Clinical Psychology

behavioral marital therapy (Jacobson & Margolin, 1979; Stuart, 1980; Weiss, Hops, & Patterson, 1973) and emotionally foc ...

four steps involve assessment of the couple and attempts to interrupt the cycle of negative interac- tions. The next three steps ...

in a particular family member. Baucom, Shoham, Mueser, Daiuto, and Stickle (1998) report that fam- ily treatment appears to be h ...

CHAPTER SUMMARY Over the years, group, family, and couples therapies have become more viable treatment options. Group therapy de ...

contingency contractingIn BMT, a technique in which spouses are trained to modify their own behavior to bring about a specific d ...

support-understanding techniquesIn BMT, techniques that aim to increase partners’positive feelings, positive behaviors, and the ...

PARTIV Specialties in Clinical Psychology 16 Community Psychology 17 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 18 Neuropsycholog ...

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16 Community Psychology FOCUS QUESTIONS What is unique about a community psychology perspective? What historical factors contri ...

F or well over 100 years, the helping professions have sought to alleviate psychological prob- lems by one form of therapy or an ...

problems (Zax & Specter, 1974). Rappaport (1977) characterized community psychology in terms of a perspective rather than to ...

Shortly after this conference, the Division of Community Psychology (alsocalledtheSocietyfor Community Research and Action) was ...

about this time to markedly reduce the population of mental hospitals: the advent of psychotropic medications and a more liberal ...

of the early childhood determinants of people’s person- alities. The emotional problems of large numbers of people may be influe ...

First, at the level of theindividual,community psychologists study the relationships between indi- viduals and their environment ...

the role of prevention as paramount. This implied early detection and work with schools, police departments, social service agen ...

lunch programs. Box 16-4 presents the results of a recent meta-analysis evaluating the efficacy of pri- mary prevention mental h ...

IOM’s conceptualization of the intervention spec- trum for mental disorders. Prevention Research. Planning, developing, and eval ...

by the program must be clearly specified, along with its prevalence, incidence, and costs to society. Next, risk and protective ...

BOX16-3 Focus on Clinical Applications: The JOBS Program Loss of employment can lead to a number of problems, including depressi ...