Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders: A Step by Step Treatment Manual

About the Course

First published in 1985, this comprehensive and thoroughly updated clinical handbook, now in its fifth edition, serves as an up to date and authoritative step by step treatment manual for mental health practitioners. This new edition continues to represent a distinct departure from other books containing reviews of advances in the treatment of psychological disorders from the perspective of evidence-based practice. This clinical reference and widely adopted text is recognized as the premier guide to understanding and treating frequently encountered psychological disorders in adults. Showcasing evidence-based psychotherapy models, the volume addresses the most pressing question asked by students and practitioners—“How do I do it?” Leading authorities present state-of-the-art information on each clinical problem and explain the conceptual and empirical bases of their respective therapeutic approaches. Procedures for assessment, case formulation, treatment planning, and intervention are described in detail. Extended case examples with session transcripts illustrate each component of treatment.

This course is based on the book, Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders: A Step by Step Treatment Manual created by David H. Barlow in 2014.

Journal/Publisher

The Guilford Press

Publication Date

Fifth Edition, 2014

Course Material Author

Course Creator

Recommended For

Mental health practioners engaged in individual and/or group therapy.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

1. Identify and describe the nature of panic and agoraphobia and their features, historical treatments, maintenance factors, treatment variables, as well as the components and overall efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, especially as illustrated in the chapter case studies.
2. Identify and describe the symptom criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder, the theoretical models for PTSD, approaches to the assessment of this condition, and the types of therapy for PTSD as described in the case study descriptions.
3. Describe the impact of social anxiety disorder and avoidant personality disorder on overall functioning, identify the subtypes of these disorders, summarize the treatment outcome literature and describe the treatment rationale from a cognitive-behavioral prespective, including treatment related variables, pre-treatment assessment, and treatment principles/logistics provided in the text and included in chapter case studies.
4. Define and describe obsessive-compulsive disorder including its prevalence, course, comorbidity, and diagnostic challenges related to differential diagnosis. Describe salient features of cognitive and behavioral models for the acquisition and maintenance of fear and avoidant behavior, the varied aspects of treatment, including complications during behavioral treatment.
5. Recognize and apply the principles of acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorders, including the role of concurrent pharmacological treatments, clinical assessment, and treatment elements.
6. Identify and describe the stated rational, treatment variables, approach to assessment, and treatment components set forth in the eight treatment modules that comprise a unified transdiagnostic protocol for emotional disorders.
7. Recognize and apply reported research on cognitive therapy for depression and relapse prevention, the cognitive model for depression, schema theory, patient-therapist collaboration, the cognitive therapy process, interpersonal psychotherapy for depression as well as behavioral activation for depression.
8. Identify and describe the various treatment approaches presented in this chapter, emphasizing dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the evidence for DBT, stages of DBT therapy, the structuring of this treatment, and the DBT strategies provided herein.
9. Recognize and describe the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder, the role of drug treatment in the stabilization of this disorder, the vulnerability-stress model of recurrence, and the results of treatment outcome studies. Describe the context of therapy for this disorder, along with the process of pretreatment assessment as well as the treatment process itself.
10. Identify and describe the development and application of cognitive behavioral therapy for schizophrenia, including; the research evidence, theoretical advances, basic clinical principles, condition background and associated factors, the context of therapy, the Manchester Model of cognitive behavioral therapy and relapse prevention.
11. Recognize and describe salient aspects concerning the definition and diagnosis of alcohol and drug use disorders, theoretical models for these disorders, assessment techniques, and treatment methods as described in this text.
12. Recognize and describe aspects of an evidence-based relationship and responsiveness for depression and substance abuse, including an overview of the author's approach, research evidence as to efficacy, and application of the approach in terms of the various treatment formats and aspects.
13. Define and describe the process of human sleep, disorders related to sleep, diagnostic and theoretical considerations regarding these disorders, and the basis for delivering cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia.
14. Describe the psychopathology of the eating disorders, the mechanisms that cause them, and the use of transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral treatment designed to disrupt these mechanisms.
15. Describe and compare traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT) with integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT) in terms of treatment outcomes, focus, and application of therapy. Identify and describe the IBCT view of concerning the etiology of couple distress, its approach to assessment and treatment, and evidence for efficacy.

Availability

This course is available starting Sep 23rd, 2016 and expires Dec 30th, 2021