Social Skills Training for Psychiatric Patients (Psychology practitioner guidebooks)

Book by Liberman, Robert Paul, Derisi, William J., Mueser, Kim T.

Social Skills Training for Psychiatric Patients (Psychology Practitioner Guidebooks)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mueser, Kim T.

Liberman, Robert Paul

Derisi, William J.

Psychology & Counseling

Allyn&Bacon

Social Skills Training for Psychiatric Patients (Psychology Practitioners Guidebooks)

A unique treatment guide for mental health professionals working with families of seriously mentally ill patients. It has a flexible approach and is loaded with practical, hands-on help. The focus is on virtually all serious psychiatric disorders including bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia. Included are guidelines for engaging families in the overall treatment process; numerous case examples, clinical vignettes, and excerpts from actual therapy sessions to illustrate the points; many tables summarizing critical information in a handy, convenient manner; and extensive assessment materials. Each chapter that describes a basic treatment approach ends with a series of common questions asked by clinicians, and their answers. Family Therapists and Clinical Psychologists. A Longwood Professional Book.

Behavioral Family Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders

Glynn, Shirley M.

Parenting & Relationships

People who are the most likely to be traumatized and to develop PTSD are often the least likely to receive treatment. For example, individuals with serious mental illness, substance abuse, or a history of poverty; adolescents; ethnic minorities; and survivors of disasters or mass violence are all more vulnerable to traumatization than those in the general population. This book describes a flexible, low-stress, manualized program for treating PTSD in these individuals, who often have limited social support and resources and face multiple life challenges. The program emphasizes the use of cognitive restructuring to help clients recognize, challenge, and change negative and unhelpful thoughts and feelings related to their past traumatic experiences. The program is brief just 12 16 sessions and focuses on building lasting skills that can be applied to treating the aftereffects of past traumas, lessening the impact of ongoing stressors, and helping clients to more effectively manage their lives. The program is solidly based on research and clinical practice, with modifications to accommodate the unique challenges of special populations. In contrast to exposure-based treatments for PTSD, this treatment is designed to minimize stress and to help participants increase social supports during and following treatment. This accessible volume includes everything needed to implement the program, including session-by-session instructions, sample dialogues to demonstrate techniques, and user-friendly handouts and worksheets that can be photocopied and used in sessions. It will be useful to social workers, primary care providers, mental health counselors, clinical psychologists, addiction treatment providers, psychiatrists, and other helping professionals who interact with special populations and trauma victims.

Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Special Populations: A Cognitive Restructuring Program

Rosenberg, Stanley D.

Rosenberg, Harriet J.

Mental Health

Amer Psychological Assn

Disasters can be an unpredictable source of complex mental health issues. A mass casualty disaster occurs somewhere in the world on a near daily basis, and victims can have symptoms that persist over time. Cognitive behavior therapy for postdisaster distress (CBT-PD) is a transdiagnostic approach to the treatment of a range of distressing symptoms that might not meet criteria for a specific disorder. Over 12-13 sessions, the CBT-PD program provides psychoeducation about PTSD and the broad range of psychological reactions to a disaster, and teaches core skills that empower clients to take charge of their recovery: breathing retraining (to reduce hyper-arousal and anxiety), activity scheduling of pleasant and meaningful events (to reduce depression and avoidance of valued roles), and cognitive restructuring (to reduce negative feelings and change thoughts and beliefs that underlie persistent postdisaster reactions). Refined over twenty years of clinical practice, this research-based approach is associated with significant reductions in PTSD and other distressing symptoms. This practical guide includes therapist scripts and client vignettes, and over two dozen and worksheets that mental health providers can use with their clients.

Treatment for Postdisaster Distress: A Transdiagnostic Approach

Hamblen, Jessica L.

