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Donegan, Eleanor; Dugas, Michel J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive worry and somatic symptoms of anxiety (e.g., restlessness, muscle tension). Several psychological treatments lead to significant reductions in GAD symptoms by posttreatment. However, little is known about how GAD symptoms change over time. Our main goal was to examine how…
Descriptors: Therapy, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Strunk, Daniel R.; Cooper, Andrew A.; Ryan, Elizabeth T.; DeRubeis, Robert J.; Hollon, Steven D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Previous studies of cognitive therapy (CT) for depression have examined therapist adherence and the therapeutic alliance as predictors of subsequent symptom change. However, little is known about these CT process variables when CT is delivered in combination with antidepressant medication. Method: In a sample of 176 depressed…
Descriptors: Homework, Therapy, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Restructuring
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Curry, John; Silva, Susan; Rohde, Paul; Ginsburg, Golda; Kennard, Betsy; Kratochvil, Christopher; Simons, Anne; Kirchner, Jerry; May, Diane; Mayes, Taryn; Feeny, Norah; Albano, Anne Marie; Lavanier, Sarah; Reinecke, Mark; Jacobs, Rachel; Becker-Weidman, Emily; Weller, Elizabeth; Emslie, Graham; Walkup, John; Kastelic, Elizabeth; Burns, Barbara; Wells, Karen; March, John – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: This study tested whether positive response to short-term treatment for adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) would have the secondary benefit of preventing subsequent alcohol use disorders (AUD) or substance use disorders (SUD). Method: For 5 years, we followed 192 adolescents (56.2% female; 20.8% minority) who had participated in…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Adolescents, Drinking
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Longden, Eleanor; Madill, Anna; Waterman, Mitch G. – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
Voice hearing (VH) is often regarded as pathognomic for schizophrenia. The purpose of this article is to review and integrate historical, clinical, epidemiological, and phenomenological evidence in order to suggest that VH may be more appropriately understood as a dissociative rather than a psychotic phenomenon. First, we discuss the lifetime…
Descriptors: Evidence, Sexual Abuse, Schizophrenia, Clinical Diagnosis
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Calamari, John E.; Pontarelli, Noelle K.; Armstrong, Kerrie M.; Salstrom, Seoka A. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has received increasing attention, the study and treatment of OCD in late life has been neglected. The obsessions and compulsions seen with older adults do not appear to differ from the symptoms experienced by other age groups, although developmental issues might influence symptom focus (e.g., memory…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Older Adults, Memory, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Ellis, Thomas E.; Goldston, David B. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
In this introduction to a special series of articles on working with suicidal clients, we note that much of the recent growth in theory and research pertaining to suicidal individuals has been contributed by cognitive-behavioral theorists and researchers. This work has established that suicidal people manifest important cognitive vulnerabilities…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Substance Abuse, Health Behavior, Suicide
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Wells, Karen C.; Heilbron, Nicole – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
A considerable research base underscores the importance of family functioning in the risk for and treatment of adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors. This paper reviews the extant empirical literature documenting associations between features of the family context and adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A case example is provided to…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Prevention, Suicide, Adolescents
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Liu, Chennan; Liao, Minli; Smith, Douglas C. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objectives: The authors systematically reviewed the outcomes and methodological quality of 24 Internet addiction (IA) treatment outcome studies in China. Method: The authors used 15 attributes from the quality of evidence scores to evaluate 24 outcome studies. These studies came from both English and Chinese academic databases from 2000 to 2010.…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Counseling Techniques, Substance Abuse, Behavior Modification
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Foster, Durwin B.; Kelly, Mary Theresa – Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2012
Men experience higher lifetime trauma rates than women, and they use and misuse substances at rates far exceeding women. Men are also reported to experience significantly higher lifetime rates of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD) than women. Although there is agreement in the clinical field of trauma…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coping, Males
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Passage, Michael; Tincani, Matt; Hantula, Donald A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
This study examined the effectiveness of using qualitatively different reinforcers to teach self-control to an adolescent boy who had been diagnosed with an intellectual disability. First, he was instructed to engage in an activity without programmed reinforcement. Next, he was instructed to engage in the activity under a two-choice fixed-duration…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Mental Retardation
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Miloseva, Lence – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
The aim of this study was to present results of our one year experience with Cognitive Behavioral Psychology Program, in order to contribute to the building of whole school approach and positive psychology preventive mental health problems model. Based on Penn Resilience program (PRP), we modify and create program for early adolescents: how to…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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Little, Steven G.; Akin-Little, Angeleque – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2013
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for children or adolescents to be exposed to traumatic events. Experiences such as sexual or physical abuse, severe accidents, cancer or other life threatening illness, natural or man-made disasters, or the sudden death of a relative or peer can all result in maladaptive responses. As all children are in…
Descriptors: Trauma, School Psychologists, School Psychology, School Health Services
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Sobczak, LaTanya Rucker; West, Lindsey M. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2013
Mindfulness- and acceptance-based strategies effectively alter clients' relationships with their internal experiences, which may have been previously restricted, avoided, or even beyond clients' awareness. Even though the scientific exploration of the psychological benefits of mindfulness in the treatment literature continues to be in its infancy,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Best Practices
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Listug-Lunde, Lori; Vogeltanz-Holm, Nancy; Collins, John – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2013
Rural American Indian (AI) middle school students with depressive symptoms who participated in a culturally modified version of the Adolescent Coping with Depression (CWD-A) course (n = 8) reported significant improvement in depressive symptoms at post-intervention and at 3-month follow-up. There was also a nonsignificant but clinically relevant…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reservation American Indians, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Kirschenbaum, Daniel S.; Gierut, Kristen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: To compare and contrast 5 sets of expert recommendations about the treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity. Method: We reviewed 5 sets of recent expert recommendations: 2007 health care organizations' four stage model, 2007 Canadian clinical practice guidelines, 2008 Endocrine Society recommendations, 2009 seven step model, and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Children
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