Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Components of Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth and their Parents

Every day, millions of children experience serious mental health issues, such as symptoms related to autism, psychosis, mania, depression, and anxiety. Moreover, many youth struggle with issues related to trauma, eating, sleep, disruptive behaviour, and substance use. Most of these youth do not receive evidence-based treatments. Instead, they commonly receive untested, ineffective, and even harmful treatments.

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy presents the research-supported treatment packages and their individual components for every major mental health issue facing infants, children, and adolescents. Each chapter also identifies and analyses other variables and resources that influence treatment: parents, assessment, comorbidity, demographics and medication. Useful resources are included for each mental health issued covered in the book. The chapters are organised in the same order as they appear in the DSM-5.

• Presents all of the individual components and variables that influence treatment
• The chapters are organised in the same order as they appear in the DSM-5
• Resources, including relevant books and websites, are offered for each chapter and treatment
• The book is a companion to Pseudoscience in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

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Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword Bruce F. Chorpita

1. The science of psychotherapy with youth Stephen Hupp, Fiona Macphee and William Pelham
2. Intellectual and adaptive functioning Jessica F. Scherr, Elizabeth M. Kryszak and James A. Mulick
3. Autism spectrum Elizabeth M. Kryszak, Jessica F. Scherr and James A. Mulick
4. Inattention and hyperactivity Michael C. Meinzer, Christina M. Danko, Danielle R. Novick, John Vasko and Andrea Chronis-Tuscano
5. Learning Mark Shriver
6. Tics Brianna Wellen and Michael B. Himle
7. Psychosis Sophie Browning, Anca Alba, Karen Bracegirdle and Suzanne Jolley
8. Bipolar spectrum Sally Weinstein, Amy West and Ashley Isaia
9. Depression Deepika Bose and Jeremy Pettit
10. Anxiety Sarah Francis, Susan Doyle and Shannon Manley
11. Obsessions and compulsions Dean McKay and Katherine Kennedy
12. Attachment and trauma Monique LeBlanc, Megan Lilly, Whitney Rostad and Brittany Babycos
13. Feeding Peter A. Girolami and John Borgen
14. Eating Emily Stefano, Brooke Bennett, Frances Bozsik, Danae Hudson and Brooke Whisenhunt
15. Toileting Michael I. Axelrod
16. Sleep Bieke D. Puncochar and Sarah Morsbach Honaker
17. Disruptive behavior and conduct Ann F. Garland
18. Substance use Aaron Hogue, Molly Bobek, Tiffany John, Nicole Piazza and Jacqueline Fisher
19. Therapy relationships and relational elements Stephen Shirk
20. Closing the research to practice gap Amy Altszuler, Stephen Hupp and William Pelham.