| Treating Trichotillomania: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Hairpulling and Related Problems 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Franklin, Martin E. (Author), Tolin, David F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0387708820 ISBN-13: 9780387708829 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2007 Annotation: Trichotillomania has been described in the literature for at least a hundred years, but has only in the past decade received serious clinical attention. Although now a "higher profile" disorder, there is still scant clinical information on trichotillomania. A full-length cognitive-behavioral treatment manual, Treating Trichotillomania (TTM) fills that need. Designing the book for maximum usefulness, authors Franklin and Tolin share their considerable expertise in treating body-focused repetitive behavior disorders (not only hair-pulling but skin-picking and nail-biting as well) in an accessible, clinically valid reference. Treating Trichotillomania carefully defines TTM, differentiating the disorder from other conditions such as OCD, reviewing the varied clinical forms it can take, and setting out its diagnostic criteria. Treatment chapters are not one-size-fits-all, but offer an evidence-based framework to help practitioners in designing the most appropriate course of treatment across the developmental spectrum, from toddlers to elders. The authors give the reader: - Comprehensive discussion of assessment and treatment methods. With the increasing recognition of body-focused repetitive behavior disorders and their negative impact upon the lives ofsufferers, the clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, counselor, or school practitioner needs the broadest understanding of the problem, which can be found in this reader-friendly volume. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior - Psychology | Clinical Psychology - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| LCCN: 2007926594 |
| Series: Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.10 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first and perhaps most important step in writing a treatment manual for use in clinical practice is to clearly explicate the logic of how the treatment, and hence the book, should be organized. Accordingly, our goal in this section is to lay out the structure of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for trichotillomania (TTM) and other body-focused impulse control disorders, clearly explaining critical decisions such as the chosen sequence of techniques or whether a given technique is considered a core component or a module to be used in some but not all cases. The structure of this particular book is influenced by the work of experts who have gone before us in pioneering CBT for TTM, and is also informed by over a decade of our own clinical work and research on TTM across the developmental spectrum. We are indebted to those who developed this approach to treatment and also to those who built the extant literature on the psychopathology of TTM and related disorders. These clinicians and researchers did so in order to help alle- ate the suffering of those afflicted with these conditions, and we endeavor to f- low in their footsteps in continuing this important work. |