Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders Review

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(More customer reviews)A great many books have been written about cognitive therapy, but few are as useful to the cognitive practitioner as this book by Robert Leahy and Stephen Holland. It is a book that is remarkable for its scholarship and distilled years of clinical acumen, and clinicians, graduate students, and psychiatrists in training will find it practical beyond measure. I am a great admirer of Leahy and Holland's previous work, and this new effort has exceeded my own heightened expectations for such a volume. The book is a compendium of information that is valuable beyond measure, and makes a profound claim on the attention of all serious cognitive therapists, and those who are in training to learn cognitive therapy. The book is also likely to attract a wide audience among teachers of cognitive therapy courses in graduate and medical schools, and internship and residency programs. Among the particular glories of this excellent book are that the reader gets easy and immediate access to "state of the art" treatments for depression and anxiety disorders, detailed treatment plans, a CD that allows printable forms for patients and therapist, a detailed list of cognitive therapy interventions, and medication charts. The book is a first rate summary of knowledge about disorders and their treatments, synthesized into usable form by two master cognitive therapists, and so it is likely to be of great value to clinicians, graduate students, and psychiatrists in training. Thus, the book by Leahy and Holland is key reference work that serious cognitive practitioners will want for their libraries, and that both experienced and novice therapists can find helpful.
John H. Riskind, Ph.D. Center for Cognitive Therapy of Northern Virginia (NOVA) Fairfax, VAand Professor of Psychology George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030

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Includes CD-ROM with Reproducible Forms!This one-of-a-kind resource provides the busy practitioner with empirically supported treatments for seven frequently encountered disorders: major depression, generalized anxiety, panic and agoraphobia, PTSD, social phobia, specific phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Serving as ready-to-use treatment packages, chapters describe basic cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques and how to tailor them to each disorder. Also featured are diagnostic flow charts; therapist forms for assessment and record keeping; client handouts and homework sheets; and session-by-session case examples. Tips for troubleshooting common therapeutic roadblocks are presented, as are strategies for ensuring third-party payment authorization. The searchable CD-ROM enables clinicians to rapidly generate individualized treatment plans, print extra copies of therapist and client forms, find the facts about commonly prescribed medications, and learn more about cognitive-behavioral techniques. Facilitating effective treatment that is adapted to the realities of the typical outpatient setting, including the demands of managed care, this book and CD-ROM will be prized by novice and experienced clinicians alike.

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Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction: Creative and Cognitive Approaches (TIR Applications Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)Do you know what PTSD and TIR mean? PTSD is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder which was formally recognized as a psychiatric diagnosis in 1980, and TIR is Traumatic Incident Reduction, a technique developed by Frank Gerbode, M. D., used to resolve PTSD. Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction is Book number 2 of the "TIR Application Series" from Loving Healing Press and, as you can imagine from the title, focuses on the application of TIR to children. Book number 1 is Traumatic Incident Reduction and Critical Incident Stress Management, and book number 3 is Addiction and Traumatic Incident Reduction.
The fifteen chapters of this book, involving fifteen different authors who are clinicians, therapists, social workers, counselors, and TIR facilitators, including Dr. Gerbode, from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, are divided into three main sections. Part 1 discusses "Tools and Techniques." Part II examines "Results." And Part III gives some "Background and Theory" behind TIR and PTSD. These are followed by a glossary of terms and three appendices with additional information about TIR. The book contains information and anecdotes about TIR techniques used with clients by practitioners around the world.
I am willing to read and review any book that is beneficial for children, either for their own reading enjoyment or for adults who are trying to help them. However, I will freely admit that I am completely unqualified to pass any kind of judgment on this book. There have never been any known incidents of PTSD in my family when I was growing up or in my family today, so I simply have no personal familiarity with the problem. One would assume that the book would be beneficial for any therapist working with kids. I will say that for parents with children who might suffer from PTSD, the symptoms of which include intense fear, helplessness, or horror, separation or stranger anxiety, and sleep disturbances, among others, it could well point the way for their finding help. Each chapter is intended to be as readable as possible as a stand-alone article, so one can browse around the book and read what interests him most, or read it straight through.


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What if we could resolve childhood trauma early, rather than late?We are understanding more and more about how early traumatic experiences affect long-term mental and physical health:Physical impacts are stored in muscles and postureThreats of harm are stored as tensionOverwhelming emotion is held insideNegative emotional patterns become habitCoping and defense mechanism become inflexibleWhat if we could resolve childhood trauma before years go by and these effects solidify in body and mind?In a perfect world, we'd like to be able to shield children from hurt and harm. In the real world, children, even relatively fortunate ones, may experience accidents, injury, illness, and loss of loved ones. Children unfortunate enough to live in unsafe environments live through abuse, neglect, and threats to their well-being and even their life.What if we could resolve childhood trauma fully, gently, and completely while the child is still young?We Can. Read Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction and find out how!"This book is a must for any therapist working with kids.Naturally,it focuses on the approach of Traumatic Incident Reduction, but there isa lot of excellent material that will be useful even to the therapistwho has never before heard of TIR and may not be particularly interestedin learning about it.The general approach is respectful of clients,based on a great deal of personal experience by contributors as well ason the now extensive research base supporting TIR, and fits the moregeneral research evidence on what works". -Robert Rich, PhDBook #2 in the TIR Applications Series.Series Editor: Robert Rich, PhDLearn more about TIR books at www.TIRbook.com

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The Prozac Alternative: Natural Relief from Depression with St. John's Wort, Kava, Ginkgo, 5-HTP, Homeopathy, and Other Alternative Therapies Review

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(More customer reviews)This author presents a very well balanced, objective view on natural supplements as an alternative to drug treatment. Phenomenal book! Covers a whole range of subjects from depression, herbs and the health food industry, prescription drugs, St.John's wort, homeopathy, kava, Fish Oils, B vitamins, DHA, and more. The research is great. Everything here is carefully footnoted and the author makes certain that the reader gets a good understanding of herbs and their biological effects. Over 200 Endnotes. Great resource section.

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' A comprehensive guide to the use of St. John's wort and other alternative therapies for treatment of depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders

' Offers a comprehensive look at St. John's wort--the most significant natural remedy for depression--including its history in herbalism, current clinical uses, safety, and side effects

' Discusses other natural alternatives such as Kava, Melatonin, and 5-HTP as treatment options to depression

In the early 1990s the sale of Prozac exceeded the sale of all other antidepressant drugs in both American and world markets. But today St. John's wort is recommended 3 to 1 over Prozac as a primary treatment for depression in European countries such as Germany--and its sales continue to skyrocket in the United States. Safe, all-natural, and less expensive than synthetic drugs, St. John's wort is the ideal natural therapy for many people's depression, anxiety, and other related mood disorders.

The Prozac Alternative offers a comprehensive look at St. John's wort, including its history in herbalism, current clinical uses, and safety and side effects, as well as how it compares with other natural alternatives such as Kava, Melatonin, and 5-HTP. It also discusses other uses of these natural substances as treatment alternatives to Western medicine for a variety of medical conditions.

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