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The CBT handbook: cognitive behavioural therapy
- Author:
- EVANS-JONES Catherine
- Publisher:
- Speechmark
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 165p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
This book, and accompanying CD, aims to provide cognitive behavioural therapists with a comprehensive set of work sheets which they can photocopy and use with adult clients. As well as covering the basic techniques of CBT, it also contains worksheets specific to presenting problems, including: depression, panic, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, health anxiety, social anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, low self esteem, and sleep. Worksheets are considered essential tools in CBT. They record events and patterns, provide new information, and suggest new ways of thinking and acting. When and how to use a worksheet is determined by a number of factors: the formulation, the stage in therapy, the current focus of treatment, the reading and writing ability of the client and the wishes of the client. The use of worksheets in CBT is part of the ongoing learning process for both therapists and clients. The wide range of worksheets included in this resource cover all the key elements of recording and evaluating during therapy.
What about me? Siblings of children with an anxiety disorder
- Authors:
- DIA David A., HARRINGTON Donna
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 30(3), September 2006, pp.183-188.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article describes an exploratory American study aimed at examining the psychosocial functioning (that is, internalizing and externalizing behaviours) of children who have a sibling with an anxiety disorder. It was expected to find some of the sibling children suffering from an anxiety disorder because anxiety disorders tend to run in families. On the basis of the limited research available, gender, anxious child's diagnosis, length of treatment, inference in the family functioning, and parental history of mental health diagnosis were examined. More than half of the siblings without a mental health diagnosis had at least one elevated scale score suggesting the need for further assessment and possible treatment.
Children and young people with learning disabilities: understanding their mental health
- Author:
- BOND (Better Outcomes New Delivery)
- Publisher:
- BOND (Better Outcomes New Delivery)
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
This information pack provides a general introduction to mental health and mental wellbeing in children, before looking at mental health problems in children and young people with learning disabilities in more detail. Areas covered include identifying mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour and serious mental health problems; how to record concerns; who to talk to; and what to do in a crisis. A list of useful resources that can be used to help children are also included. (Original abstract)
Age at onset and clinical features of late life compulsive hoarding
- Authors:
- AYERS Catherine R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(2), February 2010, pp.142-149.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating disorder, yet little is known about its onset or clinical features. Hoarding symptoms often come to clinical attention with older patients. However, no prior study has examined whether elderly compulsive hoarders have early or late onset of hoarding symptoms, whether their hoarding symptoms are idiopathic or secondary to other conditions, or whether their symptoms are similar to compulsive hoarding symptoms seen in younger and middle-aged populations. This study determines the onset and clinical features of late life compulsive hoarding, including psychiatric and medical relationships. A group of 18 participants over 60 with clinically significant compulsive hoarding were assessed using structured interviews, including the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, and UCLA Hoarding Severity Scale. Self-report Measures Included the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Sheehan Disability Scale, and Savings Inventory-Revised. Psychosocial and medical histories were also obtained. Participants were asked to rate their hoarding symptoms and describe major life events that occurred during each decade of their lives. Results show that onset of compulsive hoarding symptoms was initially reported as being in mid-life but actually found to be in childhood or adolescence - no subjects reported late onset compulsive hoarding. Compulsive hoarding severity seemed to increase with each decade of life. Comorbid mood and anxiety disorders were common, but only 16% of patients met criteria for OCD. The vast majority of patients had never received treatment for hoarding behaviour. Older adults with compulsive hoarding were usually socially impaired and lived alone. In conclusion compulsive hoarding appears to be a progressive and chronic condition that begins early in life. Left untreated, its severity increases with age. Compulsive hoarding should be considered a distinct clinical syndrome, separate from OCD.
No panic
- Author:
- HAWKINS Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 11(1), 2006, pp.31-33.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
This article provides an overview of the development and work of 'No Panic', the National Organisation for Phobias, Anxiety Neuroses, Information and Care. The charity provides a helpline, recovery group courses, befriending groups and mentoring.
