What Works with Children and Adolescents? fulfills the need for a concise, empirically-based study of the types of psychological treatments that may be effective for common psychological problems in childhood and adolescence. Providing a solid foundation for evidence-based practice in the treatment of children and adolescents, the book offers evidence form over 150 rigorously conducted research trials. Examining problems which are of central concern to practicing clinicians- including child abuse, enuresis and encopresis, ADHD, childhood conduct problems, adolescent violence, drug abuse, anxiety and depression, anorexia and bulimia nervosa, pediatric pain, and post-divorce adjustment problems-it also highlights priority areas for future research on the treatment of children and adolescents' psychological problems. Contents: A. Carr, Introduction. J. Edgeworth, A. Carr, Child Abuse. E. Murphy, A. Carr, Enuresis and Encopresis. M. Nolan, A. Carr, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. J. Beham, A. Carr, Oppositional Defiant Disorder. R. Brosnan, A. Carr, Adolescent Conduct Problems. M. Moore, A. Carr, Depression and Grief. K. Mitchell, A. Carr, Anorexia and Bulimia. E. Murphy, A. Carr, Paediatric Pain Problems. M. O'Halloran, A. Carr, Adustment to Parental Separation and Divorce. A. Carr, Conclusions. |