American Psychological Association

Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Serious Mental Illness: The Cognitive Restructuring Program

Gottlieb, Jennifer D

Cognitive Remediation for Successful Employment and Psychiatric Recovery: The Thinking Skills for Work Program

Product Description 
From leading developers of psychosocial treatments for people with severe mental illnesses, this manual presents a research-based program proven to help participants acquire and sustain meaningful employment. Thinking Skills for Work (TSW) integrates self-management strategies and computer-based cognitive training exercises to enhance clients' capacities in such key areas as attention, memory, planning, and organization. Individualized Action Plans offer targeted support for getting a job, performing optimally on the job, mastering specific tasks and routines, and overcoming interpersonal challenges. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes rich case illustrations and extensive reproducible handouts. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the handouts, as well as supplemental assessment forms and a Guide to TSW Computer-Based Training. 
 Review 
"This book shows how we can enhance natural recovery by boosting cognitive functions. Cognitive impairment precedes onset of psychiatric illness and is a primary cause of functional impairments. Recovery is learning--and this is especially true in the workplace. This book should be read by all clinicians, rehabilitation specialists, and others who advocate for and support people with mental illness. The authors offer the research background, methods, and specific techniques of cognitive training and cognitive management that lead to success at work. Complete with materials for implementation, this book has everything needed to start using TSW. It is a guide for better learning, greater productivity, and a more fulfilling life for people in recovery."--Morris D. Bell, PhD, Department of Psychiatry (Emeritus), Yale University School of Medicine; Senior Research Career Scientist, VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service\n"This book brings TSW--an innovative program to help individuals struggling with the challenges of mental illness--to life. It is extraordinary for many reasons. The book is accessible, clearly written, and replete with numerous tools and examples. Most of all, it describes a program that enables individuals disadvantaged by mental illness and cognitive difficulties to meet their life goals of working."--Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH, Edna L. Edison Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons\n"This book is important for health professionals who are interested in rehabilitation and recovery--and for their clients with mental health problems who really want to return to some form of work. The authors show how cognitive difficulties affect work, and, importantly, they describe how we can improve both work prospects and job functioning through enhancing cognitive processing. They also describe ways that therapeutic or coaching support can boost the effects of work rehabilitation services. Describing the TSW program in detail, the book is informative for clinicians at all levels of experience."--Dame Til Wykes, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London, United Kingdom 
 About the Author 
Susan R. McGurk, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University, where she is a faculty member at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. She is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist whose research focuses on the assessment and enhancement of cognitive and psychosocial functioning in people with severe mental illness. Dr. McGurk has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals. She is a recipient of the Gerard E. Hogarty Excellence in Schizophrenia Research Memorial Award from the University of Pittsburgh and the Rehabilitation Practitioner of Distinction Award from the National Rehabilitation Association for her pioneering work on cognitive remediation and employment in schizophrenia.\nKim T. Mueser, PhD, is

McGurk, Susan R.

The Guilford Press

From leading developers of psychosocial treatments for people with severe mental illnesses, this manual presents a research-based program proven to help participants acquire and sustain meaningful employment. Thinking Skills for Work (TSW) integrates self-management strategies and computer-based cognitive training exercises to enhance clients' capacities in such key areas as attention, memory, planning, and organization. Individualized Action Plans offer targeted support for getting a job, performing optimally on the job, mastering specific tasks and routines, and overcoming interpersonal challenges. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes rich case illustrations and extensive reproducible handouts. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the handouts, as well as supplemental assessment forms and a Guide to TSW Computer-Based Training.

Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia: A Step-by-Step Guide

Bellack, Alan S.

Agresta, Julie

Gingerich, Susan

Fulford, Daniel

The authoritative presentation of social skills training (SST)--a highly effective, recovery-oriented intervention for people with serious mental illness--the third edition of this complete manual has been significantly revised with over 60% new material. SST can be implemented by a range of providers in diverse clinical and community settings. In a convenient large-size format, the book is packed with practical tools, including clinical vignettes, dialogues, reproducible curricula (Skill Sheets) for 84 skills, guidance for selecting skills to teach based on participants' needs, and tips for overcoming roadblocks. Purchasers get access to a companion website with downloadable copies of the Skill Sheets as well as online-only resources: 84 Social Skill Handouts for clients and 17 assessment forms and other tools for conducting SST groups.&nbsp; New to This Edition *Chapters on specific populations: SST with young people with high clinical risk or first-episode psychosis, older individuals, and those in residential or inpatient settings.&nbsp; *Chapters on cultural factors in SST; gender, sexual identity, and sexual harassment; and technology-based communication. *Three additional curricular areas--technology-based communication, school, and problem solving--for a total of 26 more skills than the prior edition. *Many new reproducible and downloadable tools.&nbsp;

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