Ric G. Steele – författare

Social, economic, and theoretical changes in the clinical landscape add up to profound changes in children's services. This handbook analyzes the issues and provides the answers. Well researched and documented buy industry experts, it presents a wide range of mental health services available to youth and their families.

With its emphasis on flexibility and attention to emerging issues, the Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents is essential reading for anyone who works to address the mental health needs of children, including clinical child, school, and counseling psychologists;

Within the past two generations alone, child and adolescent obesity has more than doubled for some age groups and tripled for others. Consequently, the extraordinary number of school-age children now being diagnosed with what were once considered adult-onset disorders – hypertension, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and related cardio-pulmonary conditions – has catapulted pediatric obesity to the forefront of national attention. Yet even as recognition grows, reliable, scientifically tested information and methods often get lost in the media crush of quick fixes and hyped-up news stories. Now, in one comprehensive, easy-to-access volume, the Handbook of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity reveals the scope of the problem in terms of its psychological burden, its health consequences, and the available prevention and treatment options with the most current empirical and clinical knowledge available. This volume provides readers not only raw data, but also a framework for translating findings into effective, efficient practice – assessment, treatment, and prevention. This volume:Emphasizes developmental considerations – the specific information most relevant to toddlers, school-age children, and adolescents.Examines sociocultural and economic risk factors and their attendant treatment issues.Addresses the particular challenges of treating overweight children with psychiatric comorbidities.Discusses weight management intervention strategies in home, school, and community settings.Outlines model intervention programs for overweight/obese children and youth.Features special chapters on emerging topics of interest, including behavioral genetics, binge eating, technology-based approaches to weight control, and the concept of the obesigenic environment.The Handbook of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity is a vital reference for child psychologists and psychiatrists as well as school and counseling psychologists, social workers, educators, and public health and medical professionals.

Thousands of practitioners and students have relied on this handbook, now thoroughly revised, for authoritative information on the links between psychological and medical issues from infancy through adolescence. Sponsored by the Society of Pediatric Psychology, the volume explores psychosocial aspects of specific medical problems, as well as issues in managing developmental and behavioral concerns that are frequently seen in pediatric settings. The book describes best practices in training and service delivery and presents evidence-based approaches to intervention with children and families. All chapters have been rigorously peer reviewed by experts in the field.New to This Edition:*Chapters on rural health, the transition to adult medical care, prevention, and disorders of sex development.*Expanded coverage of epigenetics, eHealth applications, cultural and ethnic diversity, spina bifida, and epilepsy.*Many new authors; extensively revised with the latest information on clinical populations, research methods, and interventions.*Chapters on training and professional competencies, and quality improvement and cost-effectiveness, and international collaborations.See also Clinical Practice of Pediatric Psychology, edited by Michael C. Roberts, Brandon S. Aylward, and Yelena P. Wu, which uses rich case material to illustrate intervention techniques.

Thousands of practitioners and students have relied on this handbook, now thoroughly revised, for authoritative information on the links between psychological and medical issues from infancy through adolescence. Sponsored by the Society of Pediatric Psychology, the volume explores psychosocial aspects of specific medical problems, as well as issues in managing developmental and behavioral concerns that are frequently seen in pediatric settings. The book describes best practices in training and service delivery and presents evidence-based approaches to intervention with children and families. All chapters have been rigorously peer reviewed by experts in the field.New to This Edition:*Chapters on rural health, the transition to adult medical care, prevention, and disorders of sex development.*Expanded coverage of epigenetics, eHealth applications, cultural and ethnic diversity, spina bifida, and epilepsy.*Many new authors; extensively revised with the latest information on clinical populations, research methods, and interventions.*Chapters on training and professional competencies, quality improvement and cost-effectiveness, and international collaborations.See also Clinical Practice of Pediatric Psychology, edited by Michael C. Roberts, Brandon S. Aylward, and Yelena P. Wu, which uses rich case material to illustrate intervention techniques.

The second edition of the handbook examines advances in therapeutic approaches for behavioral, developmental, and emotional problems in children. It describes therapies that have evolved in response to improvements in diagnostic systems, methodological approaches, and new evidence regarding treatment efficacy and effectiveness. The volume provides a comprehensive review of what works, for whom, and under what circumstances. New and updated chapters in this second edition address the empirical basis of a range of treatment approaches for common internalizing, externalizing, developmental, and medically related disorders and conditions. In addition, chapters highlight therapeutic principles underlying treatment success and identifies specific interventions and resources to facilitate translation of the best available evidence into clinical practice. Finally, the handbook concludes with future recommendations and next steps for evidence-based therapies.The handbook features evidence-based therapies for:Obsessive-compulsive disorder.Posttraumatic stress disorder for youths.Depressive disorders in childhood and adolescence.Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Autism spectrum disorders.Aggression and antisocial behavior.Chronic pain management.Enuresis and encopresis.Pediatric obesity.Adolescent substance abuse disorders.Eating disorders in children and adolescents.The second edition of the Handbook of Evidence-based Therapies for Children and Adolescents provides an invaluable resource for researchers, graduate students, clinicians and therapists and professionals in clinical child and school psychology, social work, child and adolescent psychiatry, developmental psychology and related disciplines.