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Self-help that works : evidence-based resources for the public and the professional / John C. Norcross [and five others] ; authors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norcross, John C., 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health--United States--Indexes.
- Mental health.
- Mental illness--United States--Indexes.
- Mental illness.
- Mental health services--United States--Directories.
- Mental health services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (611 pages)
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York, [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Self-Help That Works is an indispensable guide that enables readers to identify effective self-help materials and distinguish them from those that are potentially misleading or even harmful. Six scientist-practitioners bring careful research, expertise, and a dozen national studies to the task of choosing and recommending self-help resources.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the authors
- Self-help in mental health
- Abuse
- Addictions
- Adult development
- Aging
- Anger
- Anxiety disorders
- Assertiveness
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Autism and Asperger's
- Bipolar disorder
- Borderline and narcissistic personality disorders
- Bullying
- Career development
- Child development and parenting
- Chronic pain
- Communication and people skills
- Death and grieving
- Dementia/Alzheimer's
- Depression
- Divorce
- Eating disorders
- Families and stepfamilies
- Gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues
- Happiness
- Infant development and parenting
- Love and intimacy
- Marriage
- Men's issues
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Pregnancy
- Schizophrenia
- Self-management and self-enhancement
- Sexuality
- Spiritual and existential concerns
- Stress management and relaxation
- Substance abuse
- Suicide
- Teenagers and parenting
- Violent youth
- Women's issues
- For consumers : evaluating and selecting self-help resources
- For practitioners : integrating self-help into treatment
- Appendix A. The 12 national studies
- Appendix B. Ratings of self-help books in the national studies
- Appendix C. Ratings of autobiographies in the national studies
- Appendix D. Ratings of films in the national studies
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-932364-X
- 0-19-933364-5
- OCLC:
- 867049773
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