Description
Book SynopsisA complete guide to evidence based interventions for children and adolescents The past decade has witnessed the development of numerous interventions proved to be highly effective; several treatments are now considered to be well established or probably efficacious interventions for children. Given the range of providers working with childrenclinical psychologists, child psychiatrists, clinical social workers, school psychologists, and marriage and family therapiststhis book is designed to provide all professionals the information they now need about the use of these evidence-based interventions (EBIs), as well as the evaluation criteria used to determine their efficacy in in meeting the mental health needs of children.
Alfano and Beidel have assembled a team of experts to write the disorder chapters. Each chapter begins with an overview of the disorder then delves into evidence-based approaches to treatment, the impact of parental involvement, case-by-case modificati
Table of Contents
Preface xi
About the Editors xiii
Contributors xv
I Treatment Considerations and Contextual Issues 1
1 Development Considerations in Assessment and Treatment 3
Amy Przeworski and Kimberly Dunbeck
2 Ethical Considerations in Mental Health Treatment and Interventions with School-Age Children and Adolescents 15
Adam L. Fried and Celia B. Fisher
3 Controversial Therapies for Children 31
Gerald P. Koocher, Madeline R. McMann, and Annika O. Stout
4 Evidence-Based Treatments for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems in Ethnic Minority
Children and Adolescents 43
Lindsay E. Holly, Amanda Chiapa, and Armando A. Piña
5 New Methods of Service Delivery for Children’s Mental Health Care 55
Jonathan S. Comer, R. Meredith Elkins, Priscilla T. Chan, and Deborah J. Jones
6 Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatments for Children and Adolescents 73
Michael A. Southam-Gerow, Cassidy C. Arnold, Carrie B. Tully, and Julia Revillion Cox
II Disorder-Focused Interventions 91
7 Anxiety Disorders in Children 93
Laura D. Seligman, Erin F. Swedish, and Thomas H. Ollendick
8 Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents 111
Michael A. Mallott and Deborah C. Beidel
9 Depressive Disorders in Children 129
Winnie W. Chung and Mary A. Fristad
10 Depressive Disorders in Adolescents 147
Megan Jeffreys and V. Robin Weersing
11 Bipolar Disorders 163
Amy E. West and Amy T. Peters
12 Evidence-Based Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperac tivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents 177
Heather A. Jones and Annie E. Rabinovitch
13 Treatment of Conduct Problems and Disruptive Behavior Disorders 195
Nicole P. Powell, John E. Lochman, Caroline L. Boxmeyer, Luis Alberto Jimenez-Camargo, Megan E. Crisler, and Sara L. Stromeyer
14 Autism Spectrum Disorders 213
Susan W. White, Nicole L. Kreiser, and Matthew D. Lerner
15 Evidence-Based Interventions for Eating Disorders 231
Peter M. Doyle, Catherine Byrne, Angela Smyth, and Daniel Le Grange
16 Elimination Disorders 243
Jaclyn A. Shepard, Lee M. Ritterband, Frances P. Thorndike, and Stephen M. Borowitz
III Other Interventions for Children 259
17 Treatment of Insomnia and Nighttime Fears 261
Michelle A. Clementi, Jessica Balderas, Jennifer Cowie, and Candice A. Alfano
18 Problematic School Absenteeism 275
Christopher A. Kearney and Emma Ross
19 Trauma-Related Problems and Disorders 287
Brian Fisak
20 Bullied Children 301
Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Samantha J. Gregus, James T. Craig, Freddie A. Pastrana, and Timothy A. Cavell
21 Adherence to Medical Regimens 317
Alan M. Delamater, Ashley N. Marchante, and Amber L. Daigre
22 Overweight and Obesity 335
Anna Vannucci and Marian Tanofsky-Kraff
23 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Trichotillomania 353
Jennifer Cowie, Michelle A. Clementi, Deborah C. Beidel, and Candice A. Alfano
Author Index 371
Subject Index 389
