This handbook highlights present-day information and evidence-based knowledge in the field of children's behavioral health to enable practitioners, families and others to choose and implement one of many intervention approaches provided.

Thomas P. Gullotta, MA, MSW, is the CEO of Child and Family Agency, and for three decades has been a member of the psychology and education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the senior author of the fourth edition of The Adolescent Experience, and the coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion 2nd Edition.

Gary M. Blau, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In this role, he provides national leadership for children's mental health care, and for creating "systems of care" across the country. Dr. Blau has received numerous awards, including the prestigious HHS Secretary's Award for Meritorious Service for his national leadership in children's mental health. Dr. Blau has written more than 50 professional publications and has edited eight books.

Introduction Thomas P. Gullotta and Gary M. Blau Section I: Foundations 1: From Theory to Practice: Treatment Prevention Possibilities Thomas P. Gullotta 2: Diagnoses in Children and Adolescents Christopher Bellonci 3: Childhood Growth and Development and the Etiology of Mental Disorders Kaitlyn H. Motley, Emily K. Lichvar, and Rebecca B. Flatow 4: Ecological and Community-Level In¿uences on Child Development Jill Antonishak and N. Dickon Reppucci 5: Principles and Approaches to Primary Prevention Martin Bloom 6: The Evidence Base for Treating Children's Mental Health Disorders E. Wayne Holden and Elizabeth A. Hudson Section II: Family Behavioral Health Issues 7: Family Life and Military Service Kristen N. Williams-Washington, Chmaika Mills, Mary H. Thornquist, and Micah J. Sickel 8: Child and Youth Adjustment in Stepfamilies Anthony G. James, Kevin R. Bush, and Gary W. Peterson 9: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender-Headed-Families and Their Children Sylvia K. Fisher, Jeffrey M. Poirier, and Gary M. Blau 10: Children of Parents with Depression Maria DiFonte and Tracy R.G. Gladstone 11: Physical Abuse in Childhood Preston A. Britner, Jonelle A. Reynolds, and Sharon G. Portwood 12: Sexual Abuse in Childhood: The Abused Child Teaniese Latham Davis and Ralph J. DiClemente Section III: Behavioral Health Issues 13: Anxiety Disorders in Childhood Patricia A. Graczyk, Meghann M. Hennelly, and Sucheta D. Connolly 14: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders in Children and Youth Donna L. Burton 15: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Childhood Christine H. Wang, Kelsey E. Woods, and Andrea Chronis-Tuscano 16: Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in Childhood Adam R. Fisher and Thomas L. Sexton 17: Autism Spectrum Disorders in Childhood Jill Locke, Colleen M. Harker, Elizabeth A. Karp, and Hilary E. Kratz 18: Child and Adolescent Psychosis Kate Hardy, Tushita Mayanil, David A. Graeber, and Steven Adelsheim Section IV: Epilogue 19: Reflection, Assessment, and Looking Ahead in the Field of Children's Mental Health Emily K. Lichvar, Tanvi Ajmera, Gary M. Blau, and Thomas P. Gullotta