Models of Causality in Psychopathology: Toward Dynamic, Synthetic and Nonlinear Models of Behavior Disorders (Pergamon General Psychology Series)

Haynes, Stephen N.

Medical Books

PRENTICE/HALL

The goal of this book is to present the characteristics and underlying assumptions of the behavioral assessment paradigm and to show how they affect the strategies of behavioral assessment. Although all of the concepts and strategies discussed in this book are applicable in the research, this book focuses on the use of behavioral assessment to guide clinical judgments.

Principles and Practice of Behavioral Assessment (Applied Clinical Psychology)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

O'Brien, William Hayes

Mental Health

Springer

Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment (Foundations of Clinical Science and Practice)

Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment is a user-friendly overview of the most important principles and concepts of clinical assessment. It provides readers with a science-based framework for interpreting assessment research and making good assessment decisions, such as selecting the best instruments and measures and interpreting the obtained assessment data. Written in a direct and highly readable fashion, with plenty of clinical examples that illustrate the relevance of psychometric principles and assessment research, this text is one every professional and graduate student needs to read. Numerous elements are used consistently throughout the book to facilitate understanding and retention, such as: • text boxes that provide extended presentations of the application of principles and research • end-of-chapter summaries that review key issues covered, and • additional recommended sources for each chapter. A detailed glossary that defines key measurement and assessment concepts is also included, making this book an invaluable reference and supplementary text for anyone who does clinical assessment in the health and mental health domains.

Smith, Gregory T.

Hunsley, John D.

Routledge

Principles of Behavioral Assessment

Psychology & Counseling

Halsted Press

Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment is a user-friendly overview of the most important principles and concepts of clinical assessment. It provides readers with a science-based framework for interpreting assessment research and making good assessment decisions, such as selecting the best instruments and measures and interpreting the obtained assessment data. Written in a direct and highly readable fashion, with plenty of clinical examples that illustrate the relevance of psychometric principles and assessment research, this text is one every professional and graduate student needs to read. The second edition is expanded and fully updated, and includes additional coverage of the principles and methods of developing new assessment instruments.

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Passive Muscle Relaxation: A Program for Client Use

Schwartz, Mark S.

The Guilford Press

Comprehensive, scientifically based coverage on conducting behavioral assessments, analyzing results, and forming clinical recommendations Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation thoroughly outlines the underlying principles of the behavioral assessment process. This book clearly explains how the principles and methods of behavioral assessment central to the formulation of functional analysis are also helpful in guiding strategies for determining interventions and measuring the processes and outcomes. This comprehensive resource offers up-to-date answers to relevant questions of the clinical assessment process, including: <ul>
<li> What is the best assessment strategy to use with a particular client? </li> <li> Which assessment methods will best capture a client's unique strengths,limitations, behavior problems, and intervention goals? </li> <li> How can data from multiple sources be integrated in order to yield a valid and clinically useful case formulation? </li> <li> Which procedures should be enacted in order to insure a positive clinician-client relationship? </li> <li> How should intervention processes and outcomes be measured and monitored? </li> </ul>
Filled with case studies, Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation provides guidelines for the application of behavioral assessment strategies and methods that can strengthen the validity and utility of clinical judgments, as well as improve the delivery of care.

Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation

O'Brien, William

Kaholokula, Joseph

wiley

Two programs in one, this audio CD is ideal for recommendation to biofeedback patients or others seeking to improve general stress management. Listeners learn to use straightforward thought techniques to promote tension release without any physical effort. Track 1, Passive Muscle Relaxation, offers well-structured guidance for relaxing major muscles. Track 2, Self-Generated Relaxation, allows more flexible practice in body scanning for residual stress and discovering one's own formula for relief.

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