Irving B. Weiner & George Stricker 
Handbook of Psychology, Volume 8, Clinical Psychology 

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Table of Content

Handbook of Psychology Preface xi

Irving B. Weiner

Volume Preface xiii

George Stricker and Thomas A. Widiger

Contributors xix

I PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 1

1 DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION 3

Thomas A. Widiger and Cristina Crego

2 DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE 19

Eric J. Mash and David A. Wolfe

3 EATING DISORDERS: ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA, AND BINGE
EATING DISORDER 73

Howard Steiger, Kenneth R. Bruce, and Mimi Isra¨el

4 PERSONALITY DISORDERS 94

Timothy J. Trull, Ryan W. Carpenter, and Thomas A.
Widiger

5 MOOD DISORDERS 121

Constance Hammen and Danielle Keenan-Miller

6 ANXIETY DISORDERS 147

Kaitlin P. Gallo, Johanna Thompson-Hollands, Donna B. Pincus,
and David H. Barlow

7 SEX AND GENDER IDENTITY DISORDERS 171

Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Charles Moser, and Arlene Istar Lev

8 DISORDERS OF EXTREME STRESS 193

Etzel Carde~na, Lisa D. Butler, Sophie Reijman, and David
Spiegel

9 DISORDERS OF IMPULSE CONTROL 217

Kenneth J. Sher, Rachel Winograd, and Angela M. Haeny

10 SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM CONDITIONS 240

Philip D. Harvey and Christopher R. Bowie

II PSYCHOTHERAPY 263

11 PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY 265

Lawrence Josephs and Joel Weinberger

12 BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 291

W. Edward Craighead, Linda W. Craighead, Lorie A. Ritschel, and
Alexandra Zagoloff

13 THE HUMANISTIC-EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH 320

Leslie Greenberg, Robert Elliott, Germain Lietaer, and Jeanne
Watson

14 PSYCHOTHERAPY INTEGRATION AND INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPIES
345

Jerry Gold and George Stricker

15 GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPIES 367

William E. Piper and Carlos A. Sierra Hernandez

16 FAMILY THERAPY 384

Jay Lebow and Catherine B. Stroud

17 CRISIS INTERVENTION 408

Lisa M. Brown, Kathryn A. Frahm, and Bruce Bongar

18 BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPIES 431

Stanley B. Messer, William C. Sanderson, and Alan S.
Gurman

19 CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY 454

Richard J. Morris, Kristin C. Thompson, and Yvonne P.
Morris

20 PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH OLDER ADULTS WITHIN A FAMILY CONTEXT
474

Bob G. Knight and Jennifer Kellough

21 EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENTS,
AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 489

Barry L. Duncan and Robert J. Reese

III PROFESSIONAL ISSUES 515

22 EDUCATION, TRAINING, LICENSING, AND CREDENTIALING IN CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY 517

Judy E. Hall and Elizabeth M. Altmaier

23 ETHICAL PRACTICE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 533

Jeffrey E. Barnett and Stephen H. Behnke

24 THE U.S. HEALTH-CARE MARKETPLACE: FUTURE TENSE 558

David J. Drum and Andrew C. Sekel

25 EVOLVING ROLES FOR THE PROFESSION 585

Patrick H. De Leon, Morgan T. Sammons, Sandra M. Wilkniss, Kristofer
J. Hagglund, Stephen A. Ragusea, and Anthony S. Ragusea

Author Index 601

Subject Index 651

About the author

Irving B. Weiner, Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida. He is currently President of APA Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) and Past President of APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), formerly president of the Society for Personality Assessment and of the International Rorschach Society, and a recipient of the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He has authored or edited over 15 scholarly and professional books including the first edition of the Handbook of Psychology and, with W. Edward Craighead, the fourth edition of the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology.