Gary P. Brown & David A. Clark 
Assessment in Cognitive Therapy [EPUB ebook] 

This volume brings together leading experts to explore the state of the art of cognitive clinical assessment and identify cutting-edge approaches of interest to clinicians and researchers. The book highlights fundamental problems concerning the validity of assessments that are widely used in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Key directions for further research and development are identified. Updated cognitive assessment methods are described in detail, with particular attention to transdiagnostic treatment, evidence-based practice, cognitive case formulation, and imagery-based techniques.

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Introduction

1. Cognitive Clinical Assessment: Contributions and Impediments to Progress, David A. Clark & Gary P. Brown

I. Cognitive Assessment Strategies and Practices

2. ‘Better the Devil You Know’? A Conceptual Critique of Endorsement Methods in Cognitive Research and Practice, Gary P. Brown & David A. Clark

3. Production-Based Assessment in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, David A. F. Haaga & Ari Solomon

4. Imagery-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment, Susie Hales, Simon E. Blackwell, Martina Di Simplicio, Lalitha Iyadurai, Kerry Young, & Emily A. Holmes

5. Assessment of Cognitive Vulnerability to Psychopathology: Issues in Theory and Practice, Lyndsay E. Evraire, David J. A. Dozois, & Elizabeth P. Hayden

6. Implementing an Evidence-Based Approach to Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment, John Hunsley & Katherine Elliott

II. Cognitive Assessment and Diagnosis

7. Dimensionality in Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment, Amanda A. Uliaszek, Alison Alden, & Richard E. Zinbarg

8. The Cognitive Content-Specificity Hypothesis: Contributions to Diagnosis and Assessment, John Baranoff & Tian Po S. Oei

9. Transdiagnostic Cognitive Assessment and Case Formulation for Anxiety:  A New Approach, Angela H. Smith, Chelsea G. Ratcliff & Peter J. Norton

10. Beyond DSM Diagnosis: The Pros and Cons of Cognitive Case Formulation, Peter Bieling & Brenda Key

III. Challenges and Continuing Controversies

11. Toward a Validity Framework for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-Report Assessment, Nick Hawkes & Gary P. Brown

12. Enhancing Measurement Validation in Cognitive-Clinical Research with Structural Equation Modeling and Item Response Theory, Kristin Naragon-Gainey & Timothy A. Brown

13. Implicit Measures of Associations: A Case of Exaggerated Promises?, Anne Roefs, Jorg Huijding, Fren T. Y. Smulders, Anita T. M. Jansen, & Colin M. Mac Leod

14. Advances in Construct Validity Theory: Implications for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Assessment, Leila Guller & Gregory T. Smith

Conclusion

15. Fresh Pools or Stagnant Streams: Current Status of Cognitive Clinical Assessment, Gary P. Brown & David A. Clark

Sobre el autor

Gary P. Brown, Ph D, is Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom, and Director of Research for the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. Dr. Brown has published extensively in the area of cognitive therapy for depression and anxiety. His particular focus has been on assessment and measurement, and he has been involved in the development of a number of the key measures used in the field. He has also been active in helping to develop the system of cognitive-behavioral training in the United Kingdom.

David A. Clark, Ph D, is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. Dr. Clark’s research on the cognitive basis of anxiety and depression has appeared in numerous scientific journals. He is the author of several books, including
Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders and
The Anxiety and Worry Workbook (both with Aaron T. Beck) and
The Mood Repair Toolkit. Dr. Clark is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies and a recipient of its Aaron T. Beck Award for Significant and Enduring Contributions to Cognitive Therapy. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association. His website is
www.davidclarkpsychology.ca.