Assessment and Therapy

Howard S. Friedman, Editor-in-Chief, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. For his work on “changing how we think about the nature of health,” he received the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the top award for applied scientific research in psychology. His research on disease-prone and self-healing personalities (terms he coined) led to his receipt of the Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology senior award from the American Psychological Association (APA Division 38). Dr. Friedman attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with Honors in psychology. He was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D.Professor Friedman is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an elected Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and a thrice-elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. In 2015, he was selected as the Faculty Research Lecturer at the University of California, Riverside, which is “the highest honor that the Academic Senate bestows.”Dr. Friedman’s research centers around the relations of mental and physical health. He has received research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute on Aging. His wide-ranging interests and integrative orientation served him well in editing this Encyclopedia.Devoted also to teaching, Professor Friedman has received many teaching awards, including the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, for “inspiring students to make a difference in the community.” He has also received UC Riverside’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research mentoring.

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• About the EditorsHow to Use the EncyclopediaM.C. Maultsby, Jr., and M. Wirga, Assessment of Mental Health in Older Adults, Behavior Therapy.R.M. Kaplan and D.N. Kerner, Behavioral Medicine.E.E. Labbé, Biofeedback.R.J. Haier, Brain Scanning/Neuroimaging.K.C. Faller, Child Sexual Abuse.T.R. Sarbin and E. Keen, Classifying Mental Disorders: Nontraditional Approaches.E. Gambrill, Clinical Assessment.M.E. Weishaar, Cognitive Therapy.E. Seidman and S.E. French, Community Mental Health.R.A. Neimeyer and A.E. Stewart, Contstructivist Psychotherapies.A. DeLongis and S. Newth, Coping with Stress.K.T. Sullivan and A. Christensen, Couples Therapy.R.F. Muñoz, Depression--Applied Aspects.S.A. Graham-Bermann, Domestic Violence Intervention.J.J.B. Allen, DSM-IV.P. Barker, Family Therapy.J.F. Kihlstrom, Hypnosis and the Psychological Unconscious.R. Friedman, P. Myers, and H. Benson, Meditation and the Relaxation Response.P.T. Costa, Jr., and R.R. McCrae, Personality Assessment.L.W. Roberts, T. McCarty, and S.K. Severino, Premenstrual Syndrome Treatment Interventions.M.J. Horowitz, Psychoanalysis.N.E. Grunberg, L.C. Klein, and K.J. Brown, Psychopharmacology. D. Bhugra and P. de Silva, Sexual Dysfunction Therapy.R.M. Dawes, Standards for Psychotherapy.B.H. Gottlieb, Support Groups.Encyclopedia of Mental Health Executive Advisory Board. Contributors. Index.