Handbook of Childhood Behavioral Issues: Evidence-based Approaches to Prevention and Treatment

This handbook highlights present-day information and evidence-based knowledge in the field of children’s behavioral health to enable practitioners, families, and others to choose and implement one of many intervention approaches provided. Using a standardized format, best practices for the prevention and treatment of many childhood behavioral disorders are identified based on current research, sound theory, and behavioral trial studies. This revision includes an integration of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual and new chapters on childhood psychosis and military families, and a thorough updating of the research in the previous edition.

Thomas P. Gullotta, MA, MSW, is the CEO of Child and Family Agency, and for three decades has been a member of the psychology and education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the senior author of the fourth edition of The Adolescent Experience, and the coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion 2nd Edition.

Gary M. Blau, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In this role, he provides national leadership for children’s mental health care, and for creating "systems of care" across the country. Dr. Blau has received numerous awards, including the prestigious HHS Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Service for his national leadership in children’s mental health. Dr. Blau has written more than 50 professional publications and has edited eight books.