The Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology An Evidence Based Practice Approach

Part I: Conceptual Frameworks. Carr, McNulty, Normal Psychological Development in Adulthood. Carr, McNulty, Classification and Epidemiology. Carr, McNulty, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. McNulty, Carr, Psychodynamic Therapy. Pascual-Leone, Andreescu, Greenberg, Emotion Focused Therapy. Carr, McNulty, Systemic Couple Therapy. McWilliams, Keating, O’Callaghan, Biomedical Approaches and Use of Drugs to Treat Adult Mental Health Problems. Carr, McNulty, Intake Interviews, Testing and Report Writing. Section II: Mood Disorders. Carr, McNulty, Depression. Jones, Lam, Tyler, Bipolar Disorder. Carr, McNulty, Suicide Risk. Novaco,Taylor, Anger. Section III: Anxiety Disorders. McCarthy, Bates, Social Anxiety Disorder. Wells, Carter, Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Taylor, Asmundson, Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Purdon, Chiang, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Creamer, Carty, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Bianco-Campal, Depersonalisation Disorder. Section IV: Physical Health Problems. Furer, Walker, Health Anxiety and Somatization. Turk, Murphy, Chronic Pain. White, Psychological Assessment and Treatment in Cancer Care. Carr, McNulty, Eating Disorders. Section V: Other Significant Psychological Problems. Bramham, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults. Copello, Mahmood, Day, Alcohol and Other Drug Problems. Carr, McNulty, Psychosis. Woods, Lamers, Psychological Problems of Older People. Section VI: Approaches to Psychological Distress Related to Complex Childhood Trauma. Fitzpatrick, Kuo, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. Lynch, Seretis, Hempel, Radically Open-Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Overcontrolled Disorders: Including Refractory Depression, Anorexia Nervosa, and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. Cutland Green, Heath,  Schema Therapy.

Biography

Alan Carr, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at University College Dublin, and a consultant clinical psychologist at the Clanwilliam Institute in Dublin. He has conducted clinical practice in the UK, Canada and Ireland. He has produced over 20 volumes and 350 papers and presentations in the areas of clinical psychology, family therapy and positive psychology. His more popular recent books include The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology and The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice (co-edited with Christine Linehan, Gary O’Reilly, Patricia Noonan Walsh and John McEvoy), and Clinical Psychology: An Introduction.　

Muireann McNulty, PhD, is a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at University College Dublin. She developed the adult clinical psychology curriculum for the clinical psychology training programme at University College Dublin and co-ordinates teaching in that area. She has conducted clinical practice in the UK, the USA and Ireland.

This is an excellent, comprehensive and thoroughly revised second edition of the Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology. The editors, Carr and McNulty, have delivered a wide-ranging, clinically informed and solid empirical account of current clinical psychology practice. It presents an exceptional integration of current clinical applications, conceptual frameworks, and professional themes. It will be a valuable reference point and resource for experienced clinicians, graduate students and all those involved in clinical psychology training. - Professor Paul Kennedy, Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training, University of Oxford.