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Functional Analysis in Clinical Treatment

  • 2nd Edition - March 20, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Peter Sturmey
  • Language: English

Much of clinical psychology relies upon cognitive behavior therapy to treat clinical disorders via attempting to change thinking and feeling in order to change behavior. Fu… Read more

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Much of clinical psychology relies upon cognitive behavior therapy to treat clinical disorders via attempting to change thinking and feeling in order to change behavior. Functional approaches differ in that they focus on context and the environmental influence on behavior, thoughts, and feelings. This second edition of Functional Analysis in Clinical Treatment updates the material in keeping with DSM-5 and ICD-10 and provides 40% new information, including updated literature reviews, greater detail in the functional analysis/assessment sections of each chapter, two new chapters on autism spectrum disorders and chronic health problems, and examples of worked assessments, such as interview transcripts, ABC charts, and observational data.

Key features

  • Discusses functional analytic approaches to treat specific clinical disorders
  • Appropriate for use with both adult and child populations
  • Updated to reflect DSM-5
  • Includes two new chapters on treatment for ADHD and chronic health problems
  • Shows more examples of worked assessments and treatment plans

Readership

Clinical practitioners treating any variety of disorders or population

Table of contents

1. Structural and functional approaches to psychopathology and case formulation
Peter Sturmey, John Ward-Horner and Erica Doran

2. Operant and respondent behavior
Peter Sturmey, John Ward-Horner and Erica Doran

3. Advanced concepts and methods of intervention in behavioral approaches to psychopathology
Peter Sturmey, Erica Doran and John Ward-Horner

4. Functional analysis methodology in developmental disabilities
Nienke Peters-Scheffer and Robert Didden

5. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Nancy A. Neef, Christopher J. Perrin and John Northup

6. The adaptive nature of coercive interactions between parents and their children with defiant Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: implications for treatment
Jeffrey S. Danforth and James W. Diller

7. Function-based assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders
Cathleen C. Piazza, Vivian F. Iban˜ez, Caitlin A. Kirkwood, Jaime G. Crowley and Sarah D. Haney

8. Tic disorders and trichotillomania
Raymond G. Miltenberger, Jordan T. Stiede, Douglas W. Woods and Michael B. Himle

9. Encopresis and enuresis
Marianne L. Jackson, W. Larry Williams, Sharlet D. Rafacz and Patrick C. Friman

10. Stereotypic movement disorder
Craig H. Kennedy and Michael E. May

11. A contextual model of care for persons with dementia
Adrienne K. Chong, Ali Molaie and Jane E. Fisher

12. Brain injury
Mark R. Dixon, Jessica M. Hinman and Holly L. Bihler

13. A behavioral approach to the treatment of substance use disorders
Sarah H. Heil, Catalina N. Rey, Danielle R. Davis and Stephen T. Higgins

14. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
David A. Wilder, Stephen E. Wong, Ansley C. Hodges and Hallie M. Ertel

15. Major depressive disorder
Alexandra L. Rose, Derek R. Hopko, Carl W. Lejuez and Jessica F. Magidson

16. The fear factor: A functional perspective on anxiety
Patrick C. Friman and Simon Dymond

17. Sexual disorders
Joseph J. Plaud

18. Eating disorders
Ata Ghaderi

19. Personality disorders
Rhonda Merwin, Purdence Cuper, Thomas Lynch and Kibby McMahon

20. Impulse-control disorders
Mark R. Dixon, Jessica M. Hinman and Taylor E. Johnson

21. A behavioral approach to the treatment of chronic illnesses
Bethany R. Raiff, Connor Burrows, Jessica Nastasi, Caitlyn Upton and Matthew Dwyer

22. Functional analysis in clinical treatment: 10 years of progress, current status, and future directions
Peter Sturmey

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 20, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Peter Sturmey

Professor Peter Sturmey is a retired professor of psychology who remains active in research and writing. He brings more than 30 years of experience working with children and adults with developmental disabilities as a volunteer; camp counselor; researcher; clinical psychologist in the British National Health Service; Chief Psychologist in developmental centers in Texas; consultant for many community services; and consultant to the states of Louisiana and Wyoming. Prof. Sturmey brings more than two decades of experience in supervising Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral-level Applied Behavior Analysis students’ research. He is affiliated with Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Brock University, Ontario; and Endicott University, Massachusetts. Prof. Sturmey has authored or edited more than 35 books, including Elsevier’s Functional Analysis in Clinical Treatment; A Practical Guide to Functional Assessment and Treatment for Severe Problem Behavior; and Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training.

Affiliations and expertise
The Graduate Center and Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, New York

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