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Book Synopsis
Covers clinically effective treatments for over twenty of the major mental, behavioral, and emotional diagnoses in the DSM--IV The last two decades in social work have seen tremendous strides in field research, from the development of improved research designs to more accurate methods of problem measurement and outcome analysis.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. First Principles of Empirical Social Work Practice (Bruce A. Thyer and John S. Wodarski).

PART I. DISORDERS USUALLY FIRST DIAGNOSED IN INFANCY, CHILDHOOD, OR ADOLESCENCE.

Chapter 2. Mental Retardation (John Gerdtz and Joel Bregman).

Chapter 3. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Martha J. Markward).

Chapter 4. Conduct Disorder (Lisa A. Rapp and John S. Wodarski).

Chapter 5. Oppositional Defiant Disorder (Peter Lehmann and Richard F. Dangel).

Chapter 6. Feeding Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (MaryLouise E. Kerwin and Nancy Hale Sills).

Chapter 7. Enuresis and Encopresis (John F. Butler and Rick L. Campise).

Chapter Seperation Anxiety Disorder (Karen P. Sowers-Hoag and Toni M. DiDona).

PART II. SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS.

Chapter 9. Alcohol Abuse (Nancy J. Smyth).

Chapter 10. Cocaine Abuse (Patrick S. Bordnick, Joy Schmitz and Judith R. Bordnick)

Chapter 11. Opiate Abuse (Cheryl Davenport Dozier and J. Aaron Johnson).

PART III. SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS.

Chapter 12. Schizophrenia (Rsemary L. Farmer, Joseph Walsh and Kia J. Bentley).

PART IV. MOOD DISORDERS.

Chapter 13. Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder (Catherine N. Dulmus and John S. Wodarski).

Chapter 14. Bipolar Disorder (Bruce Brotter, John F. Clarkin and Daniel Carpenter).

PART V. ANXIETY DISORDERS.

Chapter 15. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia (Joseph Himle and Daniel J. Fischer).

Chapter 16. Specific and Social Phobias (Joseph J. Plaud and Keith G. Vavrovsky).

Chapter 17. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Iris Cohen and Gail Steketee).

Chapter 18. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (M. Elizabeth Vonk and Bonnie L. Yegidis).

Chapter 19. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Robert W. McLellarn and Julie M. Rosenzweig).

PART VI. SEXUAL DISORDERS.

Chapter 20. Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders (Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Cheryl Resnick).

Chapter 21. Orgasmic Disorders (Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Cheryl Resnick).

PART VII. EATING DISORDERS.

Chapter 22. Bulimia Nervosa (Laura L. Myers).

PART VIII. PERSONALITY DISORDERS.

Chapter 23. Borderline Personality Disorder (André Ivanoff, Marsha M. Linehan and Karrie L. Recknor).

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 28/05/2004
      ISBN13: 9780471654339, 978-0471654339
      ISBN10: 0471654337
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Covers clinically effective treatments for over twenty of the major mental, behavioral, and emotional diagnoses in the DSM--IV The last two decades in social work have seen tremendous strides in field research, from the development of improved research designs to more accurate methods of problem measurement and outcome analysis.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1. First Principles of Empirical Social Work Practice (Bruce A. Thyer and John S. Wodarski).

      PART I. DISORDERS USUALLY FIRST DIAGNOSED IN INFANCY, CHILDHOOD, OR ADOLESCENCE.

      Chapter 2. Mental Retardation (John Gerdtz and Joel Bregman).

      Chapter 3. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Martha J. Markward).

      Chapter 4. Conduct Disorder (Lisa A. Rapp and John S. Wodarski).

      Chapter 5. Oppositional Defiant Disorder (Peter Lehmann and Richard F. Dangel).

      Chapter 6. Feeding Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (MaryLouise E. Kerwin and Nancy Hale Sills).

      Chapter 7. Enuresis and Encopresis (John F. Butler and Rick L. Campise).

      Chapter Seperation Anxiety Disorder (Karen P. Sowers-Hoag and Toni M. DiDona).

      PART II. SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS.

      Chapter 9. Alcohol Abuse (Nancy J. Smyth).

      Chapter 10. Cocaine Abuse (Patrick S. Bordnick, Joy Schmitz and Judith R. Bordnick)

      Chapter 11. Opiate Abuse (Cheryl Davenport Dozier and J. Aaron Johnson).

      PART III. SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS.

      Chapter 12. Schizophrenia (Rsemary L. Farmer, Joseph Walsh and Kia J. Bentley).

      PART IV. MOOD DISORDERS.

      Chapter 13. Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder (Catherine N. Dulmus and John S. Wodarski).

      Chapter 14. Bipolar Disorder (Bruce Brotter, John F. Clarkin and Daniel Carpenter).

      PART V. ANXIETY DISORDERS.

      Chapter 15. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia (Joseph Himle and Daniel J. Fischer).

      Chapter 16. Specific and Social Phobias (Joseph J. Plaud and Keith G. Vavrovsky).

      Chapter 17. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Iris Cohen and Gail Steketee).

      Chapter 18. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (M. Elizabeth Vonk and Bonnie L. Yegidis).

      Chapter 19. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Robert W. McLellarn and Julie M. Rosenzweig).

      PART VI. SEXUAL DISORDERS.

      Chapter 20. Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders (Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Cheryl Resnick).

      Chapter 21. Orgasmic Disorders (Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Cheryl Resnick).

      PART VII. EATING DISORDERS.

      Chapter 22. Bulimia Nervosa (Laura L. Myers).

      PART VIII. PERSONALITY DISORDERS.

      Chapter 23. Borderline Personality Disorder (André Ivanoff, Marsha M. Linehan and Karrie L. Recknor).

      Index.

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