A Guide to Treatments That Work

Peter E. Nathan, PhD, received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Washington University in 1962. After spending two years as a research fellow, he then joined the Harvard psychiatry service at Boston City Hospital. In 1969, he became a Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Rutgers University, later serving as Henry and Anna Starr Professor and Director of the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies. In 1990 he accepted the position of Provost and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Iowa and became Emeritus in 2007.Jack M. Gorman, MD, received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1977 and did residency and fellowship training in the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry/New York Psychiatric Insitute program. He remained on the fac ulty of Columbia University's Department of Psychiatry for the next 25 years, eventually serving as Lieber Professor of Psychiatry. He then became the Esther and Joseph Klingenstein Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Professor of Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is currently CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, Franklin Behavioral Health Consultants.

• Preface ; Contents ; Contributors ; Summary of Treatments that Work ; 1. Challenges to Implementing Evidence-Based Treatments ; Jack M. Gorman & Peter E. Nathan ; 2. Evidence-Informed, Culture-Based Interventions and Best Practices in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities ; R. Dale Walker & Douglas A. Bigelow ; 3. Nonpharmacological Treatments for Childhood ADHD and their Combination with ; Medication ; Linda J. Pfiffner & Lauren M. Haack ; 4. Pharmacological Treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and ; Disruptive Behavior Disorders ; Erica Kass, Jonathan Posner, & Laurence L. Greenhill ; 5. Psychosocial Treatments for Conduct Disorder in Children and Adolescents ; Alan E. Kazdin ; 6. Pharmacological Treatments for Schizophrenia ; Athier Abbas & Jeffrey Lieberman ; 7. Cognitive and Social Cognitive Interventions for Schizophrenia ; Matthew M. Kurtz ; 8. Pharmacological Treatments for Bipolar Disorder ; Paul E. Keck, Jr., & Susan L. McElroy ; 9. Treatments for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder ; Pablo Goldberg, Prerna Martin, Carolina Bieracki, & Moira Rynn ; 10. Psychosocial Treatments for Bipolar Disorder ; Anjana Muralidharan, David J. Miklowitz, & W. Edward Craighead ; 11. Pharmacological Treatments for Unipolar Depression ; Stefania Prendes-Alvarez, Alan F. Schatzberg, & Charles B. Nemeroff ; 12. Treatments for Pediatric Depression ; Carolina Biernacki, Prerna Martin, Pablo Goldberg, & Moira Rynn ; 13. Psychosocial Treatments for Major Depressive Disorder ; W. Edward Craighead, Benjamin N. Johnson, Sean Carey, & Broadie ; W. Dunlop ; 14. Psychological Treatments for Panic Disorders, Phobias, and Social and Generalized ; Anxiety Disorders ; David H. Barlow, Laren R. Conklin, & Kate H. Bentley ; 15. Pharmacological Treatments for Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific ; Phobia, and Social Anxiety Disorder ; Ryan J. Kimmel, Peter P. Roy-Byrne, & Deborah S. Cowley ; 16. Combination Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Major ; Depressive and Anxiety Disorders ; Cindy J. Aaronson, Gary Katzman & Rachel L. Moster ; 17. Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ; Darin D. Dougherty, Scott L. Rauch, & Michael A. Jenike ; 18. Psychosocial Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ; Lisa M. Najavits & Melissa L. Anderson ; 19. Pharmacological Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ; Julia A. Golier, Andreas C. Michaelides, Maya Genovesi, Emily Chapman, & Rachel ; Yehuda ; 20. Treatments for Eating Disorders ; Kathleen M. Pike, Loren M. Gianini, Katharine L. Loeb, & Daniel Le Grange ; 21. Treatment of Sleep Disorders ; Deepa Burman, Daniel J. Buysse, & Charles F. Reynolds, III ; 22. Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy for Sexual Dysfunctions ; R. Taylor Segraves ; 23. Psychosocial Treatments for Substance Use Disorders ; Daniel M. Blonigen, John W. Finney, Paula L. Wilbourne, & Rudolf H. Moos ; 24. Psychopharmacological Treatments for Substance Use Disorders ; James R. McKay, Henry R. Kranzler, Kyle M. Kampman, Rebecca L. Ashare, & Robert A. Schnoll ; 25. Treatments for Gambling Disorder and Impulse Control Disorders ; Jon E. Grant, Brian L. Odlaug, & Marc N. Potenza ; 26. Treatments for Neurocognitive Disorders ; Pei Huey Nie & David L. Sultzer ; 27. Psychological Treatments for Personality Disorders ; Paul Crits-Christoph & Jacques P. Barber ; 28. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Personality Disorders ; M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez & Larry J. Siever

It is remarkably thorough without being overwhelming. The information is readily accessible and is useful for clinicians who are referring to it briefly, or opening it to brush up on the literature in a given area. But this book's main strength is that the authors also are using an evidence-based approach to psychotherapy for many major psychiatric conditions, an area many clinicians unfortunately neglect in their treatment recommendations. This is a worthy effort and one book likely to be used over and over, not accumulating dust on a shelf.