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The last two decades have seen unprecedented increases in health care costs and, at the same time, encouraging progress in psychotherapy research.

In May 1986, the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) established a task force on the right to effective behavioral treatment. Impetus for this project came in part from the controversy over the use of aversive procedures, which some held had no place in treatment and, with evolution of the treatment process, were no longer necessary.

The cognitive mediational activities of the client have received special attention, and this book presents the conceptual, methodological, and clinical issues in contemporary cognitive behavior therapy with children.

Applications in new fields, as for instance the structure of atomic clusters and the marriage of density functional theory with molecular dynamics and simulated annealing, have provided additional impetus to the field of density functional theory.

Following the publication of the Handbook of the Brief Psychotherapies (Wells & Giannetti, 1990), the editors began to conceptualize the idea of a collection of case studies encompassing a number of the commonly en countered clinical problems that have been treated with such ap proaches.

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Erice, Sicily, Italy, June 15--29, 1989

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held on the island of Kos, Greece, October 9-21, 1988

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Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, August 1-13, 1994

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, August 4-17, 1997

Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in Turin, Italy, October 16-20, 1989

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Details the psychodynamically-oriented inpatient treatment of 90 young adults suffering from severe mental illness. This book documents the nuances of changing troubled behavior, describes behaviors which predict future positive behavioral change, and provides a sophisticated technique to document change.

A host of special methodological issues arise in any discussion of research on human behavior. The text evaluates specific strategies and techniques used in laboratory settings, including - reinforcement and punishment - stimulus control - behavioral pharmacology - and methodologies concerning verbal and social behavior, among others.

Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in Vimeiro, Portugal, May 11-15, 1992

It is well known that behavior problems are a salient characteristic of children and adults with mental retardation. It is equally well known that the principal form of treatment accorded clients with mental retardation and behavior disorders is pharmacotherapy or the prescrip tion of behavior modifying drugs.

A useful tool for practitioners, researchers, theorists, and advanced students, Handbook of Sexual Assault analyzes the nature and extent of the problem of sexual offending and classifies the types of offenders according to an empirically developed system.

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, August 13--25, 1990

Proceedings of NATO Science Forum '90 Highlights of the Eighties and Future Prospects in Condensed Matter Physics held in Biarritz, France, September 16-21, 1990

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Lyngby, Denmark, July 23-August 1, 1992

One of the most important practical problems in child psychology and psychia try is the differential diagnosis of emotional disorders. Understandably, this approach was controversial, and dissat isfaction with it led to the more recent knowledge that adult and child problems may be manifested quite differently.

The purpose of this volume is to present a critical evaluation of this field of inquiry through a detailed assessment of the theoretical perspectives, the methodological issues, and the substantive findings that have characterized family studies of psychopathology during the past several decades.

An important feature of the approach to the study of behavior that he championed, behavior analysis, is the intensive study of individual subjects over time. Introductory-level books devoted entirely to methods of applied behavior analysis (e.g., Kazdin, 1982;

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This volume, the first to specifically address the function of psychologists as practitioners and scientists in medical settings, presents a range of approaches to assessment and diagnostic practice rather than a litany of specific tools, diseases, or diagnostic problems.

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a survey of some of the major areas of clinical psychology. For some years I have felt the need for a book that provides students with more of a historical introduction and context from which to view current clinical psychology than is included in most textbooks.

During the past ten years, the problem of child abuse has been the subject of increased attention both in the professional community and among the general public.

This book developed out of the editors' longstanding interest in the retraining of traumatically brain-damaged adults and the management of their behavior by family members. A search for relevant experimental evidence to support the clinical use of behavioral principles for retrain­ ing, which began in 1977, turned up little empirical support. Moreover, the literature on retraining was dispersed among a variety of journals published in various countries. Nowhere was there a compendium of literature that addressed issues of assessment and retraining. There was no place to turn if one wanted to move from a standard neuropsy­ chological evaluation to the retraining of skill deficits revealed in the evaluation. We have attempted to edit a book that represents what we had hoped to find in the literature and could be used by professionals in clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation medicine, physical therapy, speech therapy, and other disciplines that address rehabilitation of brain-damaged adults-a book that addresses assess­ ment and rehabilitation issues and is sufficiently detailed to offer the reader a starting point in developing behavioral assessment and re­ habilitation programs. The book contains conceptual foundations, re­ views of research, descriptions of successful rehabilitation programs, and relatively detailed approaches to the retraining of specific skills. A shift from an assessment-based practice to one encompassing both prescriptive assessment and treatment has become a recognized transition in the neuropsychological literature and was best articulated in an article by Gerald Goldstein in March of 1979.

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Erice, Italy, held July 13-26, 1993