Table of Contents

One: The Psychiatric Evaluation.- 1. Certain Common Complaints of Prospective STAPP Patients.- 2. History Taking and Reformulation of the Presenting Complaints.- 3. Criteria for Selection for STAPP.- 4. The Psychological Evaluation Process: Part III.- Two: Technique.- 5. The Opening Phase of STAPP.- 6. Early Therapeutic Considerations.- 7. An Example of an Early STAPP Interview.- 8. The Height of STAPP.- 9. The Height of the Therapy: A Case Example.- 10. The Last Phase of STAPP: An Example of a Typical Interview.- 11. The Terminal Phase.- Three: Results.- 12. Instruction in STAPP.- 13. The Outcome of STAPP.- 14. STAPP for Older Patients and Individuals with Physical Symptomatology.- 15. Epilogue.- Appendix I.- Evaluation Interview.- First Therapy Interview.- Second Interview.- Third Interview.- Fourth Interview.- Fifth Interview.- Sixth Interview.- Seventh Interview.- Eighth Interview.- Ninth Interview.- Tenth Interview.- Eleventh Interview.- Follow-Up Interview.- Appendix II.- Evaluation Interview.- First Interview.- Second Interview.- Third Interview.- Fourth Interview.- Fifth Interview.- Sixth Interview.- Seventh Interview.- Eighth Interview.- Ninth Interview.- Tenth Interview.- Thirteenth Interview.- Follow-Up Interview.- References.