Doing More With Less: Using Long-term Skills in Short-term Treatment

Written for practicing psychotherapists, this book comprises 14 chapters, each addressing short-term treatment for a particular condition or patient population. These include the treatment of children and adolescents, dementia sufferers and their families, substance abuse clients, schizophrenic patients, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, the mentally retarded, patients with chronic medical problems, post-traumatic conditions, borderline personality disorder, and bereavement. Each chapter discusses the theoretical and clinical approaches, outlines diagnostic issues, and presents a case study. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)