Treating Child & Adolescent Depression is a practical and authoritative guide to diagnosis and treatment of child and adolescent depression in various clinical settings, health care systems, and cultures.
GENERAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION
- Depression in Children and Adolescents
- Depression: Causes and Risk Factors
- Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents with Depression
PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT
- Introduction to Treating Depression in Children and Adolescents
- Engaging, Involving, Educating, and Supporting Patients, Families, and Schools During Treatment
- How to Use Medication to Manage Depression
- Using Other Biological Treatments: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, and Light Therapy
- How to Use CBT for Youth Depression: A Guide to Implementation
- How to Use Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (IPT-A)
- Using Family Therapy
- Dynamic Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Depression in Youth
- How to Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments
- Managing Acute Depressive Episodes: Putting It Together in Practice
- Preventing, Detecting, and Managing Side Effects of Medication
- Managing Crises and Emergencies in the Course of Treatment
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Managing Young People with Depression and Comorbid Conditions
- Managing Adolescents with Comorbid Depression and Substance Abuse
- Managing Adolescent Depression in Primary Care
- Prevention of Depression and Early Intervention with Sub-Clinical Depression
PARTICULAR ISSUES ABOUT TREATMENT IN SPECIFIC GROUPS
- Treating Depression in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Physical Illness
- Treating Depression in the Developmentally Disabled: Intellectual Disability and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Depression in Immigrant and Minority Children and Youth
- Childhood Depression: International Views and Treatment Practices.
Emphasis is placed on evidence-based precepts for treatment. The contributors address current controversies surrounding the potential risks of medications in children and discuss other biological treatments and psychotherapies. Key take-home points are listed at the end of each chapter. Flow charts and tables summarize treatment recommendations, and tables summarize evidence of effectiveness and quality of evidence. Also included are lists of other resources for clinicians, patients, and families.
Key Features
- "Take home" key points at the end of each chapter.
- Key references for further reading and lists of other resources for clinicians, patients, and families
- Tables summarizing evidence of effectiveness and quality of evidence
- Treatment presented in flow charts and tables.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 312 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (January 7, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781795699
- ISBN-13: 978-0781795692
- Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 0.8 inches
List Price: $77.50