1st Edition

Behaviour Therapy Nursing

By Philip J. Barker Copyright 1982
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

The behavioural approach in nursing practice is the main concern of this book, originally published in 1982. Although the discussion concentrates on the fields of psychiatry and learning disabilities, it is also relevant to other areas of nursing such as the care of the elderly or of sick children. The book traces the development of behaviour therapy from its beginnings in the experimental... Read more

1.Introduction 2. A Behavioural Perspective 3. The Process of Change 4. Assessment: Identifying the Problem 5. Measurement: From Identity to Evaluation 6. Designing the Treatment Programme 7. Changing Behaviour from the Outside 8. Changing Behaviour from the Inside 9. Behavioural Group Therapy 10. The Nurse as Therapist 11. An Epilogue.

Biography

Philip J. Barker and Douglas Fraser