Promoting Treatment Adherence: A Practical Handbook for Health Care Providers - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412944821 ISBN 13: 9781412944823

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Promoting Treatment Adherence provides health care providers with a comprehensive set of information and strategies for understanding and promoting treatment adherence across a wide range of treatment types and clinical populations. The information is presented in a practical how-to manner, and is intended as a resource that practitioners can draw from to improve skills in promoting treatment adherence.

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About the Author

William T. O’Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of psychology and adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Nevada, Reno, and a faculty member of the National Judicial College. He is widely recognized in the field for his proposed innovations in mental health service delivery, in treatment design and evaluation, and in knowledge of empirically supported cognitive behavioral therapies. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement for Behavior Therapy and served on the Board of Directors of this organization. Dr. O’Donohue has published over 50 books and 150 articles in scholarly journals and book chapters. For the past 14 years, he has been director of a free clinic that treats children who have been sexually abused and adults who have been sexually assaulted.

Review

"Health professionals can use this book to identify the best available evidence for improving adherence and apply it to their clinical practice." Author: S. P. Kalantri Published On: 2007-07-17

"...establishes its place in a broadly used medical school reference library where it can be accessed by a variety of health care providers, including students in medicine, physical therapy, nutrition, and nursing." Author: Mary Ann Cook Published On: 2007-07-26

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412944821
• ISBN 13: 9781412944823
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: O′Donohue William T., Levensky Eric R