Foreword; Preface; 1 Distance Writing and Computer-Assisted Interventions in Psychiatry and Mental Health; 2 Explorations into the Health Benefits of Disclosure Inhibitory Cognitive and Social Processes; 3 Focused Expressive Writing, Immune Functions, and Physical Illness; 4 Comparison of Distance Emotional Expression with Psychotherapy; 5 A Meta-analytic Evaluation of Workbook Effectiveness in Physical and Mental Health; 6 A Feedback-Driven Computer Program for Outpatient Training; 7 Computer Workbooks in Psychotherapy with Psychiatric Patients
Summary
An introduction to the "writing cure" that represents an evolutionary, if not a paradigmatic shift in how mental health services will be delivered in the 21st century. It demonstrates how to use structured interviews before using writing and computer-assisted interventions at a distance
