Mental Health Interventions in Everyday Life

Alan E. Kazdin is Sterling Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry (emeritus) at Yale University. His work focuses on world mental health and the treatment of mental disorders. His 850+ publications include 51 books, with a focus on parenting, research methodology, and evidence-based treatments. His work on parenting has been featured on NPR, PBS, BBC, and CNN, and he has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News, 20/20, and Dr. Phil. In 2008 he was president of the American Psychological Association.

• PrefaceAbbreviations and Terminology About the AuthorPART I. Background: Mental Health Problems and their TreatmentChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Mental Health CrisisChapter 3 How Come So Few People Receive TreatmentChapter 4 Effective Treatments are Available, Sort ofPART II. Reducing the Treatment Gap With Interventions from Everyday LifeChapter 5 Selection of Interventions from Everyday LifeChapter 6 Physical Activity and Exercise and Diet and NutritionChapter 7 Mind-Body InterventionsChapter 8: Spirituality and ReligionChapter 9 Contact With Nature, Pets, and Other Nonhuman AnimalsChapter 10 Social Contact and Support, Volunteering, and Hobbies and Leisure ActivitiesChapter 11 Digital and Technological Means of Delivering InterventionsPART III. Integration: Key Challenges, Contexts, and Next StepsCh 12 Challenges, Contexts, and ConstraintsCh 13 Expanding Conceptual and Intervention OptionsCh 14 Recommendations and Next StepsReferencesIndex