John R. Weisz (Los Angeles University of California)

Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about treatments for child and adolescent mental health problems. The chapters cover treatments for anxiety, depression, ADHD, and conduct problems. The author describes the concepts and theories underlying each treatment, details the treatment procedures and illustrates them with case examples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9780521571951
• ISBN-10: 0521571952
• Artikelnr.: 21144742

Inhaltsangabe

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.