Assessment in Cognitive Therapy

This volume brings together leading experts to explore the state of the art of cognitive clinical assessment and identify cutting-edge approaches of interest to clinicians and researchers. The book highlights fundamental problems concerning the validity of assessments that are widely used in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Key directions for further research and development are identified. Updated cognitive assessment methods are described in detail, with particular attention to transdiagnostic treatment, evidence-based practice, cognitive case formulation, and imagery-based techniques.

Gary P. Brown, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom, and Director of Research for the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. He has published extensively in the area of cognitive therapy for depression and anxiety. Dr. Brown’s particular focus has been on assessment and measurement, and he has been involved in the development of a number of key measures used in the field. He has also been active in helping to develop the system of cognitive-behavioral training in the United Kingdom.

David A. Clark, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. His research and publications focus on the cognitive basis of anxiety and depression. He is the author of numerous books, including Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders and The Anxiety and Worry Workbook (both with Aaron T. Beck), and The Mood Repair Toolkit. Dr. Clark is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, which recognized him with the Aaron T. Beck Award for Significant and Enduring Contributions to Cognitive Therapy, and is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association.

Introduction
1. Cognitive Clinical Assessment: Contributions and Impediments to Progress, David A. Clark & Gary P. Brown
I. Cognitive Assessment Strategies and Practices
2.”Better the Devil You Know”? A Conceptual Critique of Endorsement Methods in Cognitive Research and Practice, Gary P. Brown & David A. Clark
3. Production- Based Assessment in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, David A. F. Haaga & Ari Solomon
4. Imagery-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment, Susie Hales, Simon E. Blackwell, Martina Di Simplicio, Lalitha Iyadurai, Kerry Young, & Emily A. Holmes
5. Assessment of Cognitive Vulnerability to Psychopathology: Issues in Theory and Practice, Lyndsay E. Evraire, David J. A. Dozois, & Elizabeth P. Hayden
6. Implementing an Evidence-Based Approach to Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment, John Hunsley & Katherine Elliott
II. Cognitive Assessment and Diagnosis
7. Dimensionality in Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment, Amanda A. Uliaszek, Alison Alden, & Richard E. Zinbarg
8. The Cognitive Content-Specificity Hypothesis: Contributions to Diagnosis and Assessment, John Baranoff & Tian Po S. Oei
9. Transdiagnostic Cognitive Assessment and Case Formulation for Anxiety:  A New Approach, Angela H. Smith, Chelsea G. Ratcliff & Peter J. Norton
10. Beyond DSM Diagnosis: The Pros and Cons of Cognitive Case Formulation, Peter Bieling & Brenda Key
III. Challenges and Continuing Controversies
11. Toward a Validity Framework for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-Report Assessment, Nick Hawkes & Gary P. Brown
12. Enhancing Measurement Validation in Cognitive-Clinical Research with Structural Equation Modeling and Item Response Theory, Kristin Naragon-Gainey & Timothy A. Brown
13. Implicit Measures of Associations: A Case of Exaggerated Promises?, Anne Roefs, Jorg Huijding, Fren T. Y. Smulders, Anita T. M. Jansen, & Colin M. MacLeod
14. Advances in Construct Validity Theory: Implications for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Assessment, Leila Guller & Gregory T. Smith
Conclusion
15. Fresh Pools or Stagnant Streams: Current Status of Cognitive Clinical Assessment, Gary P. Brown & David A. Clark