This text covers the evidence-based approaches for the most critical mental health issues facing youth, from infancy through adolescence.
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.