Handbook of Self-Help Therapies

<p>This volume constitutes the first solidly research-grounded guide for practitioners wending their way through the new maze of self-help approaches. The <em>Handbook of Self-Help Therapies </em>summarizes the current state of our knowledge about what works and what does not disorder by disorder and modality by modality. Among the covered topics are: self-regulation theory; anxiety disorders; depression; childhood disorders; eating disorders; sexual dysfunctions; insomnia; problem drinking; smoking cessation; dieting and weight loss. Comprehensive in its scope this systematic objective assessment of self-help treatments will be invaluable for practitioners researchers and students in counseling psychology psychiatry and social work health psychology and behavioral medicine.</p>