Behavioral assessment and case formulation

Mental health practitioners use behavioral assessment methods in their treatment of clients to target the behavior that is desired, select appropriate treatment strategies, and evaluate treatment outcome. This textbook describes the evidence-based principles and underlying theories of behavioral assessment; demonstrates behavioral assessment methods including behavior observation, interviewing, and client self-report assessments; and provides applications of behavioral assessment. Extensive case study illustrations, sidebar callouts, and other pedagogical tools make this a perfect textbook for courses in psychological assessment, particularly those focusing on behavioral assessment methods ÍNDICE: Chapter 1 Introduction to Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation. Chapter 2 Introduction to the Functional Analysis as a Paradigm for Behavioral. Chapter 3 Illustrating the Functional Analysis with Functional Analytic Clinical. Chapter 4 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of Behavioral Assessment and the Functional Analysis I. Chapter 5: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of Behavioral Assessment and the Functional Analysis II: The Complex Nature of Causal Variables and Causal Relations. Chapter 6 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of Behavioral Assessment and the Functional Analysis III: Characteristics of Causal Variables and Causal Relations in the Functional Analysis.Chapter 7 Principles of Behavioral Assessment. Chapter 8: Self-Report Methodsin Behavioral Assessment. Chapter 9 Direct Methods in Behavioral Assessment. Chapter 10 Identifying Causal Relations in Behavioral Assessment. Chapter 11 Twenty-Two Steps in Pre-intervention Behavioral Assessment and the Development of a Functional Analysis. References.

• ISBN: 978-1-1180-1864-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 17/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés