Focusing on patients with severe impairments, including mixed and multiple diagnoses, this volume describes how behavior therapy fits into the clinical environment. Psychiatrists, medical clinicians, and residents will appreciate the in-depth coverage of a broad range of difficult issues.

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I. General Issues.- 1. Clinical Behavior Therapy with Adults.- 2. Clinical Behavior Therapy with Children.- 3. Behavioral Assessment in the Psychiatric Setting.- 4. Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis: Adults.- 5. Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis: Children.- 6. Psychopharmacology.- 7. Hospital Structure and Professional Roles.- 8. Staff Training and Consultation.- 9. Medical Complications with Adults.- 10. Neuropsychiatry: A Multidimensional Approach.- II. Treatment of Adult Disorders.- 11. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- 12. Assessment and Treatment of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia.- 13. Affective Disorders.- 14. Schizophrenia.- 15. Alcohol Abuse and Dependence.- 16. Bulimia Nervosa.- 17. Personality Disorders.- 18. Geriatric Patients.- III. Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Disorders.- 19. Medical Issues in the Care of Child and Adolescent Inpatients.- 20. Separation Anxiety Disorder.- 21. Depression.- 22. Alcohol and Drug Abuse.- 23. Eating Disordrs.- 24. Autism and Developmental Disorders.- 25. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- 26. Conduct and Oppositional Disorders.- IV. Family Problems.- 27. Parent Training.- 28. Marital Distress.- 29. Behavioral Family Therapy for Schizophrenic and Affective Disorders.- 30. Family Therapy with Adolescents.- 31. Child Abuse and Neglect.