Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents
Evidence-Based Treatments and Case Examples

This book is about treatments for child and adolescent mental health problems.

John R. Weisz (Author)

9780521576727, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 23 February 2004

544 pages, 18 b/w illus. 6 tables
22.6 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.73 kg

'… a highly readable account summarizing the current 'state of the art; treatments for common emotional and behavioural disorders in childhood and adolescence … each chapter readily available for clinician and researcher alike … I thoroughly recommended this excellent book by John Weisz to all clinicians and clinician researchers in child and adolescent mental health services. Do not wait to find the one library copy being absent without leave when you most want it - buy your own!' Psychological Medicine

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.

Subject Areas: Paediatric medicine [MJW], Sociology & anthropology [JH]