Ciera E. Schoonover – författare

The first volume of Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Strategies is a thorough examination of current knowledge on the way child abuse and neglect can affect a child's mental and emotional development. In this volume, interdisciplinary professionals focus on the presentation and assessment of trauma with a special focus on post-pandemic emerging trends in diagnosis.

The second volume of Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Strategies offers a well-rounded and comprehensive perspective on topics related to child abuse and neglect, including a focused look at intersectional populations at risk of maltreatment and how best to provide trauma-informed care.

This book examines state-of-the-science telemental health interventions for children and families. It explores the adaptations necessary to provide remote formats of evidence-based models, such as parent-child interaction therapy and trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy. Chapters provide clear descriptions of how to implement interventions in a telemental health format, a review and critique of the empirical evidence supporting them, and useful case studies. The volume addresses the use of telemental health care within parenting interventions, individual child interventions, and family interventions, with particular attention paid to the evidence base of efficacy for families from marginalized and underserved communities.Key topics covered include:Remote assessment of child cognitive functioningParent-child interaction therapy (PCIT).Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT).Mom Power, for mothers with histories of substance use or trauma.Applied behavioral analysis for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Cognitive behavioral therapy for children with anxiety.Telemental health with LGBTQ+ youthTelemental Health Care for Children and Families is an essential resource for clinicians, therapists, and all mental health professionals as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students across many interrelated disciplines, including developmental, clinical child, and school psychology, family studies, social work, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy, and pediatrics.