Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Mendy A. Boettcher John Piacentini Introduction Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most widely researched and evidence-based form of psychotherapy today. Although CBT technically refers to a…
Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents: A Critical Overview V. Robin Weersing Melanie A. Dirks The study of psychotherapy in youth dates back to the dawn of therapy itself— to the…
General Principles, Specific Drug Treatments, and Clinical Practice Lawrence Scahill Jessica R. Oesterheld Andrés Martin Introduction The now famous clinical trial conducted by Charles Bradley (1) is often cited as…
Clinical and Developmental Aspects of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions Jessica R. Oesterheld Richard I. Shader Andrés Martin Overview In the first part of this chapter, the concept of pharmacokinetics is…
Children Exposed to Disaster: The Role of the Mental Health Professional Nathaniel Laor Leo Wolmer Introduction Mass disasters, whether natural, technological or human made, take an enormous toll in human…
Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy Brian W.C. Forsyth Andrea Gottsegen Asnes Historical Note In 1951, Asher first used the eponym Munchhausen syndrome to describe adults who consistently fabricate symptoms of illness…
Reactive Attachment Disorder Mary Margaret Gleason Charles H. Zeanah Introduction Bowlby and Ainsworth Psychiatry has long acknowledged the importance of a child’s caregiving environment for emotional development. Since the mid-twentieth…
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Carla Smith Stover Steven Berkowitz Steven Marans Joan Kaufman Introduction Kevin is a 5-year-old boy whose father murdered his mother in a domestic dispute while he was…
Child Abuse and Neglect Joan Kaufman Introduction By all standards of measurement, the problem of child maltreatment is enormous in terms of both its cost to the individual, and its…
Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents Carla Sharp Efrain Bleiberg Introduction The revised fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV— TR) (1) defines personality disorder…
