Product Description

This acclaimed work provides a systematic, comprehensive, and balanced evaluation of the current status of all major psychotherapeutic approaches.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19470 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 661 pages

Review

'[The authors] are passionate about evidence-based practice and the proper use of clinical judgment... Without doubt, this book is essential reading for all psychotherapy researchers, trainers, practitioners, and students.' - Mark Aveline, MD, FRCPsych, Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester, UK

'Simply put, this is the best book on the topic. Researchers will find their work put into a broader context, and clinicians will relish a thoughtful guide through the complicated tasks of assessment and treatment planning.' - John F. Clarkin, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

From the Back Cover

This acclaimed work provides a systematic, comprehensive, and balanced evaluation of the current status of all major psychotherapeutic approaches. With a primary focus on adults, detailed evidence is presented for the efficacy of widely used interventions for frequently encountered mental disorders and specific populations. The book also explains the concepts that underpin psychotherapy research, examines methodological challenges in translating research into practice, and considers the impact on outcome of factors common to all therapies, such as therapist and patient characteristics.

About the Author

Anthony Roth, PhD, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, University College London, UK

Peter Fonagy, PhD, Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, UK

Customer Reviews

Excellent for graduate therapy course or as a teaching tool.
This book would lend itself well to a research oriented graduate course on clinical psychology and treatment. It is also an excellent resource for writing lectures. Practicing clinicians should find it invaluable. It is concise and synthesizes an extensive body of research well (with appropriate and useful references). Selling points include specifics on clinical description, prevalence, co-morbidity, and history for each disorder covered. Reviews (and summaries) of treatment efficacy are excellent. -W. Born

The best summary of psychotherapy research
The book by Roth and Fonagy is a comprehensive and balanced summary of research on psychotherapy. Principly it covers outcome studies and is organised according to DSMIV diagnostic groups. It also covers a bit of process research, particularly the research on therapeutic alliance. There is much to recomnd the book: it is accurate, comprehensive, well written and balanced. It also offeres excellent summaries and impications ections at the end of each chapter. I don't know of a better summary of psychotherapy outcome research.