The Dysregulated Adult: Integrated Treatment Approaches

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People experiencing disorders in regulation are highly sensitive to stimulation from the environment, emotionally reactive, and have difficulty maintaining an organized and calm life style. They are impulsive, easily frustrated, and as a result make decisions that lead to an overwrought state-or who conversely retreat entirely from the world. This disorder is most likely to accompany diagnoses of bipolar or mood disorder, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Asperger's syndrome, eating or sleep disorders, and/or attention deficit disorder. This book instructs therapists how best.;Front Cover; The Dysregulated Adult; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; BOOK FORMAT; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Problems of Self-Regulation in Adults; 1. THE CONCEPT OF SELF-REGULATION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT; 2. WHAT IS A REGULATORY DISORDER IN AN ADULT?; 3. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF REGULATORY PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS; 4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF REGULATORY PROBLEMS IN ADULTS; 5. TYPES OF REGULATORY PROBLEMS IN ADULTS; 6. IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS OF SELF-REGULATION IN ADULTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- Mood Dysregulation; 1. WHAT IS AN EMOTION?;REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 4 - Dealing with Depression; 1. TYPES OF DEPRESSION; 2. WHAT CAUSES DEPRESSION?; 3. THREE PORTRAITS OF DEPRESSION; 4. EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 5 - Eating Disorders; 1. THE MANY FACTS OF EATING; 2. WHAT CAN GO WRONG?; 3. THE FIRST STEP: GETTING EVALUATED; 4. THE ASSESSMENT; 5. TREATMENT INTERVENTION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 6 - Sleep Disorders; 1. SLEEP-WAKE CYCLES; 2. STAGES OF SLEEP; 3. SLEEP PROBLEMS IN ADULTS. Front Cover The Dysregulated Adult Copyright Dedication Contents Preface HOW TO USE THIS BOOK BOOK FORMAT Acknowledgments Chapter 1 -- Problems of Self-Regulation in Adults 1. THE CONCEPT OF SELF-REGULATION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT 2. WHAT IS A REGULATORY DISORDER IN AN ADULT? 3. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF REGULATORY PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS 4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF REGULATORY PROBLEMS IN ADULTS 5. TYPES OF REGULATORY PROBLEMS IN ADULTS 6. IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS OF SELF-REGULATION IN ADULTS SUMMARY REFERENCES Chapter 2 -- Mood Dysregulation 1. WHAT IS AN EMOTION? 2. COGNITIVE APPRAISAL3. PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF EMOTION 4. EXPRESSION OF EMOTION 5. THE SOCIALIZATION OF EMOTIONS 6. MODULATION OF EMOTION AND MOOD STATES 7. A DEVELOPMENTAL STRUCTURALIST APPROACH TO ORGANIZING SENSORY AND AFFECTIVE EXPERIENCES 8. APPLICATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL STRUCTURALIST MODEL 9. IDENTIFYING CAUSES OF MOOD DYSREGULATION 10. TREATMENT APPROACHES SUMMARY REFERENCES FURTHER READING Chapter 3 -- Anxiety Disorders 1. SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY 2. NEUROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING ANXIETY 3. TYPES OF ANXIETY DISORDERS IN ADULTS 4. STRATEGIES TO ALLEVIATE ANXIETY. 4. IMPACT OF SLEEP PROBLEMS ON EVERYDAY FUNCTIONING5. THE SLEEP ENVIRONMENT, CULTURAL BELIEFS ABOUT SLEEP, AND FAMILY SLEEP PATTERNS 6. SLEEP DISORDERS IN PERSONS WITH DYSREGULATION 7. EVALUATING SLEEP PROBLEMS 8. MANAGEMENT OF SLEEP PROBLEMS SUMMARY REFERENCES Chapter 7 -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 1. WHAT IS OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER? 2. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEALTHY RITUALS AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR? 3. WHAT CAUSES OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER? 4. HOW CAN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER BE TREATED? 5.COMMON PITFALLS: THINGS TO AVOID SUMMARY REFERENCES. FURTHER READINGChapter 8 -- Attentional Problems in Adults 1. TYPES OF ATTENTIONAL PROBLEMS 2. PROCESSES THAT UNDERLIE ATTENTION 3. WHAT IS ATTENTION? HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 4. AROUSAL, ALERTING, AND SENSORY REGISTRATION 5. SUSTAINED ATTENTION: ATTENTION-GETTING AND ATTENTION-HOLDING 6. THE ROLE OF EFFORT IN ATTENTIONAL TASKS 7. SELECTIVE ATTENTION: SCREENING AND SELECTION 8. MOTIVATION, PERSISTENCE, AND SELF-CONTROL 9. TREATMENT APPLICATIONS SUMMARY REFERENCES FURTHER READING Chapter 9 -- The Sensory Defensive Adult 1. WHAT IS SENSORY INTEGRATION? 2. TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPRAXIA.