ABSTRACT

This volume constitutes the first solidly research-grounded guide for practitioners wending their way through the new maze of self-help approaches. The Handbook of Self-Help Therapies summarizes the current state of our knowledge about what works and what does not, disorder by disorder and modality by modality. Among the covered topics are: self-regulation theory; anxiety disorders; depression; childhood disorders; eating disorders; sexual dysfunctions; insomnia; problem drinking; smoking cessation; dieting and weight loss. Comprehensive in its scope, this systematic, objective assessment of self-help treatments will be invaluable for practitioners, researchers and students in counseling psychology, psychiatry and social work, health psychology, and behavioral medicine.

chapter 1|24 pages

Self-Help Therapies

Past and Present

chapter 2|15 pages

Good Intentions Are Not Enough

Reflections on Past and Future Efforts to Advance Self-Help

chapter 3|18 pages

Self-Help Interventions

Mapping the Role of Self-Administered Treatments in Health Care

chapter 10|27 pages

Self-Help Therapies for Insomnia

chapter 13|35 pages

Great Expectations

Self-Help Therapies for Dieting and Weight Loss

chapter 17|18 pages

Self-Help Therapies

Retrospect and Prospect