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Posts tagged with 'handouts'

Handouts & questionnaires for depression information

2nd March 2009

Here are a few handouts that I've put together over the years to provide background information about depression. The development & maintenance diagram is probably the handout here that I use most - both to explain issues about depression and also for many other psychological disorders as well. Development & …

Handouts & questionnaires for self-determination theory (SDT), an upgrade

23rd February 2009

I'm a big fan of self-determination theory (SDT). I've posted before on SDT. See, for example, the September post from last year with its links to a lecture I've given and to a number of handouts. See too Wellbeing, time management & self-determination in the website's Good Knowledge handouts section. …

Handouts & questionnaires for increasing access to psychological therapies (IAPT) outcomes toolkit, an upgrade

16th February 2009

Over nearly 35 years of practice as a doctor and psychotherapist I've assembled a collection of 300 to 400 handouts and questionnaires that I use in my work. I'm gradually uploading most of these handouts to this website so people can use any that they'd like to. The collection is …

Handouts & questionnaires for healthy sexuality, sexual dysfunctions, and for abuse

9th February 2009

Here are a series of handouts,questionnaires and book suggestions for healthy sexuality, for sexual dysfunctions, and for abuse screening. Touch, sex & caring - this two page Word handout is rather dated now, but still makes a series of very valid points. Sexual interaction inventory - this questionnaire asks about …

Handouts & questionnaires for couples, marriage, and parenting

2nd February 2009

Here are a series of questionnaires and handouts on couples and also on parenting. Intimate bond measure scale & scoring handout page 1 & page 2 - this is the scale I use most often when assessing quality of couple relationships. I often get people to score the IBM both …

Handouts & questionnaires for emotions, schema & personality

26th January 2009

Here are a set of diverse handouts and questionnaires on emotions, schema and personality. The "triangle of emotions" is a model I put together to help guide work on the longer term dysfunctional personality patterns that we probably all experience to some extent. The "big five" is a very widely …

Handouts & questionnaires for emotions & feelings

19th January 2009

Here are a set of handouts and questionnaires about emotions. It seems helpful to understand emotions through an evolutionary perspective - we have emotions, to a large extent, because they had (and have) survival value. We are the descendants of people with adaptive emotional systems that helped them stay alive …

Handouts & questionnaires for alcohol use disorders

12th January 2009

Here are a series of information and assessment handouts on alcohol. For additional information, note that the blog has a whole series of posts on the crucial importance of lifestyle choices, including how we use or abuse alcohol. Alcohol disorder assessment - two question screen - this is a useful …

Handouts & questionnaires for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - second post

5th January 2009

I posted half a dozen assessment questionnaires for PTSD and intrusive memories a week ago. Here are further handouts and information about intrusive memories, trauma, imagery and PTSD. Flowcharts 1 & 2 (Ehlers & Clark) - here are a couple of Powerpoint slides that - although in colour - print …

Handouts & questionnaires for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - first post

29th December 2008

PLEASE NOTE: This blog post dates back to December 2008. All the questionnaires on this page, updated scoring details for the IES-R, the widely used Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory, descriptions of how to do "reliving" of the trauma, written accounts, and site visits, as well as a series of other updated …