'Reader-Friendly, comprehensive, and timely. ... This volume would be ideal for the advanced graduate student and the experienced clinician alike. It could serve as an authoritative reference tool for both researchers and clinicians.' - Child and Family Behavior Therapy
'Reader-Friendly, comprehensive, and timely. ... This volume would be ideal for the advanced graduate student and the experienced clinician alike. It could serve as an authoritative reference tool for both researchers and clinicians.' - Child and Family Behavior Therapy
'Peter Fonagy and his colleagues present an encyclopedic review of the research evidence on the effectiveness of treatments for psychological problems in children. Since it is every clinician's goal to utilize treatments that work, all practitioners treating children should be familiar with the research presented in this extraordinarily comprehensive volume.' - David H. Barlow, PhD, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University
'Fonagy and his associates have assembled a thorough, clinically oriented review of the major psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for mental disorders in children. Of interest not only for its content but also for its approach to the problem of how such a review might be best accomplished, this volume is full of interesting and important observations that should delight both clinicians and researchers.' - John S. March, MD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center
'This valuable book will greatly help mental health professionals who wish to base their interventions on published evidence. They should all read it with care.' - Philip Graham, FRCPsych, Emeritus Professor of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Child Health, London
Introduction and Review of Outcome Methodology: The Importance of Outcome Measurement. Epidemiology. Anxiety Disorders. Depressive Disorders. Disturbance of Conduct. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Tourette's Disorder. Psychotic Disorders. Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Self-harming Disorders. Children with Physical Symptoms. Specific Developmental Disorders. Conclusions and Implications. Appendices: 1. Glossary of Psychopharmacological Treatments. 2. Search Terms.