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- Editors:
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Dennis Upper
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Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, USA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Steven M. Ross
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Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA
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In 1977, the current editors contributed a review article on behavioral group therapy to a volume of Hersen, Miller, and Eisler's Progress in Behavior Modi fication series (1977). At that time we noted that, despite the advantages to both clinicians and clients of conducting behavioral treatments in groups, clinical developments and research in this area were still at a relatively rudimen tary level. The majority of studies in the behavioral group therapy literature we reviewed reported the direct transfer of an individual behavior therapy pro cedure, such as systematic desensitization, to a group of clients with homoge neous problems, such as snake phobia or test anxiety. Groups were used in many studies merely to generate sufficient numbers of subjects to allow various types of interventions to be compared, rather than to examine group process variables per se. Only a limited amount of attention had been given to whether these group interaction variables (such as group discussion, sharing ideas and feelings, and mutual feedback and reinforcement) might enhance individually oriented procedures applied in a group. The 8 years since this original chapter was written have seen a significant growth in both the breadth and depth of clinical research and work in the behavioral group therapy field. This growth was documented in part in a three volume series on behavioral group therapy by the current editors (Upper & Ross, 1979, 1980, 1981).
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Procedural and Process Issues
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- Martin Sundel, Sandra Stone Sundel
Pages 3-24
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- Peter M. Monti, David J. Kolko
Pages 25-61
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- Nancy B. Cohn, Neal H. Mayerson
Pages 63-82
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- Jeffrey R. Bedell, Diann Dee Michael
Pages 83-118
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- Perry L. Belfer, Philip Levendusky
Pages 119-144
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- John V. Flowers, Bernard Schwartz
Pages 145-170
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Clinical Applications with Specific Populations
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Front Matter
Pages 171-171
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- Sheldon D. Rose, Craig W. LeCroy
Pages 173-202
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- J. Stephen Hazel, James A. Sherman, Jean Bragg Schumaker, Jan Sheldon
Pages 203-246
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- Julia Steinmetz Breckenridge, Larry W. Thompson, James N. Breckenridge, Dolores E. Gallagher
Pages 275-299
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Clinical Applications for Specific Problems
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Front Matter
Pages 301-302
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- Peter M. Lewinsohn, Julia Steinmetz Breckenridge, David O. Antonuccio, Linda Teri
Pages 303-329
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- Billy A. Barrios, Rex W. Turner, Steven M. Ross
Pages 331-420
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- Kevin B. McGovern, Steven H. Jensen
Pages 421-442
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- Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, Antoinette C. M. Kuipers
Pages 443-471
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- Gerard J. Connors, Stephen A. Maisto, Linda C. Sobell, Mark B. Sobell
Pages 473-487
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- Ronald J. Kulich, Bruce S. Gottlieb
Pages 489-506
Editors and Affiliations
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Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, USA
Dennis Upper
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Dennis Upper
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Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA
Steven M. Ross