Cognitive-behavior Therapy for Children and Adolescents - Softcover

Eva Szigethy; John R. Weisz; Robert L. Findling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585624063 ISBN 13: 9781585624065

Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub, 2012

Synopsis

Pioneering and seasoned clinicians alike have poured their accumulated wealth of practical knowledge, innovation, and insight into Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Children and Adolescents. The defining fundamentals of CBT are shared in accessible, down-to-earth style and the important distinctions of a well-integrated, developmentally appropriate approach are detailed for a number of conditions, including pediatric chronic medical illness. Guidance for integrating parents and families into the child s treatment is shared for every disorder covered in this unique, easy-to-use book. Expert authors offer a well-organized explication of their innovative, effective methods and tools. In addition, videos on the accompanying DVD provide an excellent companion demonstration of some of these techniques with different ages and disorders. Readers will gain a robust clinical understanding of CBT practice with children and adolescents. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Children and Adolescents will be an invaluable and worthy reference for all mental health practitioners who work with this distinct population. No other text on the subject will match it.

About this title

About the Author:

Eva Szigethy, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is also Medical Director of the Medical Coping Clinic in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. John R. Weisz, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor of Psychology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Judge Baker Children s Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Robert L. Findling, M.D., M.B.A., is the Rocco L. Motto, M.D. Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1585624063
• ISBN 13: 9781585624065
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 580