LUCIANO L'ABATE is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Georgia State University, where he was Director of the Family Psychology Training Program and the Family Study Center./e He is on the editorial boards of national and foreign professional and scientific journals, and has written over 200 papers and authored/edited 30 books translated worldwide.

• Foreword Preface Introduction Distance Writing (DW) and Computer-Assisted Interventions (CAI) in Psychiatry and Mental Health by Luciano L'Abate Explorations into the Health Benefits of Disclosure: Inhibitory, Cognitive and Social Processes by James W. Pennebaker Research Foundations Focused Distance Writing, Immune Functions and Physical Illness by Brian A. Esterling and James W. Pennebaker Comparisons of Distance Emotional Disclosure with Psychotherapy by Daniel L. Segal and Edward J. Murray A Meta-analysis of Wrokbook Effectiveness in Physical and Mental Health by Joshua M. Smyth and Luciano L'Abate Clinical Foundations A Feedback-Driven Computer Program for Outpatient Training by Roger Gould Computer Workbooks in Psychotherapy with Psychiatric Patients by Piero De Giacomo and Sabina De Nigris Programmed Distance Writing with Seminarian Couples by Oliver McMahan and Luciano L'Abate Workbooks and Psychotherapy with Incarcerated Felons: Research in Progress by Rudy Reed, Oliver McMahan, and Luciano L'Abate Teaching Psychotherapy Through Writing Teaching Psychotherapy Through Workbooks by Karin Jordan Some Uses of Writing in Clinical Supervision by Richard J. Riordan, Gary L. Arthur, and Jeffry Ashby The Status and Future of DW and CAI Distance Writing and Computer-Assisted Interventions in the Delivery of Mental Health Services by Luciano L'Abate

LUCIANO L'ABATE is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Georgia State University, where he was Director of the Family Psychology Training Program and the Family Study Center./e He is on the editorial boards of national and foreign professional and scientific journals, and has written over 200 papers and authored/edited 30 books translated worldwide.

• Foreword Preface Introduction Distance Writing (DW) and Computer-Assisted Interventions (CAI) in Psychiatry and Mental Health by Luciano L'Abate Explorations into the Health Benefits of Disclosure: Inhibitory, Cognitive and Social Processes by James W. Pennebaker Research Foundations Focused Distance Writing, Immune Functions and Physical Illness by Brian A. Esterling and James W. Pennebaker Comparisons of Distance Emotional Disclosure with Psychotherapy by Daniel L. Segal and Edward J. Murray A Meta-analysis of Wrokbook Effectiveness in Physical and Mental Health by Joshua M. Smyth and Luciano L'Abate Clinical Foundations A Feedback-Driven Computer Program for Outpatient Training by Roger Gould Computer Workbooks in Psychotherapy with Psychiatric Patients by Piero De Giacomo and Sabina De Nigris Programmed Distance Writing with Seminarian Couples by Oliver McMahan and Luciano L'Abate Workbooks and Psychotherapy with Incarcerated Felons: Research in Progress by Rudy Reed, Oliver McMahan, and Luciano L'Abate Teaching Psychotherapy Through Writing Teaching Psychotherapy Through Workbooks by Karin Jordan Some Uses of Writing in Clinical Supervision by Richard J. Riordan, Gary L. Arthur, and Jeffry Ashby The Status and Future of DW and CAI Distance Writing and Computer-Assisted Interventions in the Delivery of Mental Health Services by Luciano L'Abate