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A list of books relevant to behavior therapy
II.
Eehov.
Thu.
& &.vp. Psyckiat.
Vol. I. pp. 95-96. Pergamon
Press.
1970.
A LIST OF BOOKS RELEVANT
Britain.
B. B. and
Conditioning
THERAPY
ENGLAND G. (1967)
Therapies.
California,
Stuttering
and the
Monterey Institute
for Speech and Hearing. A collection of 19 papers read at a conference in Monterey, California in 1966. These discuss many aspects of the treatment of stuttering from the behavioristic viewpoint. JACOBSON E. (1938) Progressive Rekzxarion Chicago, University of Chicago Press. The major monograph of the originator of the relaxation training technique that has played a large part in behavior therapy. An erudite work that does not make easy reading; KONDAS 0. and TOROK I. (1965) Psychorogia Y Rehabiliracnej Srorosrlivosri, Bratislava, Obzor (Czech). This Czechoslovakian text. as far as we know. was the first one on behavior therapy in any foreign language. KRASNER L. and ULLMAN L. P. (Eds.) (1965) Research in Behavior Mod$carion, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. Contains 15 original articles that review major research in behavior modification, focusing especially on the application of experimental findings to the modification of a variety of maladaptive behaviors by operant conditioning methods. KRUMBOLTZJ. D. (Ed.) (1966) Revolution in Counseb ing: Implications of Behavioral Science, Houghton Mifflin. New York. Reports the contributions to a conference at Stanford University in 1965. The word “revolution” refers to the advocacy of the systematic application of behavioristic principles to psychotherapeutic counseling.
Neuroses: Reidings in Modern Methods of ?reatment Derived from Learning Theory, Pergamon Press, New York.
A collection of 36 papers covering most of the literature through 1959, including examples of the conditioning methods until then available. EYSENCK H. J. (Ed.) (1964) Experiments in Behavior Therapy, Pergamon Press, New York. A collection of 42 papers similar to the foregoing but somewhat more extensive in scope. It includes most of the oaoers written between 1960 and 1964. The Effecrs
in Great
TO BEHAVIOR
GRAY
T. and AZR~NN. H. (1968) TSleToken Economy, Appleton, Century, Croft, New York. An exoosition of the basic principles of operant conditibning and of the practice of giving tokens as rewards for modifvina the behavior of natients. It is written clearly and simply so that it can be used by nurses and other hospital personnel, but can also be recommended to psychiatrists. BAN T. A. (1964) Condifioning ond Psychiufry, Aldine, Chicago. Describes the use of Pavlovian concepts in psychiatric research and some diagnostic and treatment procedures that have been derived therefrom. BANDURAA. (1969) Principles of Behavior Mod$cation, Holt. Rinehart & Winston. New York. An ‘extensive exposition ‘of the principles and practices of behavior therapy within the conceptual framework of social learning. BRU~~EN E. J. and SHOEMAKERD. J. (1967) The Modification of Stuttering. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. A theoretical and programmaticstatement of the use of behavioristic principles in the treatment of stuttering. EYSENCKH. J. (Ed.) (1960) Behavior Theruov ond the
hYLLON
EYSENCK’ H’. 1. (1966)
Printed
LONDON P. (1964)
The Modes
and Morals
of Psycho-
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. An interesting exposition of the differences between the behavioristic and the more conventional approaches to psychotherapy. It contains penetrating observations on ethical aspects of the psycho_ therapeutic transaction. LOVIBOND S. H. (1964) Conditioning and Enuresis. Macmillan, New York. A sophisticated account of various aspects of the treatment of enuresis by causing a loud noise to be set off when the urine of the sleeping subject completes an electrical circuit in a special bed pad. MISCHEL W. (1968) Personalify ond Assessmenf, John Wiley, New York. An examination of theory, research and personality assessment relevant to complex human behavior. therapy,
of Psychotherapy,
International Science Press, New York. A review and critique of the literature on the effectiveness of psychotherapy and a presentation of the argument for the special effectiveness of behavior therapy. The main exposition is followed by 18 reaction papers by psychiatrists and psychologists, some concurring. others disagreeing. EYSENCK H. J. and RACHWANS. (1965) The &uses and Cures of Neurosis: Robert R. Knaoo. San Dieno. A somewhat popularized summary bi the liter&e in the conditioning field regarding the nature of anxiety states, hysterical, obsessive-compulsive, and other disorders: It describes various techniques for the treatment of neurotic and psychotic behavior and discusses outcome studies. FRANKS C. M. (Ed.) (1964) Conditioning Techniques in Clinical Practice and Research, Springer, New York. Comprises 25 contributions relative to diagnosis, evaluation, prediction, and treatment. Most of the therapeuttc papers deal with operant conditioning techniaues. FRANKS e. M. (Ed.) (1969) Behavior Therapy: Appraisal and Status. McGraw-Hill, New York. Behavior therapy research and many issues related to it are discussed in a score of papers by prominent scientists in the behavior therapy field, and by a few outside it. 95
NURNBERGER J. I., FERSTER C. B. and BRADY J. P. (1963) An Introduction ro the Science of Behavior,
Aooleton. Centurv. Crofts. New York. Chapters. 12-18 ~effectively summarize the basic concepts and principles of operant conditioning and behavior modification. PAUL G. L. (1966) Insight versus Desensitization, Stanford University Press? Stanford. An account of an ingemous and impeccably conducted research project in which analytically oriented therapists treated -subjects with severe fears of public speaking by insight therapy, systematic desensitization, and attention-placebo.
96 PHILIPS E.
A LIST OF BOOKS
RELEVANT
L. and WE~SER D. H. (1966) Short-term Psychotherapy and Structured Behavior Change, McGraw-Hill, New York. An analysis of behavior therapy within systems theory. RACHMANS. (1968) Phobias. Their Nature and Control. Charles C. Thomas. Illinois. A clearly written monograph on the characteristics of phobias and their treatment by behavior therapy. RUBIN R. D. and FRANKSC. M. Eds.) (1969) Advancesin Behavior Therapy, 1968, Aca 6 emtc. Press, New York. An assortment of papers varying in quality from good to poor, presented at a conference in 1968. SALTERA. (1949) Conditioned Reflex Therapy, Creative Age Press, New York. Deals mainly with the use of assertive training technique which the author refers to as “excitation”. It is interesting for the illustrative material given in 25 cases, but the treatment is not related to an experimental paradigm. SCHAEFERH. H. and MARTIN P. L. (1969) Behavior41 Therapy, McGraw-Hill, New York. A systematic account of behavior therapy techniques designed for psychiatric nurses, technicians, and attendants. The ~emphasis is naturally on operant conditioning methods. Psychiatrists and psychologists will also find it very readable. ULLMAN L. P. and KRASNER L. (Eds.) (1965) Cuse Studies in Behavior Modification,‘ HoIt,. Rinehart& Winston, New York. Contains some SO articles dealing with the treatment, mainly by operant conditioning, of a wide variety of disturbed behaviors. Also contains an illuminating introduction entitled “What is behavior modification ?“. ULLMAN L. P. and KRA~NERL (1969) A Psychological Approach to Abnormal Behavior, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. A general textbook of abnormal psychology based entirely on principles of conditioning. It covers the whole field of behavioral abnormality.
TO BEHAVIOR
THERAPY
ULRICH R. STACHNIK T. and
MABRY J. (Eds.) (1966) Control of Human Behavior. Scott. Foresman. Illinois. A collection of 48 papers generally on the modiflcation of human behavior by operant conditioning. It is intended to be readable by people without much erudition in behavior modification terminology. VAL.ARINOF. (1969) Reflexoterapias Contemporaneas, Editorial Medica Venetolana, Caracus. A survey in Spanish of the history, experimental origins and methods of behavior therapy. Worpe J. (1958) Psychotherupy by Reciprocal Inhibition, Stanford University Press. Stanford. Gives the conceptual and experimental background of many of the conditioning procedures currently used in the treatment of neuroses, and describes the derivative techniques. There are 18 illustrative cases. WOLPE J. (1969) The Practice of Behavior Theroov. _-Pergamon Press, New York. A detailed description of the behavior therapist’s approach to the patient and an account of many conditioning techniques, especially as applied to the treatment of neurosis. Incorporates recent research findings of practical relevance. WOLPE J., SALTER A. and REYNA L. J. (Eds.) (1964) The Conditioning Therapies: The Challenge in Psychotherapy, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. The proceedings of a conference held at the University of Virginia in 1962 that was a milestone in the social history of behavior therapy. It contains several clinical expositions, some of which include comparisons with psychoanalysis, critical commentaries on the psychoanalytic Zeitgeist, reports on experimental data, and a discussion of the prospects of the field. YATES A. J. (1969) Behavior Therapy, John Wiley, New York. An account of the history, basic concepts and techniques of Behavior Therapy, and a critical commentary.
