Perspectives and Promises of Clinical Psychology

Demontrating that the scope of clinincal psychology is much broader than had been previously thought, this new volume illustrates recent achievements in the field and outlines perspectives for futher applications in research and treatment.

List of contents

Introduction: Clinical PsychologyIts Successes and Perspectives; I. Florin, W. Fiegenbaum. Progress in Basic Research: Diagnosis, DSMIV and Dimensional Approaches; D.H. Barlow. The Perception of Smell and Taste as a Research Area of Clinical Psychology; R. Ferstl. Psychoendocrinology; D. Hellhammer. Progress in the Treatment of Somatic Disorders: Clinical-Psychological Treatment of Epileptic Seizures; N. Birbaumer; et al. Clinical Health Psychology and Cardiovascular Diseases; A. Steptoe, D. Molineux. Progress in the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Nature and Treatment of Panic Disorder; J. Margraf, A. Ehlers. Anxiety and Physical Symptoms; A. Ehlers, J. Margraf. ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder; P.M.G. Emmelkamp. Schizophrenic Psychoses; K. Hahlweg. Eight additional articles. Index.

About the author

Wolfgang Fiegenbaum ist Professor in Münster. Aus seiner Feder stammen über 40 Bücher zum Thema Eisenbahn, darunter die erfolgreichen transpress-Dokumentationen "Abschied von der Schiene".

Summary

Demontrating that the scope of clinincal psychology is much broader than had been previously thought, this new volume illustrates recent achievements in the field and outlines perspectives for futher applications in research and treatment.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anke Ehlers (Editor), Wolfgan Fiegenbaum (Editor), Wolfgang Fiegenbaum (Editor), Irmela Florin (Editor), Irmela Florin et al (Editor), Jurgen Margraf (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9781489936769
• ISBN: 978-1-4899-3676-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 409 g
• Illustrations: XII, 248 p.
• Series: Nato Science Series B: Nato Science Series B:
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology