Beyond Diagnosis: Case Formulation Approaches in CBT: Case Formulation Approach in CBT (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471975257 ISBN 13: 9780471975250

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

Case formulation is the analysis of individual problems or cases to reach a diagnosis that goes beyond the patient's symptoms to create an understanding of the underlying psychopathology. It aims to present a better guide to treatment than just diagnosis and problem categories. It offers practitioners a framework for analyzing cases and relates experimental evidence and scientific concepts of psychotherapy to patients' problems.

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Beyond Diagnosis Case Formulation Approaches in CBT Edited byMichael Bruch, University College London Medical School, UK andFrank W. Bond, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK Mostclinical psychologists and psychotherapists strive to plan andimplement treatment programmes suited to the individual needs oftheir clients. The challenge is to do so within an environment ofevidence–based managed care, for which the cognitive–behaviouralmodel seems well suited. The case formulation approach isincreasingly used and taught to meet this challenge. This uniquecollection of chapters by acknowledged experts is written with thetrainee and practitioner in mind, with the emphasis onunderstanding case formulation and its clinical application. Thereader will find that this book:
∗ Provides detailed examples of different, current approaches toCBT in the context of case formulation.
∗ Shows how six different types of psychological problems areconceptualised and treated from a case formulationperspective.
∗ Demonstrates how treatment manuals can be tailored to individualclient needs, a process that may well increase the efficacy of thetreatment manuals.
∗ Provides throughout many detailed, concrete examples of howclinicians can use CBT case formulations with their clients.
These clinical illustrations emphasise that approaches can bevariable and adaptable within the cognitive–behavioural framework.They are applicable to a wide variety of psychological problems,using individually tailored treatment programmes for the needs ofspecific clients. This book will help clinicians to use caseformulation approaches with their own clients. From the Foreword byIra Daniel Turkat: "The clinician who reads this book will begrateful for the very practical information offered . . Theultimate goal of clinical psychology should be to preventpsychopathology from occurring. To do so, we need to understandwhat causes these disorders in the first place and why theycontinue to be exhibited . by focusing on how to ′think′ aboutclinical phenomena, the following pages guide us down the rightpath."

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471975257
• ISBN 13: 9780471975250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Bruch Michael, Bond Frank W.