This book will (1) provide empirically derived support and understanding of psychosocial problems encountered by patients and (2) explore the efficacy of the interventions available for patient care. Chapter 1 will take a historical view of the development of evidence-based practice in medicine and psychology.Chapter 2 will examine the concept of empirically supported evidence, ie, theextent to which the impact of psychosocial problems on health has been measured. The remaining eight chapters will explore a range of psychosocial issues through case illustration and examine both the problems and their management from an evidence-based approach. This book is a departure from reports on evidence-based practice to the extent that the empirical bases of the problems reported, and not just their treatment, are subjected to scrutiny. The first book to systematically explore the evidence-based effectiveness of interventions offered to chronic pain sufferers INDICE: Chapter 1: Evidence Based Approach and Psychosocial Practice. Chapter 2: Psychosocial Problems and the Chronic Pain Sufferer: A Social Dislocation Perspective. Chapter 3: Family Therapy (Part 1) and Couple Therapy (Part 2). Chapter 4: Abuse, Chronic Pain and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Chapter 5: Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Chapter 6: Grief Therapy. Chapter 7: Brief Therapies. Chapter 8: Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy. Chapter 9: Group Therapy. Chapter 10: Multidisciplinary Approach and Chronic Pain. Chapter 11: Epilogue.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-76295-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés