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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Illness and Disability
Renee R. Taylor
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Description for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Illness and Disability
Hardcover. Demonstrates how cognitive-behavioral interventions can be used to effectively address medical stressors and their attendant depression, anxiety, and quality-of-life concerns. This title offers professionals insights for synthesizing therapeutic knowledge with practical understanding of chronic disease. Num Pages: 378 pages, 94 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMJT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Severe pain, debilitating fatigue, sleep disruption, severe gastrointestinal distress - these hallmarks of chronic illness complicate treatment as surely as they disrupt patients' lives, in no small part because of the overlap between biological pathology and resulting psychological distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Illness and Disability cuts across formal diagnostic categories to apply proven therapeutic techniques to potentially devastating conditions, from first assessment to end of treatment. Four extended clinical case examples of patients with chronic fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, inoperable cancer, and Crohn's disease are used throughout the ... Read more
Severe pain, debilitating fatigue, sleep disruption, severe gastrointestinal distress - these hallmarks of chronic illness complicate treatment as surely as they disrupt patients' lives, in no small part because of the overlap between biological pathology and resulting psychological distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Illness and Disability cuts across formal diagnostic categories to apply proven therapeutic techniques to potentially devastating conditions, from first assessment to end of treatment. Four extended clinical case examples of patients with chronic fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, inoperable cancer, and Crohn's disease are used throughout the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
1609g
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387253091
SKU
V9780387253091
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99-15
About Renee R. Taylor
Renee R. Taylor, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor within the Department of Occupational Therapy at UIC. She currently serves as the Principal Investigator of a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) research and outcomes demonstration project funded by the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research within the US Department of Education. This project is designed to evaluate the the efficacy, replicability, ... Read more
Reviews for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Illness and Disability
From the reviews: Renee R. Taylor's book, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Illness and Disability, expertly details a treatment method that is well directed ... . The question we must ask ... is: Does the treatment outlined in Taylor's book meet the requirements of a typical managed care ... Read more