Ebook: The Dysregulated Adult: Integrated Treatment Approaches

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.