Eehov.
Thu.
& &.vp. Psyckiat.
Vol. I. pp. 95-96. Pergamon
Press.
1970.
A LIST OF BOOKS RELEVANT
Britain.
B. B. and
Conditioning
THERAPY
ENGLAND G. (1967)
Therapies.
California,
Stuttering
and the
Monterey Institute
for Speech and Hearing. A collection of 19 papers read at a conference in Monterey, California in 1966. These discuss many aspects of the treatment of stuttering from the behavioristic viewpoint. JACOBSON E. (1938) Progressive Rekzxarion Chicago, University of Chicago Press. The major monograph of the originator of the relaxation training technique that has played a large part in behavior therapy. An erudite work that does not make easy reading; KONDAS 0. and TOROK I. (1965) Psychorogia Y Rehabiliracnej Srorosrlivosri, Bratislava, Obzor (Czech). This Czechoslovakian text. as far as we know. was the first one on behavior therapy in any foreign language. KRASNER L. and ULLMAN L. P. (Eds.) (1965) Research in Behavior Mod$carion, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. Contains 15 original articles that review major research in behavior modification, focusing especially on the application of experimental findings to the modification of a variety of maladaptive behaviors by operant conditioning methods. KRUMBOLTZJ. D. (Ed.) (1966) Revolution in Counseb ing: Implications of Behavioral Science, Houghton Mifflin. New York. Reports the contributions to a conference at Stanford University in 1965. The word “revolution” refers to the advocacy of the systematic application of behavioristic principles to psychotherapeutic counseling.
Neuroses: Reidings in Modern Methods of ?reatment Derived from Learning Theory, Pergamon Press, New York.
A collection of 36 papers covering most of the literature through 1959, including examples of the conditioning methods until then available. EYSENCK H. J. (Ed.) (1964) Experiments in Behavior Therapy, Pergamon Press, New York. A collection of 42 papers similar to the foregoing but somewhat more extensive in scope. It includes most of the oaoers written between 1960 and 1964. The Effecrs
in Great
TO BEHAVIOR
GRAY
T. and AZR~NN. H. (1968) TSleToken Economy, Appleton, Century, Croft, New York. An exoosition of the basic principles of operant conditibning and of the practice of giving tokens as rewards for modifvina the behavior of natients. It is written clearly and simply so that it can be used by nurses and other hospital personnel, but can also be recommended to psychiatrists. BAN T. A. (1964) Condifioning ond Psychiufry, Aldine, Chicago. Describes the use of Pavlovian concepts in psychiatric research and some diagnostic and treatment procedures that have been derived therefrom. BANDURAA. (1969) Principles of Behavior Mod$cation, Holt. Rinehart & Winston. New York. An ‘extensive exposition ‘of the principles and practices of behavior therapy within the conceptual framework of social learning. BRU~~EN E. J. and SHOEMAKERD. J. (1967) The Modification of Stuttering. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. A theoretical and programmaticstatement of the use of behavioristic principles in the treatment of stuttering. EYSENCKH. J. (Ed.) (1960) Behavior Theruov ond the
hYLLON
EYSENCK’ H’. 1. (1966)
Printed
LONDON P. (1964)
The Modes
and Morals
of Psycho-
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. An interesting exposition of the differences between the behavioristic and the more conventional approaches to psychotherapy. It contains penetrating observations on ethical aspects of the psycho_ therapeutic transaction. LOVIBOND S. H. (1964) Conditioning and Enuresis. Macmillan, New York. A sophisticated account of various aspects of the treatment of enuresis by causing a loud noise to be set off when the urine of the sleeping subject completes an electrical circuit in a special bed pad. MISCHEL W. (1968) Personalify ond Assessmenf, John Wiley, New York. An examination of theory, research and personality assessment relevant to complex human behavior. therapy,
of Psychotherapy,
International Science Press, New York. A review and critique of the literature on the effectiveness of psychotherapy and a presentation of the argument for the special effectiveness of behavior therapy. The main exposition is followed by 18 reaction papers by psychiatrists and psychologists, some concurring. others disagreeing. EYSENCK H. J. and RACHWANS. (1965) The &uses and Cures of Neurosis: Robert R. Knaoo. San Dieno. A somewhat popularized summary bi the liter&e in the conditioning field regarding the nature of anxiety states, hysterical, obsessive-compulsive, and other disorders: It describes various techniques for the treatment of neurotic and psychotic behavior and discusses outcome studies. FRANKS C. M. (Ed.) (1964) Conditioning Techniques in Clinical Practice and Research, Springer, New York. Comprises 25 contributions relative to diagnosis, evaluation, prediction, and treatment. Most of the therapeuttc papers deal with operant conditioning techniaues. FRANKS e. M. (Ed.) (1969) Behavior Therapy: Appraisal and Status. McGraw-Hill, New York. Behavior therapy research and many issues related to it are discussed in a score of papers by prominent scientists in the behavior therapy field, and by a few outside it. 95
NURNBERGER J. I., FERSTER C. B. and BRADY J. P. (1963) An Introduction ro the Science of Behavior,
Aooleton. Centurv. Crofts. New York. Chapters. 12-18 ~effectively summarize the basic concepts and principles of operant conditioning and behavior modification. PAUL G. L. (1966) Insight versus Desensitization, Stanford University Press? Stanford. An account of an ingemous and impeccably conducted research project in which analytically oriented therapists treated -subjects with severe fears of public speaking by insight therapy, systematic desensitization, and attention-placebo.
