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Fuchs, Cara; Lee, Jonathan K.; Roemer, Lizabeth; Orsillo, Susan M. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2013
A growing body of research suggests that mindfulness- and acceptance-based principles can increase efforts aimed at reducing human suffering and increasing quality of life. A critical step in the development and evaluation of these new approaches to treatment is to determine the acceptability and efficacy of these treatments for clients from…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Minority Groups, Effect Size, Metacognition
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Barrera, Terri L.; Zeno, Darrell; Bush, Amber L.; Barber, Catherine R.; Stanley, Melinda A. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is common in older adults and, although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficacious treatment for late-life GAD, effect sizes are only moderate and attrition rates are high. One way to increase treatment acceptability and enhance current cognitive behavioral treatments for GAD in older adults might be to…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Females, Religion, Cognitive Restructuring
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Whittal, Maureen L.; Robichaud, Melisa; Woody, Sheila R. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2010
Contemporary cognitive treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) dates back to 1985, and rests on the premise that infrequent unwanted intrusions are essentially universal. As such, it is not the intrusion that is the focus of treatment but rather the interpretation or appraisal placed upon the intrusion. A number of cognitive domains are…
Descriptors: Intervention, Etiology, Effect Size, Video Technology
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McManus, Freda; Waite, Polly; Shafran, Roz – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2009
Low self-esteem is a common, disabling, and distressing problem that has been shown to be involved in the etiology and maintenance of a range of Axis I disorders. Hence, it is a priority to develop effective treatments for low self-esteem. A cognitive-behavioral conceptualization of low self-esteem has been proposed and a cognitive-behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Etiology, Effect Size, Therapy
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Munoz, Ricardo F.; Le, Huynh-Nhu; Ippen, Chandra Ghosh; Diaz, Manuela A.; Urizar, Guido G., Jr.; Soto, Jose; Mendelson, Tamar; Delucchi, Kevin; Lieberman, Alicia F. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2007
A prenatal intervention designed to prevent the onset of major depressive episodes (MDEs) during pregnancy and postpartum was pilot tested at a public sector women's clinic. The "Mamas y Bebes"/Mothers and Babies Course is an intervention developed in Spanish and English that uses a cognitive-behavioral mood management framework, and incorporates…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Birth, Incidence
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Otto, Michael W.; Hinton, Devon E. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2006
Cambodian refugees represent a severely traumatized population living in the United States. In this paper, we describe the modification of a cognitive-behavior therapy program to facilitate delivery of an exposure-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder while addressing some of the challenges brought by differences in language and…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Behavior Modification, Patients