Basic Psychotherapeutics: A Programmed Text: A Programmed Text [Paperback]

I. Basic Psychotherapeutic Procedures.- 1. Abbreviated Psychological Assessment.- Goals of Abbreviated Psychological Assessment.- Psychopathologic Conditions Important to Diagnosis.- Open- and Closed-Ended Questions.- General Principles of Interviewing.- Conducting The Interview.- 2. Mental Status Examination.- General Principles.- Mental Status Categories.- Appearance.- Behavior.- Feeling (Affect and Mood).- Perception.- Thinking.- 3. Supportive Psychotherapy.- Comparison of Supportive and Uncovering Psychotherapy.- Patients Needing Special Consideration.- Basic Premises of Psychotherapy.- Important Characteristics of the Therapist.- Supportive Psychotherapeutic Techniques.- Directive Guidance.- Nondirective Guidance.- Environmental Intervention.- Ventilation.- Reassurance.- Education.- Diversion.- 4. Behavior Therapy.- General Principles of Behavior Therapy.- Indications for Behavior Therapy.- Techniques Used in Behavior Therapy.- Token Therapy.- Desensitization.- Biofeedback.- Aversive Therapy.- Contractual Methods.- Modeling.- 5. Pharmacologic Therapy.- Basic Principles For Prescribing Psychotropic Drugs.- Drug Prescription Directions.- Modern Psychotropic Medications.- Anti-Psychotic Medications.- Anti-Mania Medications.- Anti-Depressant Medications.- Anti-Anxiety Medications.- Anti-Insomnia Medications.- 6. Consultation and Referral.- Indications For Psychological Referral.- Principles of Effective Consultation and Referral.- II. Psychotherapeutics for Specific Disorders.- 7. Schizophrenic Disorders.- Characteristics of Schizophrenic Disorders.- Etiology.- Mental Status Examination Findings.- Course and Early Symptoms.- Schizophreniform and Schizophrenic Disorders.- Therapeutic Interventions.- Supportive Psychotherapy.- Behavior Therapy.- Pharmacologic Therapy.- Consultation and Referral.- 8. Affective Disorders.- Etiology of Affective Disorders.- Physical Symptoms Accompanying Affective Disorders.- Mental Status Examination Findings of Affective Disorders.- ClƒE