Overview
- Editors:
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Randall L. Morrison
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania at EPPI, Philadelphia, USA
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Alan S. Bellack
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania at EPPI, Philadelphia, USA
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xviii
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Introduction
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- Alan S. Bellack, Randall L. Morrison
Pages 3-17
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- George M. Simpson, Edmond H. Pi
Pages 19-37
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Psychiatric Disorders
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- Edmond H. Pi, George M. Simpson
Pages 41-60
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- Jerry M. Friedman, Joseph E. Czekala
Pages 93-114
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- Jeffrey M. Brandsma, Douglas P. Hobson
Pages 115-139
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- Ralph E. Tarter, Andrea M. Hegedus
Pages 141-169
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Nonpsychiatric Disorders
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Front Matter
Pages 171-171
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- Joanna M. Polefrone, Stephen B. Manuck, Kevin T. Larkin, M. Elizabeth Francis
Pages 203-229
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- Perry C. Goldstein, Douglas F. Levinson
Pages 231-265
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- Barbara J. Dorian, C. Barr Taylor
Pages 267-286
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- Michael A. Andrykowski, William H. Redd
Pages 287-323
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- Frank Andrasik, Steven Baskin
Pages 325-349
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- Donald A. Williamson, C. J. Davis, Laurie Ruggiero
Pages 351-370
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Back Matter
Pages 371-374
About this book
Throughout the last decade, the field of clinical psychology has expanded dramatically. Clinical psychologists are involved in the treatment and research of a wider range of problems and disorders than they have ever been before. Evidence has been rapidly ac cumulating regarding the role of psychological variables and stress in the etiology and maintenance of a range of medical and psychiatric disorders. New models of psy chotherapy have been developed and refined, and the specific efficacy of psychother apeutic interventions for an increasing number of disorders (or sUbtypes of disorders) has been documented. However, concurrent with research that demonstrates the impact of psychosomatic factors in various disorders and the efficacy of psychological or psychosocial interven tions, dramatic progress has been made with regard to the investigation of biological factors that may mediate certain disorders. That physical factors may underlie many in stances of psychiatric illness has been repeatedly demonstrated. Also, the efficacy of so matic treatments for different disorders, or for subtypes of disorders, has been reported with increasing methodological rigor.
