Assessment
Jason M. Satterfield
in A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to the Beginning of the End of Life: Minding the Body, Facilitator Guide
To assist facilitators in selecting the tools to use with each client, this chapter lists major assessment categories and suggested intake instruments. It is recommended that a few ...
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Psychological Assessment and Therapy with Older Adults
Bob G. Knight and Nancy A. Pachana
Elderly people require some form of psychological support at some point in their later years. The types of problems faced by this population are quite distinct and often more complex than ...
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Quality of Life: Setting Goals and Looking Forward
Jason M. Satterfield
in Minding the Body: Workbook
Chapter 10 focuses on quality of life (QOL), and discusses palliative care and hospice, how to measure QOL, and set goals to improve your QOL. Medical care goals (advanced directives, ...
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Quality of Life: Setting Goals and Looking Forward
Jason M. Satterfield
in A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to the Beginning of the End of Life: Minding the Body, Facilitator Guide
Chapter 10 focuses on quality of life (QOL), and discusses palliative care and hospice, how to measure QOL, and set goals to improve your QOL. Medical care goals (advanced directives, ...
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Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding (2 ed.)
David Tolin, Randy O. Frost, and Gail Steketee
Hoarding is a behavioral problem consisting of clutter, difficulty discarding items, and excessive buying or acquiring. Hoarding is often associated with significant reduction in quality of ...
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Self-Management of Epilepsy
Janice M. Buelow and W. Henry Smithson
in Promoting Self-Management of Chronic Health Conditions: Theories and Practice
Epilepsy is a stigmatizing condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures that can restrict life choices, lead to a reduced quality of life, and psychological strain. ...
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Self-Management of Cancer
Amy Deckert and Gerald M. Devins
in Promoting Self-Management of Chronic Health Conditions: Theories and Practice
Cancer self-management aims to minimize the physical and psychosocial suffering that people can experience due to cancer and its treatment. The self-management of cancer is important in ...
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Treating Late Life Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach, Workbook
Larry W. Thompson, Leah Dick-Siskin, David W. Coon, David V. Powers, and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
This workbook is designed for your use as you work together with a therapist to overcome your depression. It contains information on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and how it can help ...
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Age-Related Issues That Affect CBT
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson and Larry W. Thompson
in Treating Late Life Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach, Therapist Guide
Specific client groups often require specific procedural changes to ensure that the CBT model is applied optimally to facilitate improvement in the client’s level of adjustment and quality ...
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CBT in advanced and terminal illness
Stirling Moorey and Steven Greer
in Oxford Guide to CBT for People with Cancer (2 ed.)
Chapter 14 explores CBT in advanced and terminal illness. This chapter considers some of the special issues that arise when treating patients with advanced disease, such as the ...
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Prognosis (Patient Outcomes)
W. Curt LaFrance Jr. and Jeffrey Peter Wincze
in Treating Nonepileptic Seizures: Therapist Guide
Although there is no way to predict outcome with any patient population, several patient characteristics appear to predict better results and prognosis. Drawing from clinical trial data and ...
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Proactive Coping and Quality of Life Management
Esther R. Greenglass
in Beyond Coping: Meeting Goals, Visions, and Challenges
Chapter 3 outlines proactive coping and quality-of-life management. It presents a brief history of coping in psychology, and discusses functions of coping, social support and stress, a ...
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Adolescent Well-Being: Building Young People’s Resources
Erica Frydenberg and Ramon Lewis
in Beyond Coping: Meeting Goals, Visions, and Challenges
This chapter considers the ways in which a theory of coping can be used as a platform from which to explore adolescent health and well-being. It outlines conceptualizations and models of ...
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Intervention
David R. Cox, Richard H. Cox, and Bruce Caplan
in Specialty Competencies in Rehabilitation Psychology
Chapter 9 discusses the role of the RP in interventions, which are fundamental and essential activities that increase the functioning of individuals with disabilities, enhance their quality ...
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Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational and behavior support interventions that work
James K. Luiselli, Dennis C. Russo, Walter P. Christian, and Susan M. Wilczynski (eds)
With contributors from a variety of disciplines this online resource presents a critical appraisal of current practice, emphasizing evidence-based procedures. By bringing together a diverse ...
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Children's Health and Illness Recovery Program (CHIRP): Teen and Family Workbook
Bryan D. Carter, William G. Kronenberger, and Eric L. Scott
Being a teenager with a chronic illness can be challenging. The symptoms of an illness, particularly pain and fatigue, can interfere with just being a normal teen. The Children’s Health and ...
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Measuring Progress
Dennis C. Daley and Antoine Douaihy
in Managing Substance Use Disorder: Practitioner Guide (3 edn)
Progress in recovery is measured according to the client’s goals. It is helpful for clients to periodically review their progress and check it against their goals. This helps clients see if ...
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Strategies for Balanced Living
Dennis C. Daley and Antoine Douaihy
in Managing Substance Use Disorder: Practitioner Guide (3 edn)
Achieving balance in life can protect clients from relapse. The more balanced and satisfying a client’s life is, the less the client needs to use substances to feel good, escape, gain ...
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Psychological issues affecting medical conditions
Bob G. Knight and Nancy A. Pachana
in Psychological Assessment and Therapy with Older Adults
Chapter 6 discusses psychological issues affecting medical conditions, their assessment (functional assessment, quality of life (QOL) assessment, assessment of pain), and psychotherapy with ...
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Screening and Assessment
Donald R. Nicholas
in Psychosocial Care of the Adult Cancer Patient: Evidence-Based Practice in Psycho-Oncology
Chapter 5 begins Part II of the book—psychosocial health services in psycho-oncology. It is organized in two parts, screening for psychosocial distress and assessment of psychosocial ...
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