Description
Book SynopsisIn the Aftermath of the Pandemic is an accessible treatment manual enabling psychotherapists to use Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to address the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale disasters. Well-studied and time-limited, IPT has demonstrated efficacy in treating mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). IPT helps people to mobilize social support, to process and take control of environmental stressors, relieving symptoms. As such it appears an excellent intervention for the wave of psychiatric problems accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic. The book describes IPT techniques and focuses on treating the disaster''s major outcomes-depression, PTSD, and anxiety-illustrating their treatment with multiple detailed case examples drawn from actual clinical presentations from the pandemic. The book also addresses the sudden shift from in-person to remote tele-therapy, and includes a novel COVID Behavioral Checklist of p
Trade ReviewThis solid text includes many very useful examples. * D. C. Marston, CHOICE *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. In the Aftermath of Upheaval Chapter 2. How the Pandemic has Transformed Psychotherapy: Remote Treatment Chapter 3. Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Life-Event-Based Therapy Chapter 4. Life Crises: Grief, Role Disputes, Role Transitions Chapter 5. Depression Chapter 6. Posttraumatic Stress Chapter 7. Anxiety and Other Distressing Symptoms Chapter 8. Termination Chapter 9. Dealing with Post-Catastrophe-Resilience References Acknowledgments Index
