Child and Adolescent Mental Health Arena

Childhood Feeding Problems and Adolescent Eating Disorders

• Edited by Peter J. Cooper, and Alan Stein.

Published May 2006

How should feeding problems arising in childhood and later eating disorders be assessed and treated? Disturbances in eating arising in infancy, early childhood and adolescence are increasingly being recognized as a major source of distress and disturbance to young people and their families.…
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To Hold and Be Held

The Therapeutic School as a Holding Environment

• By Daniel K. Reinstein.

Published May 2006

Drawing on the teachings of D.W. Winnicott and John Bowlby, who helped revolutionize thinking about relational psychology, To Hold and Be Held integrates the concepts of the ‘holding environment’ and attachment theory and describes how they are applied in a clinical setting. It also uses metaphor…
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Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Theoretical and Clinical Implications

• Edited by Cecilia A. Essau.

Published April 2006

How do biological and environmental factors influence the development of childhood and adolescent disorders? There has been a substantial increase of interest in research into child and adolescent psychopathology. In this book, Cecilia Essau brings together contributions from the UK, the US and…
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Forensic Uses of Clinical Assessment Instruments

• Edited by Robert P. Archer.

Published March 2006

The purpose of this book is to provide a firm basis for psychologists to understand the appropriate uses and limitations of popular clinical assessment measures as they are applied to forensic issues. The instruments were selected because of their wide use and importance in both clinical and…
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The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology

A Contextual Approach

• By Alan Carr.

Published February 2006

This second edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible source of practical advice. Beginning with a set of general conceptual frameworks for practice, the book gives…
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The Biopsychosocial Formulation Manual

A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

• By William H. Campbell, and Robert M. Rohrbaugh.

Published February 2006

Based on George Engel’s model, The Biopsychosocial Formulation Manual presents ways to help psychiatry residents and students effectively gather and organize patient data to arrive at a complete mental health history in a limited timeframe. While most current models only take one factor into…
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Who Benefits From Special Education?

Remediating (Fixing) Other People's Children

• Edited by Ellen A. Brantlinger.

Published October 2005

Who Benefits From Special Education?: Remediating (Fixing) Other People's Children addresses the negative consequences of labeling and separating education for students with "disabilities," the cultural biases inherent in the way that we view children's learning difficulties, the social…
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Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

• Edited by Mark A. Fine, and John H. Harvey.

Published October 2005

This Handbook presents up-to-date scholarship on the causes and predictors, processes, and consequences of divorce and relationship dissolution. Featuring contributions from multiple disciplines, this Handbook reviews relationship termination, including variations depending on legal status, race/…
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Psychological Testing in Child Custody Evaluations

• By Leslie Drozd, and James R. Flens.

Published September 2005

A focused look at the uses—and misuses—of psychological tests in the context of child custodyThis book presents an advanced examination of psychological testing and usage in the child custody arena. It addresses test selection issues, provides insightful discussions of how to confront…
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Clinical and Research Uses of an Adolescent Mental Health Intake Questionnaire

What Kids Need to Talk About

• By Irwin Epstein, Ken Peake and Daniel Medeiros.

Published August 2005

Learn how to better clinically serve “risky” adolescents—from the clients themselves!Clinical and Research Uses of an Adolescent Mental Health Intake Questionnaire: What Kids Need to Talk About explores the research on adolescent behavior culled from the answers to a…
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