Main description:

Recent conceptualization of anxiety, depressive, and related "emotional" disorders emphasize their similarities rather than their differences. In response, there has been a movement in recent years away from traditional disorder-specific manuals for the treatment of these disorders and toward treatment approaches that focus on addressing psychological processes that appear to cut across disorders. These "transdiagnostic" evidence-based treatments may prove to be more
cost efficient and have the potential to increase availability of evidence-based treatments to meet a significant public health need. Among clinicians, the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP), developed by Dr. David Barlow and colleagues, is the most
recognizable and widely used transdiagnostic treatment protocol with empirical support for its use.

Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders provides clinicians with a "how to" guide for using the UP to treat a broad range of commonly encountered psychological disorders in adults. Each chapter covers a specific anxiety, depressive, or related "emotional" disorder, and important transdiagnostic processes are highlighted and discussed in relation to treatment. Case studies are employed throughout to illustrate the real-world application
of this unique cognitive behavioral protocol and to instruct clinicians in the nuts and bolts of assessment, case formulation, and treatment in accordance with a transdiagnostic perspective.

Contents:

Series ForewordPrefaceAbout the EditorsContributorsChapter 1. The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: An IntroductionKatherine A. Kennedy and David H. BarlowChapter 2. Transdiagnostic Assessment and Case Formulation: Rationale and Application with the Unified ProtocolHannah Boettcher and Laren R. ConklinChapter 3. The Unified Protocol for Anxiety DisordersLaren R. Conklin, Todd J Farchione, and Steven DufourChapter 4. The Unified Protocol for Obsessive-compulsive and Related DisordersJohanna Thompson-HollandsChapter 5. The Unified Protocol for Major Depressive DisorderJames F. Boswell, Laren R. Conklin, Jennifer M. Oswald, and Matteo BugattiChapter 6. The Unified Protocol for Bipolar and Comorbid DisordersKristen K. Ellard, Emily Bernstein, Andrew A. Nierenberg, and Thilo DeckersbacChapter 7. The Unified Protocol for Posttraumatic Stress DisorderMatthew W. GallagherChapter 8. The Unified Protocol for Comorbid Alcohol Use and Anxiety DisordersTodd J Farchione, Tracie M. Goodness, and Katelyn M. E. WilliamsChapter 9. The Unified Protocol for Eating DisordersChristina L. Boisseau and James F. BoswellChapter 10. The Unified Protocol for Insomnia DisorderJacqueline R. Bullis and Shannon Sauer-ZavalaChapter 11. The Unified Protocol for Nonsuicidal and Suicidal Self-InjuryKate H. Bentley, Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Clair Cassiello-Robbins, and Stephanie VentoChapter 12. The Unified Protocol for Borderline Personality DisorderShannon Sauer-Zavala, Kate H. Bentley and Julianne G. WilnerChapter 13. The Unified Protocol for Chronic PainLaura A. PayneChapter 14. The Unified Protocol for Complex, Highly Comorbid CasesHeather Murray Latin and Clair Cassiello-RobbinsChapter 15. Group Treatment Applications of the Unified ProtocolJacqueline R. Bullis, Kate H. Bentley and Katherine A. KennedyChapter 16. Cross-cultural Applications of the Unified Protocol: Examples from Japan and ColombiaAmantia Ametaj, Nina Wong Sarver, Obianujunwa Anakwenze, Masaya Ito, Michel Ratner and Ramya PotluriChapter 17. The Unified Protocol: Future DirectionsClair Cassiello-Robbins, Heather Murray Latin, and Shannon Sauer-ZavalaReferencesIndex