Writing	p. 33
Toward a Classification of Workbooks	p. 35
Advantages of Workbooks	p. 39
Metafunctions of Workbooks	p. 45
Disadvantages and Dangers of Workbook Administration	p. 46
Testing Theories Through Workbooks	p. 47
On the Nature of Evidence to Support Workbook and Structured Computer-Assisted Interventions	p. 49
Importance of Evaluation and Informed Consent for Workbook Administration	p. 50
Successive Sieves and Stepped Treatment in the Delivery of Mental Health Services	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 52
Systematically Written Homework Assignments: The Case for Homework-Based Treatment	p. 65
Professional Antecedents of Systematically Written Homework Assignments	p. 65
Workbooks As Extensions of Existing Knowledge	p. 69
Bridging the Semantic Gap	p. 72
Research with SWHAs	p. 75
A Meta-Analysis of Workbook Effectiveness	p. 92
Professional Implications	p. 93
Conclusion	p. 96
Individuals
Dementia, Depression, and Workbooks: A Personal Odyssey	p. 105
The Problem of Depression	p. 106
Completing Personal Assignments for Depression	p. 109
Conclusion	p. 113
Life-Challenging Conditions and Helpers	p. 115
Description of Workbooks	p. 116
Workbook for People Who Have a Life-Challenging Disease	p. 117
Workbook for Caregivers	p. 120
Workbook for Grieving	p. 123
Results from a Brief Survey	p. 124
Susan and Bill: A Case Study	p. 126
Implications and Conclusions	p. 127
Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy: A Stage-Specific Workbook Approach	p. 129
Rationale and Background for the Creation and Development of the Workbook	p. 129
Description of the Workbook	p. 131
Administering the Workbook	p. 131
The Stage-Specific Schema Inventory	p. 132
Implications for the Role of Workbooks in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy	p. 133
Implications of the Present and Future Use of Workbooks in Mental Health Interventions	p. 134
A Sample Assignment from the 3S Workbook--Crisis Three, Initiative versus Guilt	p. 135
Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women's Workbook	p. 141
Description of Workbook	p. 141
Results of Workbook Administration	p. 146
Clients' Comments Concerning Workbook Utilization	p. 147
The Role of Workbooks in Prevention	p. 151
Implications for Using the Workbook in Practice	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 156
Workbooks for Individuals with Gambling Problems: Promoting the Natural Recovery Process Through Brief Intervention	p. 159
Recovery from Problem Gambling	p. 160
Natural versus Treatment-Assisted Recovery	p. 161
Applying the Stepped Care Model to Problem Gambling	p. 162
Self-Help Workbooks in Addictions	p. 164
Developing a Self-Help Workbook for Problem Gamblers	p. 164
Clinical Trial	p. 166
Conclusion	p. 170
The Wheel of Wisdom with Depressed Inpatients	p. 173
Objectives and Research Hypothesis	p. 174
Scriptotherapy	p. 174
The Technique	p. 175
Method and Experimental Procedure	p. 176
Analysis and Description of the Sample	p. 177
Analysis of Results	p. 178
Discussion and Conclusions	p. 186
Substance Abuse in Women: An Empirical Evaluation of a Manualized Cognitive-Behavioral Protocol	p. 191
Description of the Manualized Cognitive-Behavioral Protocol	p. 192
Clinical Efficacy of CBT Workbooks with Female Substance Abusers	p. 194
Conclusion	p. 202
Workbooks and Psychotherapy with Incarcerated Felons: Replication of Research in Progress	p. 205
Benefits of Writing in Interventions with Felons	p. 205
Felon Writers and Emotionality	p. 206
Continuing Research in Progress: Rehabilitation Program Using Programmed Distance Writing	p. 208
Conclusion	p. 212
Couples
Marriage Preparation and Maintenance	p. 217
Historical and Cultural Context for Marriage Preparation and Maintenance	p. 217
Strategies for Intervention	p. 219
A Program of Marriage Preparation and Maintenance	p. 222
Workbooks for Marriage Preparation	p. 228
Workbooks for Marriage Maintenance	p. 231
Evaluation of the Educational Process	p. 232
Conclusion	p. 239
Homework in Couple Therapy: A Review and Evaluation of Available Workbooks	p. 247
Defining Homework	p. 247
Clinical Issues in Homework with Couples	p. 248
Research Basis of Homework with Couples	p. 250
Workbooks for Use with Couples	p. 251
Special Considerations	p. 261
Intimacy in Couples: Evaluating a Workbook	p. 265
Contextual Considerations	p. 266
The Early Couple Relationship	p. 266
Research with Structured Interventions	p. 268
Intervention: An Intimacy Workbook	p. 272
Discussion and Summary	p. 276
Families
Manualized Treatment for School-Refusal Behavior in Youth	p. 283
Rationale for the Creation and Development of a Therapist Guide and Parent Workbook	p. 284
Description of the Therapist Guide and Parent Workbook	p. 285
Research Evidence	p. 293
Case Studies	p. 294
Predictions About the Future of Manuals and Workbooks in Mental Health Interventions	p. 298
Conclusion	p. 299
A Review of Workbooks and Related Literature on Eating Disorders	p. 301
Introduction	p. 301
Descriptions of Workbooks and Related Research	p. 307
Conclusion	p. 319
Couples with a Handicapped Child: Experiencing Intimacy	p. 327
Contextual Considerations	p. 328
Clinical Considerations: Family Resources and the Impact of Disability	p. 328
Intervention Modality: Psychoeducational Counseling and Workbooks	p. 329
Research with Structured Interventions	p. 332
Intervention: An Intimacy Workbook	p. 334
Representative Case Studies	p. 336
Discussion and Summary	p. 343
Conclusion
The Status and Future of Workbooks in Mental Health: Concluding Commentary	p. 351
Introduction	p. 351
Unstructured versus Structured Interventions	p. 354
Questions About Programmed Distance Writing	p. 355
Epidemiological Implications of Workbooks	p. 357
A Research Agenda for Workbooks	p. 359
Psychotherapy and Workbook-Based Interventions	p. 365
Conclusion	p. 369
Survey Questionnaire: Participant Satisfaction with Workbooks	p. 375
Index	p. 381
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