Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A Clinician's Guide to Effective Psychosocial and Pharmacological Interventions
ISBN13: 9780195135947ISBN10: 0195135946
Hardback,
592 pages
Dec 2003,
In Stock
Price:
$74.95 (05)Description
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary guidebook is designed for the mental health practitioner seeking to utilize proven and effective interventions with children and adolescents suffering from significant anxiety and phobic disorders. Each chapter is co-authored by a clinical child psychologist and a child psychiatrist, framing the volume's unique and balanced perspective. In addition, each chapter presents state-of-the-art assessment and treatment strategies for a panoply of phobic and anxiety disorders, including both psychosocial and pharmacological interventions. Moreover, the volume addresses important conceptual, epidemiological, and ethical issues in working with children and adolescents.All in all, this guide will help address the wide chasm between clinical research and clinical practice, uniting the forces intrinsic to child psychiatry and clinical child psychology.
Product Details
592 pages; 22 line illus.; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-513594-7ISBN10: 0-19-513594-6About the Author(s)
Edited by Thomas H. Ollendick, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director, Child Study Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and John S. March, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director, Program in Child and Adolescent Anxiety, Duke University Medical Center
