Handbook of Prevention and Treatment with Children and Adolescents: Intervention in the Real World Context - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471114553 ISBN 13: 9780471114550

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

Practical and insightful strategies to help children thrive in adverse living conditions

Clinicians striving to intervene and provide treatment for children living under adverse circumstances often find themselves fighting a losing battle with forces beyond their control-drugs, disease, violence, and poverty-which reflect the everyday reality for these children and their families. In Handbook of Prevention and Treatment with Children and Adolescents, internationally recognized experts lay out state-of-the-art, empirically evaluated intervention strategies that deal directly with the sociodemographic forces that promote dysfunction and undermine treatment outcomes. Focusing on the issues and challenges faced by clinicians, this groundbreaking book provides practical, real-world solutions designed to mitigate the influence of negative environmental factors.

Coverage includes:
* The destructive influence of poverty and other social ills on child development
* Specific intervention formats and settings-from individual treatment to school- and community-based programs
* Particular problem areas and psychiatric disorders
* Early intervention and preventive approaches for such behavioral issues as substance abuse, antisocial behavior, and sexually transmitted diseases
* Recommendations for treatment of specific psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and posttraumatic stress

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book addresses the problems encountered while intervening with children, adolescents and their families who face poverty, child and substance abuse. It deals with the prevention and treatment of these problems, including individual, school and community-based programs that deal with specific issues and psychiatric disorders in these children and adolescents.

About the Author:

ROBERT T. AMMERMAN, PhD, is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and Staff Psychologist at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. He has authored more than seventy-five papers and book chapters. Dr. Ammerman is also a Diplomate in Behavioral Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology.
MICHEL HERSEN, PhD, is Professor and Dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University. He has authored and edited numerous books, journals, and articles in the field of assessment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0471114553
• ISBN 13: 9780471114550
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 672
• Editor: Ammerman Robert T., Hersen Michel