96 PHILIPS E.
A LIST OF BOOKS
RELEVANT
L. and WE~SER D. H. (1966) Short-term Psychotherapy and Structured Behavior Change, McGraw-Hill, New York. An analysis of behavior therapy within systems theory. RACHMANS. (1968) Phobias. Their Nature and Control. Charles C. Thomas. Illinois. A clearly written monograph on the characteristics of phobias and their treatment by behavior therapy. RUBIN R. D. and FRANKSC. M. Eds.) (1969) Advancesin Behavior Therapy, 1968, Aca 6 emtc. Press, New York. An assortment of papers varying in quality from good to poor, presented at a conference in 1968. SALTERA. (1949) Conditioned Reflex Therapy, Creative Age Press, New York. Deals mainly with the use of assertive training technique which the author refers to as “excitation”. It is interesting for the illustrative material given in 25 cases, but the treatment is not related to an experimental paradigm. SCHAEFERH. H. and MARTIN P. L. (1969) Behavior41 Therapy, McGraw-Hill, New York. A systematic account of behavior therapy techniques designed for psychiatric nurses, technicians, and attendants. The ~emphasis is naturally on operant conditioning methods. Psychiatrists and psychologists will also find it very readable. ULLMAN L. P. and KRASNER L. (Eds.) (1965) Cuse Studies in Behavior Modification,‘ HoIt,. Rinehart& Winston, New York. Contains some SO articles dealing with the treatment, mainly by operant conditioning, of a wide variety of disturbed behaviors. Also contains an illuminating introduction entitled “What is behavior modification ?“. ULLMAN L. P. and KRA~NERL (1969) A Psychological Approach to Abnormal Behavior, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. A general textbook of abnormal psychology based entirely on principles of conditioning. It covers the whole field of behavioral abnormality.
TO BEHAVIOR
THERAPY
ULRICH R. STACHNIK T. and
MABRY J. (Eds.) (1966) Control of Human Behavior. Scott. Foresman. Illinois. A collection of 48 papers generally on the modiflcation of human behavior by operant conditioning. It is intended to be readable by people without much erudition in behavior modification terminology. VAL.ARINOF. (1969) Reflexoterapias Contemporaneas, Editorial Medica Venetolana, Caracus. A survey in Spanish of the history, experimental origins and methods of behavior therapy. Worpe J. (1958) Psychotherupy by Reciprocal Inhibition, Stanford University Press. Stanford. Gives the conceptual and experimental background of many of the conditioning procedures currently used in the treatment of neuroses, and describes the derivative techniques. There are 18 illustrative cases. WOLPE J. (1969) The Practice of Behavior Theroov. _-Pergamon Press, New York. A detailed description of the behavior therapist’s approach to the patient and an account of many conditioning techniques, especially as applied to the treatment of neurosis. Incorporates recent research findings of practical relevance. WOLPE J., SALTER A. and REYNA L. J. (Eds.) (1964) The Conditioning Therapies: The Challenge in Psychotherapy, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. The proceedings of a conference held at the University of Virginia in 1962 that was a milestone in the social history of behavior therapy. It contains several clinical expositions, some of which include comparisons with psychoanalysis, critical commentaries on the psychoanalytic Zeitgeist, reports on experimental data, and a discussion of the prospects of the field. YATES A. J. (1969) Behavior Therapy, John Wiley, New York. An account of the history, basic concepts and techniques of Behavior Therapy, and a critical commentary.