About the Author ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xvii Part I Behaviorism and Basic Learning Concepts 1 Chapter 1 Structural and Functional Approaches to Case Formulation 3 Chapter 2 Radical Behaviorism 21 Chapter 3 Respondent Behavior 37 Chapter 4 Operant Behavior I: Characteristics, Acquisition and Stimulus Control 53 Chapter 5 Operant Behavior II: Satiation and Deprivation, Extinction, Shaping, Variability and Punishment 79 Chapter 6 Complex Behavior I: Modeling, Chaining and Self-Regulation 99 Chapter 7 Complex Behavior II: Rule-Governed Behavior, Stimulus Equivalence and Verbal Behavior 117 Part II Case Formulation 141 Chapter 8 Nonbehavioral approaches to case formulation 143 Chapter 9 Wolpe’s Tradition of Case Formulation 169 Chapter 10 Skinner and Psychotherapy 183 Chapter 11 Behavioral Case Formulation 195 Chapter 12 Behavioral Assessment 225 Chapter 13 Outstanding Issues and Future Directions 259 References 289 Index 321

There is a long history of behavioral approaches to psychopathology, however recent work on case formulation has focused on cognitive, psychodynamic and integrative approaches. Behavioral Case Formulation redresses the imbalance by describing radical behaviorism and its approach to the conceptualization, case formulation and treatment of psychopathology. Behavioral Case Formulation provides a consistent and coherent approach to case formulation: It describes the conceptual foundations of functional approaches to case formulation and intervention;Reviews the literature on functional analysis applied to abnormal and other behavior;Provides an update on advancements during the past 10 years;Explains the technology and application of behavioral assessment, case formulation and hypothesis-driven intervention;Identifies outstanding and conceptual and practical problems within this framework. This is an informative, must-have text for psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and other clinicians, as well as students in related subject areas.

?I would recommend this book to students of psychology, psychologists, psychology departments located in university and hospital settings, libraries in university and hospital settings, psychiatrists, social workers and health behavior departments in university settings.? (Drug and Alcohol Review , September 2009)