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Scott, Katie; Hatton, Chris; Knight, Rosie; Singer, Kevanne; Knowles, Dawn; Dagnan, Dave; Hastings, Richard P.; Appleton, Kim; Cooper, Sally-Ann; Melville, Craig; Jones, Rob; Williams, Chris; Jahoda, Andrew – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: Clinicians recommend including carers or others in a supporting role in the therapy as an important adaptation of psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities. This nested qualitative study from a larger trial explored supporters' experiences of supporting people with intellectual disabilities receiving behavioural…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Psychotherapy, Depression (Psychology), Self Help Programs
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McQueen, Meg; Blinkhorn, Ashleigh; Broad, Adam; Jones, Jessica; Naeem, Farooq; Ayub, Muhammad – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Despite strong evidence for cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in treating mental health, its use, thus far, has been limited for people with intellectual disabilities. This study describes a CBT-based guided self-help (CBT-GSH) manual for individuals with intellectual disability, and focus groups explore the views of clinicians,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment
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McLean, Scott – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: To address a critical gap in health education scholarship by exploring the contexts in which self-help reading takes place, the motivations of self-help readers and the processes through which such readers engage with books on mental health. Design: Structured, in-depth interviews conducted with participants recruited through online…
Descriptors: Self Help Programs, Reading, Mental Health, Motivation
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Hahlweg, Kurt; Heinrichs, Nina; Kuschel, Annett; Feldmann, Marit – Behavior Modification, 2008
The efficacy of bibliotherapy has primarily been investigated in anxiety disorders, depression, or substance dependence. The efficacy of self-help books to increase parenting competence was only investigated in a few studies despite their broad dissemination in public. The aims of the study were to investigate the short- and long-term efficacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Help Programs, Parent Education, Allied Health Personnel
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Kazantzis, Nikolaos; Shinkfield, Gregg – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2007
Nonadherence with homework assignments and, by implication, "barriers" to homework assignments are a frequent occurrence in the practice of standard cognitive therapy (Beck, A. T., Rush, A. J., Shaw, B. F., Emery, G. (1979). "Cognitive therapy of depression." New York: The Guilford Press). The clinical examples in this article illustrate some of…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Self Help Programs, Patients, Compliance (Psychology)
Giddan, Norman S., Ed.; And Others – 1983
This comprehensive bibliography, designed for those in self-help and paraprofessional practice, is organized around five major topics: (1) Community Mental Health and Community Psychology (100 pages); (2) Counseling Psychology; Counselor and Higher Education (65 pages); (3) Social Work and Social Services (22 pages); (4) New Careers: Career and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Career Development, Career Ladders, Counseling
Hatch, Stephen, Ed.; Kickbusch, Ilona, Ed. – 1983
This book brings together 24 contributions (from 13 European countries) about the role of self-help in the overall pattern of health care, dealing with both the practical and the theoretical: (1) "A Reorientation of Health Care?" (Ilona Kickbusch and Stephen Hatch); (2) "Self-help Groups in Primary Health Care" (David…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Behavior Modification, Community Action, Foreign Countries
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Andersson, Gerhard; Carlbring, Per; Holmstrom, Annelie; Sparthan, Elisabeth; Furmark, Tomas; Nilsson-Ihrfelt, Elisabeth; Buhrman, Monica; Ekselius, Lisa – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Sixty-four individuals with social phobia (social anxiety disorder) were assigned to a multimodal cognitive-behavioral treatment package or to a waiting list control group. Treatment consisted of a 9-week, Internet-delivered, self-help program that was combined with 2 group exposure sessions in real life and minimal therapist contact via e-mail.…
Descriptors: Internet, Self Help Programs, Allied Health Personnel, Feedback