Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based Treatments and Case Examples
Cambridge University Press, 8/5/2010
EAN 9780521576727, ISBN10: 0521576725
Paperback, 544 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
Language: English
In this book, a clinical scientist highlights youth psychotherapies that have been tested and shown to work. Treatments for fears and anxiety, depression, attention deficits and ADHD, and conduct problems and disorder are described in detail, their conceptual basis explained, their clinical application illustrated by richly developed case examples, and their prospects for use in clinical practice examined closely. This clinical perspective is complemented by summaries and critiques of the empirical evidence on each treatment and by commentaries on what questions remain unanswered. The author's clinical and scientific experience converge to produce a uniquely valuable experience on exemplary treatments for children and adolescents.
Part I. General Introduction
1. Youth psychotherapies
the lay of the land
Part II. Treatments for Fears and Anxiety
Section introduction and the case of Sean
2. Four classic treatments for fears
modeling, systemic desensitization, reinforced exposure, and self-talk
3. Therapies for anxiety disorders
coping cat, coping koala, and family anxiety management
Part III. Treatments for Depression
Section introduction and the case of Mega
4. Cognitive-behavioral therapies for child depression
5. Cognitive-behavioral therapies for adolescent depression
Part IV. Treatments for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Section introduction and the case of Sal
8. Treating conduct problems by teaching anger control
9. Behavioral parent training and family treatment for conduct problems
10. Parent-child interaction treatments for child noncompliance
11. Parent training through video modeling and structured group discussion
12. Using problem solving skills training and parent management training to help children with conduct disorder
13. Multisystemic therapy for antisocial and delinquent youth
Part V. Conclusion
14. Evidence-based youth psychotherapies
strengths, limitations, future directions
References.