This volume constitutes the first solidly research-grounded guide for practitioners wending their way through the new maze of self-help approaches. The Handbook of Self-Help Therapies summarizes the current state of our knowledge about what works and what does not, disorder by disorder and modality by modality. Among the covered topics are: self-regulation theory; anxiety disorders; depression; childhood disorders; eating disorders; sexual dysfunctions; insomnia; problem drinking; smoking cessation; dieting and weight loss. Comprehensive in its scope, this systematic, objective assessment of self-help treatments will be invaluable for practitioners, researchers and students in counseling psychology, psychiatry and social work, health psychology, and behavioral medicine.

Patti Lou Watkins, George A. Clum

Watkins, Self-Help Therapies: Past and Present. Rosen, Barrera, Glasgow, Good Intentions are Not Enough: Reflections on Past and Future Efforts to Advance Self-Help. Clum, Self-Help Therapies: Mapping the Role of Self-administered Treatments in Healthcare. Febbraro, Clum, Self-regulation Theory and Self-Help Therapies. Hirai, Clum, Self-Help Therapies for Anxiety Disorders. Karpe, Scogin, Self-Help Therapies for Depression. Elgar, McGrath, Self-Help Therapies for Childhood Disorders. Winzelberg, Luce, Taylor, Self-Help Therapies for Eating Disorders. van Lankveld, Self-Help Therapies for Sexual Dysfunctions. Currie, Self-Help Therapies for Insomnia. Kypri, Cunningham, Self-Help Therapies for Problem Drinking. Schare, Konstas, Self-Help Therapies for Smoking Cessation. Concepcion, Watkins, Self-Help Therapies for Dieting and Weight Loss. Winett, Tate, Anderson, Wojcik, Winett, Preventing Weight Gain with Internet Programs. Fisher, Glasgow, Gabriele, An Ecological Perspective on Self-Help: The Case of Diabetes. Vincent, Walker, Katz, Self-Help Therapies in Primary Care. Self-Help Therapies: Retrospect and Prospect.