Catalogue

CBT for anxiety in adolescents

Parts 1 and 2

A training video of a cognitive behavioural approach for treating anxiety in children and adolescents. The aim is to demonstrate the main techniques described in the accompanying manual and to highlight some of the issues which arise in therapy. The video consists of a brief introduction to the programme followed by two vignettes, showing therapy scenes. The first, Katie, demonstrates the use of therapy with the younger age group while the second, Andrew, shows work with adolescents and focuses on the later stages of therapy, particularly cognitive techniques.

Re-attribution: 2nd Edition

Managing Somatic Presentation of Emotional Distress

Presented by Dr Linda Gask

Using a four-stage model: feeling understood, changing the agenda, making the link, and negotiating treatment. In-depth techniques are discussed in the first part of the tape and opportunities to practice the skills are provided in the second part. The tape is aimed primarily at GPs.

Helping people at risk of suicide or self-harm

Presented by Dr Linda Gask

The tape is aimed at all frontline health workers who come into contact with potentially suicidal people. The aim of the teaching programme is to develop confident skills in assessing suicidal risk and to improve techniques in managing situations where people are at risk of self-harm. The tape is illustrated with role-played scenarios in four sections: Assessment, Crisis Management, Problem Solving, and Crisis Prevention. The tape is accompanied by a manual.

This video now forms part of a full suicide-prevention training package (STORM), available to organisations, and delivered by trained facilitators. The package should be ordered directly from the STORM team. Full details can be found at: www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/storm

Promoting change: helping people with alcohol problems in primary care

Presented by Dr Linda Gask

A set of behavioural skills and strategies that can be useful in successfully promoting behaviour change. The tape primarily focuses on helping people with alcohol problems, but the skills demonstrated can be applied to a range of issues such as smoking or diet-related problems, in a range of primary care settings.

Depression and suicidal behaviour in adolescents

Presented by Dr Alison Wood, Professor Richard Harrington, Dr John Miller

The tape aims to inform GPs how to identify and help young people with depression or suicidal ideation who present in their surgeries. Divided into three sections, Recognition, Assessment, and Management, clinical skills are demonstrated through role-played scenarios. Professor Harrington discusses management in both general practice and by child psychiatrists.

CBT for depressed adolescents

Presented by Professor Richard Harrington & Chrissie Verduyn

The video describes a cognitive behavioural intervention specifically aimed at adolescents with depression. The first section summarises the theoretical underpinnings of treatment. Section two demonstrates, using case vignettes and role-play therapy situations, the programme of CBT that we have developed in Manchester. The final section discusses difficulties and problems in working in this treatment modality with adolescents and their families.

The tape is aimed at existing mental-healthcare professionals and is accompanied by a manual.

Counselling depression in primary care

Presented by Dr Linda Gask

The tape deals with behavioural and cognitive approaches to the counselling of depression in primary care settings. It explores a collaborative approach to helping patients find solutions to their problems themselves. Part of the Defeat Depression campaign.

Depression in primary care

Part 1 - Recognition in general practice

Presented by Professor Goldberg and Dr Linda Gask

The tape draws attention to the skills doctors must have to detect and evaluate depressive illness, illustrated through role-played scenarios and a panel discussion. Part of the Defeat Depression campaign.


Part 2 - How to plan and assess treatment

Presented by Dr Linda Gask

Explores the skills that are necessary to assess depression as it presents itself in primary care, and also the further skills and strategies that are important in negotiating a treatment plan with the patient. Part of the Defeat Depression campaign.

Depression in general medical settings: methods of detection, assessment and treatment

Presented by Dr Graeme McGrath and Professor Goldberg

Aimed at helping physicians in general medical settings to identify the symptoms of depression in their patients and to decide on the appropriate treatment. The videotapes are accompanied by notes, A Guide for Teachers and A Guide for Students.

Part 1: Detecting and evaluating

Outlines the detection and assessment of depression using role-played patients. Suggests useful ways to classify and rate severity of depression.

Part 2: treatment

Medical students are shown how to diagnose depression, deal with emotion and decide on appropriate physical treatment if they are not referring on. Emphasises the need for clear explanation and careful treatment to minimise the patient's distress.

Problem-based interviewing in general practice

Presented by Art Lesser

Designed to help students identify and treat underlying problems which cause patients to come to their surgeries. The tape informs about the problem-based technique and how to direct group discussion using video playback.

The diagnosis of schizophrenia

Presented by Professor David Goldberg

Drawing upon interviews with a number of patients he met in the United States, Professor Goldberg vividly demonstrates most of Schneider's first-rank symptoms

Schizophrenia: talking to the relatives

Presented by Dr Graeme McGrath and Professor Goldberg

A couple become seriously worried about their son's strange and difficult behaviour. He is diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Interviews are role-played between the parents and a psychiatrist and then a psychiatric social worker.

Abnormal illness behaviour

Presented by Dr Sidney Benjamin

Illustrates the various ploys used by treatment-seeking patients, and gives some advice on how to cope with them

A conversational model of psychotherapy

Presented by Dr Frank Margison and Dr Robert Hobson

Part 1: Basic therapeutic skills

This tape shows extracts from four therapists seeing patients. It illustrates examples of basic therapeutic skills and includes a descriptive handout.

Part 2: Developing a therapeutic conversation

This second tape is complementary to the first and shows how the basic theraputic skills described are combined in therapy.

Part 3: Structured teaching of psychotherapy

This tape covers some of the earlier points using a microskills teaching approach. The tape is used with a trainer to give the trainee confidence in using these basic skills.

Seminars in behavioural psychotherapy

Presented by Professor Goldberg

A set of two tapes illustrating the work of three behavioural psychotherapists: John Cobb, Shirley Mercer and Nagy Bishay. There are four suggested seminars including role-playing with commentaries, discussion points and exercises. All have been successfully used and can be easily adapted by course teachers for groups or individual viewing.

Part 1: Straightforward work and troubleshooting

Part 2: Techniques of cognitive therapy

Getting started in group psychotherapy

Presented by Dr Digby Tantum and Dr Graeme McGrath

Designed to encourage inexperienced professionals to set up analytic therapeutic groups. The video tackles problems which may be encountered and illustrates how different responses by the therapist produce different results. Aimed at all professionals involved in group work, the tape has complementary notes which detail the role-played scenarios and the points raised.

Handling difficult questions

Presented by Dr Peter Maguire

How should doctors and nurses respond to patients who have not been told about their condition?

This video looks at the way a nurse responds to a patient who has cancer of the bowel but has not been told the truth.

Breaking bad news

Presented by Professor Goldberg

Deals with the way in which bad news can be broken to the relatives of patients who are suffering a terminal illness.

Relaxation

Presented by Dr Pauline Slade

Illustrates how to teach relaxation in a clinical setting

Counselling and the physically disabled

Presented by Malcolm Brown

Based on four case studies, the programme helps professionals to understand their client's crises of identity, low self-esteem, sexuality, loss of control and fears for the future.