Cognitive Behavioral Protocols for Medical Settings

Jennifer LaBuda, PhD, is a rehabilitation neuropsychologist and clinical psychologist. She is a national consultant for chronic pain treatment and frequent lecturer to professional organizations on behavioral and cognitive behavioral treatment.Bradley N. Axelrod, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has expertise in clinical neuropsychology. Well published in the fields of neuropsychological and psychological assessment, he has been clinical staff at the John D. Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Detroit since 1990.James Windell, MA, is an author and college instructor. As a limited-licensed psychologist, he specialized in work with families and children. He has been recognized as a parenting and discipline expert and for many years worked as a court clinical psychologist. In private practice as a family therapist, he frequently worked with both juvenile and adult offenders.

• Introduction Part I: General principles of evidence-based treatment 1. Common Physical Conditions and Associated Psychological Symptom 2. General principles of psychological interventions 3. Evidence-based research for psychological interventions Part II. Treatment Interventions for Symptoms Section One. Physical Symptoms 4. Pain; 5.Sleep difficulties; Section Two. Mood Symptoms; 6.. Depression;7. Emotional Dysregulation Section Three. Anxiety Symptoms; 8.Anxiety about the Medical Setting & Treatment; 9.Illness Anxiety 10. Panic Disorder Section Four: Interpersonally Disruptive Symptoms 11. Agitation 12. Pragmatic Difficulties; 13. The final word on treatment in medical settings; End notes & references; Index.

Holistic health care has finally come to the forefront. This state-of-the-art text combines the best of evidence-based psychological practice with methods for managing important medical conditions. Each chapter contains updated research as well as fresh diagnostic and conceptual formulations that make this text useful for both early-career and seasoned professionals. -Jared L. Skillings, PhD, ABPP; Chief of Psychology, Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, MI; Assistant Professor of Surgery and Psychiatry, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine