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Amazon.com Books: cognitive disorders
Symptoms of personality disorders may seem to differ widely, but all personality disorders are characterized by entrenched patterns of thinking and behavior. Chances are, if you have a personality disorder, you face feelings of uncertainty about your future and experience ongoing conflicts with your loved ones every day. These patterns may seem impossible to change, but if you're ready to overcome your symptoms and create a more balanced life, you can. The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook for Personality Disorders is packed with exercises and worksheets that enable you to put an end to the self-defeating thoughts that hold you back. Based in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), a proven-effective treatment for personality disorders, this workbook can help you reconnect with life by teaching you a set of key skills for overcoming difficulties associated with the eleven most common personality disorders. You'll learn stress reduction, relaxation, and emotion regulation techniques, and how best to communicate and cope with others while keeping your personality-disorder-related behaviors in check. Author: Jeffrey Wood Psy.D. Paperback: 224 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications (2010-05-01) ISBN: 1572246480 List Price: $21.95 Amazon Price: $13.90 Used Price: $12.30 
Author: Jeffrey E. YoungPaperback: 83 pages Company: Professional Resource Exchange (1999-03-01) ISBN: 1568870477 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $10.75 Used Price: $4.84 
This innovative book is destined to become the definitive core text for graduate courses covering cognitively based communicative disorders. Designed to fill a gap in the existing market, for the first time, instructors will have a resource that provides current state of knowledge on the normal cognitive processes that support communication, along with current state of knowledge on the impact deficits in these cognitive domains may have on language and communication. A renowned group of contributors present in a single source, information on the cognitive processes of attention, memory, and executive functioning, along with chapters on right hemisphere disorders, Alzheimer s Disease and related disorders, and traumatic brain injury* Provides a comprehensive review of theoretical and applied research on the cognitive processes of attention, memory and executive function * Identifies the unique cognitive communication deficits associated with right hemisphere damage, the dementias, and traumatic brain injury * Demonstrates the synergy among cognitive supports for communication and shows the impact of cognitive deficits on communication * Offers practical information on clinical management * A useful resource for clinicians in need of current information on cognitive linguistic communication disorders * A stand alone text for courses in cognitive disorders 
This ebook is also a section in "The Everything Anxiety Disorders eBook" and is being made available in this seperate title, for those who wish to read specifically about the distinguishing characteristics of mental and emotional disorders.In the chapters of this ebook, I present information regarding common emotional conditions of “neurosis” and the less-common conditions of mental illness referred-to as “psychosis”. It is my intention to help define the differences between these two types of emotional and mental disorders but to also present the differences between common conditions of neurosis that are in the anxiety and depression categories. Subjects covered include descriptions of major depression, bipolar depression, schizophrenia and different types of major anxiety disorders. Signs, symptoms and diagnosis are discussed, as well as the treatments that are administered for these different types of disorders (i.e. pharmaceutical, psychiatric and natural therapies). It is my hope that this book will provide a good basic educational resource for readers wishing to learn about identifying and treating mental and emotional disorders. NOTE: This ebook is approximately 11,410 words in length. It is not an extensive medical journal but rather contains aspects of information on the subject that most laypersons would be seeking. CONTENTS (6 Chapters): CHAPTER ONE: Psychosis versus Common Anxiety and Depression CHAPTER TWO: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders CHAPTER THREE: The Basic Differences between Anxiety & Depression CHAPTER FOUR: Antidepressants Effective for some but not for Others CHAPTER FIVE: More Patent-Education and Doctor-Communication about SSRI Antidepressants CHAPTER SIX: Stress Management to Aid Treatments for Mind and Emotions Author: James M. Lowrance Kindle Edition: 34 pages Kindle eBook Company: James M. Lowrance (2008-07-31) (2008-07-31) List Price: $3.95 Amazon Price: 
This volume is the authoritative presentation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Linehan's comprehensive, integrated approach to treating individuals with borderline personality disorder. DBT--which has since been adapted for other difficult-to-treat disorders involving emotion dysregulation--combines cognitive and behavioral strategies with elements of psychodynamic, strategic, and other modalities. Delineated are specific strategies for contingency management, exposure, cognitive modification, and skills training. In-depth descriptions of skills training procedures are provided in the companion manual. Core emotion regulation skills are also taught directly to clients in Linehan's skills training videos. Author: Marsha Linehan Hardcover: 558 pages Company: The Guilford Press (1993-05-14) ISBN: 0898621836 List Price: $75.00 Amazon Price: $54.94 Used Price: $43.97 
