Clinical Handbook of Assessing and Treating Conduct Problems in Youth provides readers with both a solid grounding in theory and a comprehensive examination of the evidence-based assessment strategies and therapeutic practices that can be used to treat a highly diverse population with a wide range of conduct problems. It provides professional readers with an array of evidence-based interventions, both universal and targeted, that can be implemented to improve behavioral and social outcomes in children and adolescents.
This expertly written resource:
• Lays the foundation for understanding conduct problems in youth, including epidemiology, etiology, and biological, familial, and contextual risk factors.
• Details the assessment process, with in-depth attention to tools, strategies, and differential diagnosis.
• Reviews nine major treatment prools, including Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), multisystemic therapy (MST) for adolescents, school-based group approaches, residential treatment, and pharmacotherapy.
• Critiques the current generation of prevention programs for at-risk youth.
• Explores salient issues in working effectively with minority youth.
• Offers methods for evaluating intervention programs, starting with cost analysis.
This volume serves as a one-stop reference for all professionals who seek a solid grounding in theory as well as those who need access to evidence-based assessment and therapies for conduct problems. It is a must-have volume for anyone working with at-risk children, including clinical child, school, and developmental psychologists; forensic psychologists; social workers; school counselors and allied professionals; and medical and psychiatric practitioners.
Clinical Handbook of Assessing and Treating Conduct Problems in Youth provides readers with both a solid grounding in theory and a comprehensive examination of the evidence-based assessment strategies and therapeutic practices that can be used to treat a highly diverse population with a wide range of conduct problems. It provides professional readers with an array of evidence-based interventions, both universal and targeted, that can be implemented to improve behavioral and social outcomes in children and adolescents.
This expertly written resource:
• Lays the foundation for understanding conduct problems in youth, including epidemiology, etiology, and biological, familial, and contextual risk factors.
• Details the assessment process, with in-depth attention to tools, strategies, and differential diagnosis.
• Reviews nine major treatment prools, including Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), multisystemic therapy (MST) for adolescents, school-based group approaches, residential treatment, and pharmacotherapy.
• Critiques the current generation of prevention programs for at-risk youth.
• Explores salient issues in working effectively with minority youth.
• Offers methods for evaluating intervention programs, starting with cost analysis.
This volume serves as a one-stop reference for all professionals who seek a solid grounding in theory as well as those who need access to evidence-based assessment and therapies for conduct problems. It is a must-have volume for anyone working with at-risk children, including clinical child, school, and developmental psychologists; forensic psychologists; social workers; school counselors and allied professionals; and medical and psychiatric practitioners.
Clinical Handbook of Assessing and Treating Conduct Problems in Youth
544Clinical Handbook of Assessing and Treating Conduct Problems in Youth
544Paperback(2010)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781441962966 |
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Publisher: | Springer New York |
Publication date: | 10/17/2012 |
Edition description: | 2010 |
Pages: | 544 |
Product dimensions: | 7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.05(d) |