Content: Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
References
References
Authors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The BATHE technique: Key to making your practice patient-centered
Mental health practitioners by default
Opening the therapeutic inquiry
Determining the context of the visit
The BATHE technique
"B" stands for background
"A" stands for affect
"T" stands for trouble
"H" stands for handling
"E" stands for empathy
What is the best time to BATHE?
Patients' understanding of stress
Supporting the patient
Dealing with multiple problems
The resistant patient. Patients report they like being BATHE'dBATHE: A useful technique for many reasons
Differentiating approaches for chronic and acute problems
Treating acute conditions
Managing chronic problems
Engaging the patient in a psychotherapeutic contract
Example: The grieving patient
The efficacy of time
One last point
Summary
References
Chapter 2: Broadening the context of the office visit or medical consultation
Social support
The medical visit as a stressful event
Minimizing the patient's stress
Acceptance is key
The story as personal steady state. Why patients adapt differently to stressThe sense of coherence
A look at the data
A longitudinal study of adaptation
Successful adaptation defines health
A holistic theory of neurosis
Research from experimental psychology
Internal or external locus of control
Therapeutic implication
Application to illness behavior
Results of being overwhelmed
Treatment of symptoms without pathological labeling
The crisis intervention model
The goal of crisis intervention
Expected outcomes
Application to the office setting
Summary
References. Chapter 3: Promoting wellness and managing chronic conditionsFocusing on wellness
Non-infectious chronic disease is on the rise
Gradual weight gain during early and middle adulthood is a major health hazard
The importance of understanding the patient's health belief model
The BATHE technique can elicit the health belief
The importance of diet
Exercise is primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
Dealing with resistance
Understanding the meaning of the condition for the patient
Motivational interviewing
Chronic conditions and stress
The wellness message in brief
Summary.