Kundalini yoga meditation techniques for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive and OC spectrum disorders
- Author:
- SHANNAHOFF-KHALSA David S.
- Journal article citation:
- Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 3(3), 2003, pp.369-382.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The use of Kundalini yoga (KY) meditation techniques for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are reviewed based on two published clinical trials. A specific meditation protocol has been subjected to uncontrolled conditions and to a comparison-control meditation group in a randomized matched-groups trial design. In addition to the long-term effects, the efficacy for short-term and rapid benefits are presented in a patient's own words for a single case history of a young woman with OCD, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and social anxiety disorder. Meditation techniques are described in detail for the original time-tested KY-OCD protocol, including a technique for managing fear and one for anger; also, additional techniques are included that are claimed by yogis to be effective for depression, anxiety, and a range of nervous disorders.
The effects of cross-system collaboration on mental health and substance abuse problems of detained youth
- Authors:
- JENSON Jeffrey M., POTTER Cathryn C.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 13(5), September 2003, pp.588-607.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This American study examined the effects of a collaborative intervention targeting 107 juvenile detainees with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems. Changes in mental health problems, substance use, and delinquency between pretest and 3-and 6-month follow-up were assessed. Three distinct clusters of detained youth characterised by varying levels of self-reported symptoms and behaviours across these three problem domains were included in a series of repeated measures analyses. Significant time effects were found for anxiety and depression and for the frequency of substance use and delinquency between pretest and 3- and 6-month follow-up. Significant time by cluster interactions were found for mental health problems of obsessive-compulsive behavior and interpersonal sensitivity and for property and drug-related offending. Concludes that cross-system collaboration among mental health, substance abuse, and juvenile justice systems is a promising approach for treating delinquent youth with co-occurring problem behaviors.
Psychiatric medications: a guide for mental health professionals
- Author:
- BENDER Kenneth J
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 142p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newbury Park, CA
Practical information on which mental health problems are affected by the use of medication, which drugs to use and when, how the medication works, common dosages, and side effects. Looks at drug use for relieving depression, anxiety disorders, managing schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorders. Includes a section on using medication to help cure drug addiction and alcoholism.
Clinical evidence: mental health; the international source of the best available evidence for effective mental health care
- Editor:
- GODLEE Fiona
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing,|Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 264p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is designed to make the best available evidence easily accessible to mental health practitioners, general practitioners and students. The content is maintains standards of rigorous quality control and ease of access to relevant evidence. For each of the following conditions the literature has been thoroughly searched, appraised and condensed into concise but comprehensive summaries: Alzheimer's disease, Anorexia nervosa, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, Bulimia nervosa, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Depression in children and adolescents, Depressive disorders, Generalised anxiety disorder, Obsessive compulsive disorder, Panic disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder, and Schizophrenia.
Pragmatic evaluation of computer-aided self-help for anxiety and depression
- Authors:
- MARKS Isaac M, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 183(7), July 2003, pp.57-65.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Most anxiety/depression is not effectively treated. This article is an open evaluation of a free clinic giving immediate computer-aided cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) self-help plus brief advice from a therapist. It examines the outcome of self-referrals who used one of four computer-aided CBT systems for depression, phobia/panic, general anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder. The equivalent of one full-time clinician managed 355 referrals over a year. Of the 266 who had a screening interview 79% were suitable. Completers and non-completers of computer-aided CBT had similar pre-treatment features, with very chronic, moderately severe problems. Completers of the computer-aided self-help had a mean total of an hour's live therapist support over 12 weeks. They improved significantly and clinically meaningfully with three of the four systems and felt 'fairly satisfied'. Improvement resembled that in controlled and other trials of computer-aided CBT. Computer-aided self-help is a 'clinician extender'that greatly cuts per-patient therapist time without impairing improvement. It could reduce the per-patient cost of CBT.