Problem-Solving Therapy,9780826114884

Problem-Solving Therapy

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780826114884
ISBN10: 0826114881
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-09-18
Publisher(s): Springer Pub Co
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Summary

Stony Brook Univ., NY. Presents advances in problem-solving therapy (PST). This edition features new research date on social problem solving and adjustment, new studies on the efficacy of PST, new social problem-solving models, For psychotherapists and researchers. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover. DNLM: Psychotherapy-methods.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures xi
Preface xiii
I. THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS
ONE Introduction and Historical Development
3(8)
Creativity Research
4(2)
The Positive Approach to Clinical Intervention
6(1)
Cognitive Processes and Self-Control in Behavior Therapy
7(1)
Richard Lazarus's Relational Model of Stress
8(1)
Summary
9(2)
TWO Social Problem-Solving Processes
11(10)
Definitions of Major Concepts
11(4)
Levels of Process Variables
15(3)
Relationship Between Social Problem Solving and Intelligence
18(1)
Training in Social Problem Solving
19(1)
Summary
19(2)
THREE A Five-Dimensional Model of Social Problem Solving
21(12)
Original Social Problem-Solving Model
21(3)
Revised Social Problem-Solving Model
24(7)
Summary
31(2)
FOUR Measures of Social Problem-Solving Ability
33(16)
Process Versus Outcome Measures
33(4)
Verbal Versus Observational Measures
37(2)
Major Social Problem-Solving Measures
39(4)
Other Problem-Solving Measures
43(4)
Summary
47(2)
FIVE Role of Emotions in Social Problem Solving
49(12)
Sources of Emotional Arousal
49(5)
Effects of Emotions on Problem Solving
54(6)
Summary
60(1)
SIX A Relational/Problem-Solving Model of Stress
61(12)
Lazarus's Relational Model
61(2)
The Relational/Problem Solving Model
63(4)
Clinical Assessment
67(1)
Empirical Support for the Relational/Problem-Solving Model
68(3)
Summary
71(2)
SEVEN Social Problem Solving and Adjustment
73(22)
Situational Coping and Behavioral Competence
73(2)
Positive Psychological Functioning
75(2)
General Psychological Distress
77(1)
Depression
77(3)
Anxiety
80(1)
Suicide
81(2)
Schizophrenia
83(1)
Addictive Disorders and Substance Abuse
84(1)
Offending Behavior
85(2)
Medical Populations and Health Behaviors
87(2)
Summary and Conclusions
89(6)
II. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
EIGHT Problem-Solving Training Manual
95(74)
Patient Manual
96(1)
Important Clinical Considerations
97(5)
Modules
102(47)
NINE Case Illustrations
149(1)
Case 1: Generalized Anxiety
149(6)
Case 2: Depression
155(6)
Case 3: Coping With Cancer
161(5)
Summary and Discussion
166(3)
TEN Outcome Studies
169(44)
Psychiatric and Schizophrenic Patients
170(2)
Depression
172(7)
Suicide and Suicidal Ideation
179(2)
Social Phobia
181(1)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
182(1)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
183(1)
Distressed Couples
183(1)
Parent-Child Problems
184(2)
Parent and Family Caregivers
186(1)
Primary Care Patients
187(1)
Persons With Mental Retardation
188(3)
Stress Management
191(1)
Ineffective Coping/Coping Enhancement
192(1)
Substance Abuse
192(1)
Offenders
193(3)
HIV/AIDS Prevention
196(1)
Obesity and Weight-Control Problems
196(2)
Medical Patients
198(9)
Summary and Conclusions
207(6)
ELEVEN Conclusions and Future Directions
213(8)
Social Problem Solving and Adjustment
213(3)
Problem-Solving Training/Therapy
216(3)
Concluding Comment
219(2)
References 221(26)
Index 247

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