This comprehensive, interdisciplinary guidebook is designed for the mental health practitioner seeking to utilize proven and effective interventions with children and adolescents suffering from significant anxiety and phobic disorders. Each chapter is co-authored by a clinical child psychologist and a child psychiatrist, the basis of the volume's unique and balanced perspective. In addition, each chapter presents state-of-the-art assessment and treatment strategies for a panoply of phobic and anxiety disorders, including both psychosocial and pharmacological interventions. Moreover, the volume addresses important conceptual, epidemiological, and ethical issues in working with children and adolescents. All in all, this guide will help address the wide chasm between clinical research and clinical practice, uniting the forces intrinsic to child psychiatry and clinical child psychology. - from the publisher Contents: Part I: Foundational Issues 1. Mark R. Dadds, Rachael C. James, Paula M. Barrett, and Frank C. Verhulst: Diagnostic Issues 2. Danny Pine and Michael Sweeney: Etiology of Fear and Anxiety 3. E. Jane Costello, Helen L. Egger, and Adrian Angold: The Developmental Epidemiology of Anxiety Disorders 4. Susan L. Warren and L. Alan Sroufe: Developmental Issues 5. John F. Curry, John S. March, and Aaron S. Hervey: Comorbidity of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders: Prevalence and Implications 6. John S. March and Thomas H. Ollendick: Integrated Psychosocial and Pharmacological Treatments Part II: Assessment and Treatment of Specific Disorders 7. Golda S. Ginsburg and John T. Walkup: Specific Phobia 8. Anne Marie Albano and Chris Hayward: Social Anxiety Disorder 9. David Heyne, Neville J. King, and Bruce Tonge: School Refusal 10. Amy R. Perwien and Gail A. Bernstein: Separation Anxiety Disorder 11. Boris Birmaher and Thomas H Ollendick: Childhood Onset Panic Disorder 12. Philip C. Kendall, Sandra Pimentel, Moira Rynn, Aleta Angelosante ,and Alicia Webb: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 13. Martin E. Franklin, Moira A. Rynn, Edna B. Foa, and John S. March: Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 14. Judith A. Cohen and Anthony P. Mannarino: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 15. Abbe M. Garcia, Jennifer B. Freeman, Greta Francis, Lauren Miller, and Henrietta L. Leonard: Selective Mutism Part III: Future Directions for Research and Practice 16. Robert Ferdinand, Paula M. Barrett, and Mark Dadds: Childhood Anxiety and Depression: Prevention and Intervention of Anxiety and Depression in Childhood 17. Robin Nemeroff, Polly Gipson, and Peter Jensen: From Efficacy to Effectiveness Research: What We Have Learned Over the Last Ten Years 18. Wendy K. Silverman and Philip D. A. Treffers: Bridging Research and Practice: The Miami, USA-Leiden, Netherlands Experience 19. Helen Link Egger and Barbara J. Burns: Anxiety Disorder and Access to Mental Health Services |