Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Promoting Youth Sexual Health
Home, School, and Community Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Promoting Youth Sexual Health, written for preventionists and interventionists who work with children and adolescents across home, school, or community settings, offers guidance on how to promote sexual health among youth. The reader is first introduced to the state of the field, including sexual...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children
Treating Complex and Refractory Cases
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
"For clinicians involved with exigent pediatric cases, this book takes therapy to the next level by addressing the real-world challenges that arise with an expansive range of disorders. It will undoubtedly provide clinicians with novel ideas and approaches to advance their therapeutic skills and may...
Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa, Second Edition
A Family-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
This indispensable manual presents the leading empirically supported treatment approach for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). What sets family-based treatment apart is the central role played by parents and siblings throughout therapy. The book gives practitioners a clear framework for mobilizing...
Comprehensive Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment
Points of Divergence and Convergence
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This book presents proceedings from the joint conference, Evidence and Rationales for Comprehensive Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment: Divergence and Convergence, sponsored by the Council on Autism Services and the Autism Partnership. It addresses the growing need for, and current lack...
Asperger Syndrome
A Guide for Professionals and Families
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Since the first edition was published in 2003, an enormous amount of research into Asperger Syndrome (AS) and autism spectrum disorders has been conducted. New genetic and epigenetic theories, updated findings on viable therapies, and targeted skill-building programs provide a solid foundation of...
Handbook of Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Research, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Current rates of autism diagnoses have been cause for concern and research as well as rumor and misinformation. Important questions surround the condition: how early can an accurate diagnosis be made? At what age should intervention start? How can parents recognize warning signs? And what causes autism...
Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Translating Science into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2013
Children are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders at a staggering rate—as many as one in 110, according to some studies. To this sobering statistic add the familiar figures of the toddler disengaged from his peers, the middle schooler shunned in the lunchroom, and the adult struggling...
Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Bringing together leading authorities, this volume synthesizes the breadth of current research on child and adolescent treatment into a practical handbook for students and clinicians. The book was inspired by the preeminent work on adult disorders, Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders (now...
by Don E. Williams, Peter Sturmey
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the clinical phenomenon of pica. It focuses specifically on the disorder as it presents in children, adolescents, and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID). Initial chapters introduce current theories and definitions,...
Girls at Risk
Swedish Longitudinal Research on Adjustment
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
Until recently, boys and men provided the template by which problem behaviors in girls and women were measured. With the shift to studying female development and adjustment through female perspectives comes a need for knowledge of trajectories of at-risk girls’ behavior as they mature. Girls at...
Creative Arts-Based Group Therapy with Adolescents
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Creative Arts-Based Group Therapy with Adolescents provides principles for effective use of different arts-based approaches in adolescent group therapy, grounding these principles in neuroscience and group process practice-based evidence. It includes chapters covering each of the main creative arts...
Young Homicide Offenders and Victims
Risk Factors, Prediction, and Prevention from Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The first decade of the new century proved to be a deadly one for many children and young people in the United States. Despite increased policing on the streets, higher rates of incarceration, harsher sentencing, stricter control of illegal drugs, and attempts to reduce access to firearms, FBI reports...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Integration of Cognitive, Neuropsychological, and Psychodynamic Perspectives in Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
For many researchers, clinicians, teachers, patients, and family members, the discourse on ADHD has been occurring in silos. Traditional ADHD camps are organized primarily in terms of neurological and cognitive perspectives and to a lesser extent psychoanalytic/psychodynamic perspectives. Those with...
Diagnostic and Behavioral Assessment in Children and Adolescents
A Clinical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
This comprehensive volume shows how to use both diagnostic and behavioral assessment knowledgeably and effectively throughout the process of treatment. The two traditions have developed along separate paths--each with its own conceptual underpinnings and psychometric strengths. Used together, they...