This manual is both a guide to treatment and a workbook for persons who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder. During treatment, it is a workbook in which individuals can record their own experience of their disorder, together with the additional advice for their particular case given by their clinician. After treatment has concluded, this manual will serve as a self-help resource enabling t…
I find mobile phones to be amazing pieces of technology. They allow you to be almost anywhere in the world and still be able to reach your friends, loved ones, colleagues or business partners with a press of a button. If that wasn’t enough, they have grown so powerful that they are now nothing short of pocket computers. Only a few decades ago the only place you could see a similar devices was…
Behavioral activation theory indicates that much clinically relevant human behavior is a function of positive reinforcement, and that when positive reinforcement is reduced, lost, or chronically low depression results. Behavioral activation encourages clients to obtain and nurture the skills that allow them to establish and maintain contact with diverse, stable sources of positive reinforcement…
We have sometimes joked that there is no good reason to collect new data, given the wealth of existing data sets that can be used to answer important research questions. These existing resources are often longitudinal and usually have sample sizes that are larger than most samples typically found in psychological research. Unfortunately, our enthusiasm for the analysis of secondary data sets su…