THE FIFTEEN MINUTE HOUR: THERAPEUTIC TALK IN PRIMARY CARE
Fourth Edition
2008212 pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1 84619 288 9
ISBN-13 9781846192883
Marian R Stuart PHD and Joseph A Lieberman III MD MPH, Respectively Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Professor of Family Medicine, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Foreword by Robert E Rakel MD, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Description
By incorporating therapeutic talk into daily practice, family doctors can solve and often prevent many psychological and behavioural problems. The approaches described in this text are designed not only to enhance the therapeutic relationship, but also to make practice more productive and pleasurable. In particular, they can be applied in the context of a standard length consultation, rather than lengthy therapy sessions.
Developed over two decades and four editions, the overwhelming consensus is that the strategies described in this book work: patients respond, practitioners save time, and provider-patient relationships become richer. The techniques will certainly increase readers’ abilities to recognize and treat common emotional problems. The approach is pragmatic, flexible and easily learned, and it works!
‘The fact that this book has progressed to a fourth edition confirms the usefulness of these techniques to those of us in primary care. Although the basic concepts presented are similar to earlier editions, much new material has been added to make these principles and techniques more useful to the primary care health professional. This book is a valuable resource for primary care physicians and all health professionals involved in providing primary care to patients. It contains many simple and practical techniques that are useful in practice.’
Robert E Rakel MD in the Foreword
Review Quotes 'I wish I had discovered this text years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed this text. This should be required reading for every physician and student of medicine. It now sits min my library and serves as a quick reference for understanding and dealing with the mind-body connection. I encourage you all to read it.' DELAWARE MEDICAL JOURNAL
'This excellent book attempts to help those in everyday clinical practice to recognize a psychological issue underlying a patient visit and how to focus the patient without labeling the problem as psychological. Worthwhile reading to remind us why we became physicians.' DOODY'S BOOK REVIEW SERVICE
'The simple, pragmatic patient interviewing and counselling techniques illustrated in this book will have a utility to many practitioners and not merely those employed in primary care.' CANCER CARE NEWS
'A time-honored classic. This book should be especially helpful to those who are beginning the challenge of clinical work and to those from the field of behavioral science who work in collaboration with physicians. I found myself being reenergized as I reread this work, even though I am already a true believer in the concepts presented. We are indebted to Drs Stuart and Lieberman for the contribution they have made to the practical integration of psychology and health.' FAMILY MEDICINE
 The bodymind and the role of the primary care practitioner Patients, stress, and the office visit Cognitive behavioral therapy and other practical therapeutic interventions Starting with the BATHE technique Rationale and techniques for fifteen-minute therapy Agenda for the fifteen-minute counseling session Therapeutic interventions for difficult patient situations Accenting the positive: putting an affirmative spin on the BATHE technique Handling special situations, staff, and assuring self-preservation Wrapping up—integrating treatments, modifying lifestyles, getting results Appendix A: Twelve good questions and three good answers for all seasons Appendix B: Recommended books for patients
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