Main description:

Now firmly established as the standard text on the subject, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Families, 3rd edition incorporates new and updated material on many topics not covered in previous editions, including the use of low intensity treatment methods with families, the use of new technologies to deliver cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), the development of mindfulness techniques for children and the use of CBT with ethnic minority groups. The international panel of contributors ensures the highly authoritative and relevant nature of the content, making this text an invaluable source for all child and adolescent mental health professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health nurses, family and individual psychotherapists, paediatricians and general psychiatrists.

Contents:

Preface; 1. Introduction Philip Graham and Shirley Reynolds; Part I. Developmental Cognitive Theory and Clinical Practice: 2. Anxiety and depression in young people: developmental considerations Jennifer Lau, Kevin Hilbert and Alice Gregory; 3. Adapting cognitive and behavioural therapy for children and adolescents Paul Stallard; 4. Issues in evaluation of psychotherapies Miranda Wolpert, Andrew Fugard and Jessica Deighton; Part II. Engagement and Assessment: 5. Engagement Isabel Boege and Dennis Ougrin; 6. Formulation: a systematic approach in cognitive behaviour therapy Nicola Dummett; Part III. Client Groups: 7. Working collaboratively with parents and carers in cognitive behaviour therapy Cathy Creswell, Sam Cartwright-Hatton and Natalie Rodriguez; 8. Working with black and ethnic minority children and their families Iyabo Ayodele Fatimilehin and Amira Hassan; 9. Working with schools and children's wider social environment Peter Fuggle and Sandra Dunsmuir; Part IV. Cognitive Approaches to Children Facing Adversity: 10. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for child sexual abuse Judith A. Cohen, Laura A. Murray and Anthony P. Mannarino; 11. Children with chronic and life-limiting health problems Melinda Edwards and Ines Banos; 12. Cognitive approaches to children with chronic pain Ellen Trautmann; Part V. Applications in Specific Child and Adolescent Syndromes: 13. Cognitive behavioural therapies for youth with autistic spectrum disorders Jeffrey J. Wood and Benjamin C. Schwartzman; 14. Eating disorders Beth Watkins; 15. Treating broad-based anxiety problems in children Carol Newall, Helen F. Dodd, Jennifer L. Hudson and Ronald M. Rapee; 16. Post-traumatic stress disorders David Trickey; 17. Phobic anxiety Ella L. Milliner, Lara J. Farrell and Tom H. Ollendick; 18. Obsessive compulsive disorder Sarah Clark and Shirley Reynolds; 19. Depressive disorders Shirley Reynolds and Sarah Clark; Part VI. CBT Applications in Preventive Interventions: 20. Prevention of conduct disorders: cognitive behavioural approaches Stephen Scott; 21. Prevention of anxiety disorders Jennifer L. Allen, Cathy Creswell and Lynne Murray; Part VII. New Developments in CBT for Children: 22. Using low intensity treatment methods with families Cynthia M. Turner and Georgina C. Krebs; 23. Using new technologies to deliver cognitive behaviour therapy with children and adolescents Caroline Donovan, Sue Spence and Sonja March; 24. Mindfulness interventions in child and adolescent psychopathology Susan M. Boegels, Esther I. de Bruin, and Saskia van der Oord; 25. Conclusions and future directions Shirley Reynolds and Philip Graham; Index.