Current Issues in Clinical Psychology - Edwards, Gill

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Résumé :
Since 1980, clinical psychologists and other professionals have gathered in Merseyside each year for the Annual Merseyside Course in Clinical Psychology. The aim of this annual event is to offer post? qualification training and a forum for discussion in areas of current clinical interest. Over the years, the course has attracted national and international speakers and attenders of the highest calibre, plus up-to-the-minute reports on current research. In August 1984, the course was held, for the first time, in the beautiful old city of Chester. As always, the papers were presented by leading clinicians and researchers in their respective fields; once again, this included several contributions from Merseyside psychologists. Since 1981, the proceedings of this conference have been published as Current Issues in Clinical Psychology. The present volume - Volume 4 - covers four major areas of current interest: The Child and Therapy; Rehabilitation Across the Specialties; New Directions for Psychology and the Law; and Addictive Behaviors. Each of these areas must be relevant to the work of almost all clinical psychologists, at various times. The volume closely reflects the order and content of papers presented at the 1984 conference, although it also includes one paper (by Guliz Elal-Lawrence) written specially for this publication. The 1984 conference was widely acknowledged to be another succes- both academically and socially - and I hope that this volume fully conveys the interesting and stimulating ideas and information enjoyed by those who attended.

Sommaire:
The Child and Therapy.- A Personal Construct Approach to Therapy with Children.- Family Therapy with Children: The Structural Approach.- Psychodynamic Therapy with Children.- Group Therapy with Children: A Group Analytic Perspective.- Behavioral Therapy of Problem Children.- Inpatient Treatment of Children: A Psychiatric Perspective.- Rehabilitation Across the Specialties: A Cross-Fertilization.- Introduction: Issues and Concepts in Rehabilitation.- Rehabilitation in Neuropsychology.- Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Putting Practice into Theory.- Psychological Considerations of Rehabilitation after Myocardial Infarction.- New Directions for Psychology and the Law.- New Developments in Psychology and the Law.- Regional Secure Units: The Emerging Picture.- Testing Time for Psychologists: The Psychologist as an Expert Witness.- The Mental Health Act Commission: The First Year's Experience.- Forensic Assessment and the Killing of Partners: A Crime Passionel?.- Addictive Behaviors.- Psychological Approaches to Drink Problems: A Historical Review.- Alcohol-Focused Treatments for Problem Drinkers: Are They Necessary?.- Minimal Treatment Interventions for Problem Drinkers.- Dialectical Drinking and the Problem of Balance.- Commonalities in the Addictive Behaviors.- Benzodiazepine Dependence.- Smoking Cessation: Treatment and Relapse Prevention.- Addiction: An Everyday Disease.