About the Book
Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this popular work combines the latest scientific knowledge with practical strategies for intervening in a broad range of crisis situations.
Leading authorities describe effective procedures for working with crisis-prone clinical populations as well as persons struggling with situational crises and stressful life experiences. The third edition has been restructured and thoroughly updated with the latest empirical data and clinical approaches.
Six new chapters address clinical decision making; treating law enforcement personnel; traumatic stress syndromes; and working with chronic pain sufferers, aggressive youths, and victims of terrorism. In-depth case examples in every chapter enhance the book's utility for clinicians and students.
Table of Contents:
Freeman, Dattilio, Introduction. Part I: Treatment of Clinical Problems. Freeman, Fusco, Treating High-Arousal Patients. Dattilio, Kendall, Panic Disorder. Reinecke, Suicide and Depression. Ramsay, Newman, Substance Abuse. Muran, DiGiuseppe, Rape. Heflin, Deblinger, Fisher, Child Sexual Abuse. DeVries, Gallager-Thompson, Assessment and Crisis Intervention with Older Adults. Part II: Special Topics. Hibbard, Gordon, Kothera, Traumatic Brain Injury. Abueg, Woods, Watson, Disaster Trauma. Castro-Blanco, Youth Crisis in the Schools. Epstein, Schlesinger, Couples in Crisis. Datilio, Families in Crisis. Hamberger, Holtzworth-Munroe, Partner Violence. Granvold, Divorce. Harbert, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. DiTomasso, Martin, Kvnat, Medical Patients in Crisis. Miller, Traumatized Psychotherapists. VandeCreek, Knapp, Legal and Ethical Issues.
About the Author :
Frank M. Dattilio, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical associate in psychiatry at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the clinical director of the Center for Integrative Psychotherapy in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He also serves as a full professor (adjunct) at Lehigh University. Dr. Dattilio trained in behavior therapy in the Department of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine under the direct supervision of the late Joseph Wolpe, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship under Aaron T. Beck at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. His more than 100 publications include the edited volumes Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents (with Mark A. Reinecke and Arthur Freeman) and Case Studies in Couple and Family Therapy. Arthur Freeman, EdD, ABPP, is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology and director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Freeman completed a postdoctoral fellowship under Aaron T. Beck at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and also studied with Albert Ellis in New York. In addition to over 40 book chapters, reviews, and journal articles, he has published 20 books, including Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders (coauthored with Aaron T. Beck) and Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents (coedited with Mark A. Reinecke and Frank M. Dattilio).
Review :
'Rich with insight and intelligence. The case examples show skilled clinicans at work, illustrating a mature cognitive-behavioral therapy that integrates a scientifically validated approach with the practice wisdom developed in dynamic, system, and family models.' - Health and Social Work (on the first edition)
'This up-to-date, comprehensive review of crisis-based interventions is an invaluable contribution. The leaders in the field combine a critical review of the literature with a practical consideration of clinical issues and cases. Practitioners and researchers alike will find this text a major asset.' - Donald Meichenbaum, PhD
'Dattilio, Freeman, and their authoritative contributing authors have done a beautiful job of updating this comprehensive book. The result is an excellent, thoroughgoing review of the main psychological problems in crisis intervention and related fields. If there is anything important that is missing from this unusual compilation of various modes of crisis intervention, I couldn't find it. A remarkably good anthology!' - Albert Ellis, PhD
'Fank Dattilio and Arthur Freeman have once again compiled a powerful text, applied to a comprehensive range of crisis situations and prepared by some of the finest contributors in the field of cognitive therapy...This text is a necessity for the frontline practitioner and will clearly serve as a resource for continued research in the field.' - From the Foreword by Aaron T. Beck, MD
