LOOKING UP, FORWARD, AND BACK - HELPING PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR LIVES WITH BEHAVIOR-THERAPY - COMMENTARY

Authors
PERSONS JB
Citation
Jb. Persons, LOOKING UP, FORWARD, AND BACK - HELPING PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR LIVES WITH BEHAVIOR-THERAPY - COMMENTARY, Behavior therapy, 28(3), 1997, pp. 385-388
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Behavior therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00057894
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
385 - 388
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-7894(1997)28:3<385:LUFAB->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
This article comments on Agras' (1997) review of the past and future o f behavior therapy in the context of its mission to help people improv e their lives. It includes discussions of the success of behavior ther apy in accomplishing the goal of helping people improve their lives, t he cognitive behavioral split, the effect of managed care on behavior therapy, and the process and outcome of treatment for bulimia nervosa.