Handbook of Child Behavior Therapy in the Psychiatric Setting

By Michel Hersen

Book Overview

A practical guide to behavior therapy, offering syndrome-by-syndrome coverage of all the major psychiatric disorders in children Rapidly becoming a preferred intervention strategy both in inpatient and outpatient environments, behavior therapy is a relatively quick and effective method of treatment for everything from ADHD to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Edited by two acknowledged leaders in the field and including contributions from a host of distinguished clinicians and researchers, Handbook of Child Behavior Therapy: In the Psychiatric Setting arms you with state-of-the-art behavioral approaches to the assessment and treatment of child psychopathology in the psychiatric setting. Coverage includes: * A focus on behavioral methods as applied to a wide range of child psychopathologies * General assessment and treatment issues, including chapters on frequently encountered problems * Problem-specific chapters, organized according to six major categories: "Description of the Problem," "Prototypic Assessment," "Actual Assessment," "Prototypic Treatment," "Actual Treatment," and "Summary" * Topics on: mental retardation, ADHD, conduct disorders, separation anxiety disorder, phobias, anorexia and bulimia, depressive disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, tic disorders, elimination disorders, substance abuse, posttraumatic stress disorders, obesity, somatization disorders, and pediatric pain

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471578444
• ISBN13: 9780471578444
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.5" x 10.2"