HANDBOOK OF PRESCRIPTIVE TREATMENTS FOR ADULTS
Robert T. Hersen Mic Ammerman
Oprawa:
TWARDA
Wydawca:
Springer US
ISBN:
9780306446825
Opis produktu
This book could not have been conceptualized or published 20 years ago. Indeed it is doubtful that we could have organized the material for this handbook 10 years ago. Over the last 20 years however the painstaking efforts of many clinical researchers working with a variety of resistive psychopathologies have resulted in specific psychotherapies and pharmacotherapies that are effective with a significant propor tion of patients at least for some of the disorders. Much clinical research remains to be carried out in the forthcoming decades. But now that we are nearing the 21st century at least some statement about efficacy can be made. In 1967 Gordon Paul succinctly stated that the ultimate goal of treatment outcome research is to determine What treatment by whom is most effective for this individual with that specific problem and under which set of circumstances (p. 111). At that time empirical evaluations of psychosocial and pharmacologic treatments were few and far between. Methodological strategies for determining treatment effectiveness were also in the formative stage as exemplified by introduc tion of control groups that received inactive interventions (i. e. placebo) and the relatively recent practice of comparing two or more treatments in addition to placebo. In the almost three decades since Pauls oftquoted dictum both the quantity and the quality of treatment outcome research with adults have increasedThis book could not have been conceptualized or published 20 years ago. Indeed it is doubtful that we could have organized the material for this handbook 10 years ago. Over the last 20 years however the painstaking efforts of many clinical researchers working with a variety of resistive psychopathologies have resulted in specific psychotherapies and pharmacotherapies that are effective with a significant propor tion of patients at least for some of the disorders. Much clinical research remains to be carried out in the forthcoming decades. But now that we are nearing the 21st century at least some statement about efficacy can be made. In 1967 Gordon Paul succinctly stated that the ultimate goal of treatment outcome research is to determine What treatment by whom is most effective for this individual with that specific problem and under which set of circumstances (p. 111). At that time empirical evaluations of psychosocial and pharmacologic treatments were few and far between. Methodological strategies for determining treatment effectiveness were also in the formative stage as exemplified by introduc tion of control groups that received inactive interventions (i. e. placebo) and the relatively recent practice of comparing two or more treatments in addition to placebo. In the almost three decades since Pauls oftquoted dictum both the quantity and the quality of treatment outcome research with adults have increasedIntroduction: Overview of the Issues in Prescriptive Treatments (R. Acierno et al.). Specific Disorders: Dementia (B.H.Wymiary: 2730 gr 178 mm 254 mm
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