Designed both as a text for classes on adult language disorders, namely the cognitive-communicative disorders associated with age-related dementia-associated disease, and as a useful handbook for professionals who work with these clients, this new book comprehensively details the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of such disorders. The authors, with over 27 years of experience working with individuals with dementia, have conducted three NIH longitudinal studies of individuals with dementia and have authored two widely-used standardized tests for evaluating dementia patients. They bring here the culmination of their lifelong studies and research and provide an in-depth and thorough text for students and clinicians alike.Author: Kathryn A. Bayles, Cheryl K. Tomoeda Paperback: 263 pages Company: Plural Pulishing Inc (2007-05-07) ISBN: 1597561118 List Price: $79.00 Amazon Price: $74.18 Used Price: $78.99 
Updating and reformulating Aaron T. Beck's pioneering cognitive model of anxiety disorders, this book is both authoritative and highly practical. The authors synthesize the latest thinking and empirical data on anxiety treatment and offer step-by-step instruction in cognitive assessment, case formulation, cognitive restructuring, and behavioral intervention. They provide evidence-based mini-manuals for treating the five most common anxiety disorders: panic disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. User-friendly features include vivid case examples, concise "Clinician Guidelines" that reinforce key points, and over three dozen reproducible handouts and forms. (20100401)Author: David A. Clark Phd, Aaron T. Beck MD Paperback: 628 pages Company: The Guilford Press (2011-08-10) ISBN: 1609189922 List Price: $35.00 Amazon Price: $29.99 Used Price: $26.87 
This book provides the first comprehensive guide to the practice of "enhanced" cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E), the latest version of the leading empirically supported treatment for eating disorders. Written with the practitioner in mind, the book demonstrates how this transdiagnostic approach can be used with the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical practice. Christopher Fairburn and colleagues describe in detail how to tailor CBT-E to the needs of individual patients, and how to adapt it for adolescents and patients who require hospitalization. Also addressed are frequently encountered co-occurring disorders and how to manage them. Reproducible appendices feature the Eating Disorder Examination interview and questionnaire. (20101101)Author: Christopher G. Fairburn DM FMedSci FRCPsych Hardcover: 324 pages Company: The Guilford Press (2008-04-21) ISBN: 1593857098 List Price: $45.00 Amazon Price: $39.48 Used Price: $41.03 
This landmark work was the first to present a cognitive framework for understanding and treating personality disorders. Part I lays out the conceptual, empirical, and clinical foundations of effective work with this highly challenging population, reviews cognitive aspects of Axis II disorders, and delineates general treatment principles. In Part II, chapters detail the process of cognitive-behavioral therapy for each of the specific disorders, review the clinical literature, guide the therapist through diagnosis and case conceptualization, and demonstrate the nuts and bolts of cognitive intervention. Author: Aaron T. Beck MD, EdD Arthur Freeman EdD, Denise D. Davis Phd Paperback: 412 pages Company: The Guilford Press (2006-12-19) ISBN: 1593854765 List Price: $45.00 Amazon Price: $27.20 Used Price: $25.49 
Based on research funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, this manual presents for the first time a purely cognitive approach to treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This approach avoids the highly distressing exposure component of exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) that is commonly used to treat the symptoms of OCD. Not only does this cognitive therapy (CT) approach open up the option of psychotherapy to those OCD sufferers who resist exposure-based therapy, it also holds great promise for treating OCD sufferers with mental rituals as well as those who struggle concurrently with depression, anxiety, and other symptoms. The strategies described in this book focus intensively on the intrusive thoughts that can trigger negative beliefs and drive compulsive behaviors. The manual begins with a brief review of current facts about OCD. Then it describes how cognitive therapy can be applied to OCD. The several treatment modules that follow outline a brief three-to-four session approach therapists can use to help clients make real progress on their OCD beliefs and behavioral symptoms. Each module is complemented by a series of client worksheets and handouts. This purely cognitive approach to OCD offers a number of benefits including:CT avoids the discomfort of prolonged exposure and response prevention (ERP)The therapy can be conducted entirely in the therapist's officeCT is especially useful for patients with mental rituals and neutralizing strategiesThe treatment is based on NIMH-funded research and is empirically supported Author: Aaron Beck MD, Gail Steketee Ph.D., Sabine Wilhelm Ph.D. Paperback: 256 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications, Inc (2006-03-03) ISBN: 1572244291 List Price: $42.95 Amazon Price: $29.70 Used Price: $27.96 |
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