Problem-solving therapy. (Topical Term)

Work cat.: D Zurilla, T.J. Problem-solving therapy, 1986

LC data base, 5/19/86.

Baker encyc. psych., 1985: p. 875-877 (D Zurilla and Golfried (1971) noted that "much of what we view clinically as abnormal behavior or emotional disturbance may be viewed as ineffective behavior and its consequences, in which the individual is unable to resolve certain situational problems in his life." ... "Mahoney (1977) compares a client s problem solving to that of a scientist and argues that the scientist s logical skills are applicable in the client s day to day situations ... [Mahoney s] mnemonics: SCIENCE: S̲pecify general problems; C̲ollect information; I̲dentify causes and patterns; E̲xamine options; N̲arrow otions and experiment; C̲ompare data; E̲xtend, revise or replace")

95-36800: Pinsof, W.M. Integrative problem centered therapy ... 1995 (problem centered therapy)

95-52522: Chapman, A.H. The handbook of problem-oriented psycotherapy ... 1996.

NIH; MESH; Dict. psych. terms; Kaplan psych.; Harre & Lamb Dict. psych., 1983; Evans Psych., 1978; English Psycho. and Psychoanl. terms, 1858; Psych. Abst., 1976; Eysenck encyc. psych.; Campbell Psych. dict.; Harriman Ency. psy., 1946