Treating School-Age Children / Edition 1

by Hans Steiner, Irvin D. Yalom

Overview

Treatments for Developmental Issues and Problems

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current ClinicalTechnique

This book presents effective and efficient interventions forchildren who are just beginning school through the years of earlypuberty. The expert contributors offer the knowledge and tools forassessing and treating the problems that are unique to this agegroup. Encouraging both creativity and flexibility, they presentspecific recommendations for the treatment of developmental issuesand problems such as hyperactivity, depression, obsession,compulsions, phobias, and trauma-related problems.

Helps clinicians to be the best that they can be.—John E.Schowalter, M.D., Albert J. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatryand Pediatrics, Child Study Center, Yale University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787908782
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/25/1997
Series:	Library of Current Clinical Technique
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.35(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

HANS STEINER is professor of psychiatry and behavioral science in the Division of Child Psychiatry and Development at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. In addition to other awards, he was selected by Good Housekeeping as one of the nation's 327 best mental health care providers.

IRVIN D. YALOM is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the author of several basic textbooks, including the Classic Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, as well as the best-selling trade book Love's Executioner and the award-winning novel When Nietzsche Wept.

Table of Contents

1. General Principles and Treatment(Richard J. Shaw and S. ShirleyFeldman)
2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Phobias, and Trauma(Sharon E.Williams, Julie A. Collier, and Zakee Matthews)
3. Depression(James Lock)
4. Disruptive Behavioral Disorders(Lisa R. Benton-Hardy and JamesLock)
5. Conversion and Somatoform Disorders(Pamela J. Beasley and DavidRay DeMaso)
6. Pain and Related Problems(Julie A. Collier)
7. Child Abuse(Mary J. Sanders and Jennifer Dyer-Friedman)
8. Eating Disorders(Tamara M. Altman and James Lock)

Editorial Reviews

'This book does not follow the current vogue of minimizing children's mental pain in order to minimize the costs of treatment, but instead it helps clinicians to be the best that they can be.' —John E. Schowalter, M.D., Albert J. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Child Study Center, Yale University

From the Publisher

Focuses on the clinical treatment of children from birth through age five, when the most devastating child psychiatric syndromes can make their first appearance. Provides knowledge and tools necessary to assess and treat serious problems, such as autism, mental retardation, abuse, and neglect. In addition, the authors present a variety of specific interventions for common behavioral issues, including feeding disorders, attachment disorders, sleep problems, toilet training, and gender issues. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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