Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: From Theory to Practice, Third Edition

Theoretical and practice-oriented,Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology offers a concise, comprehensive, review of the knowledge, concepts and practice of child and adolescent clinical psychology.

This fully revised and updated edition of 'Clinical Child Psychology ', now incorporates a fuller account of the range of clinical problems of adolescence, together with an expanded account of the major developmental and psychosocial disorders, such as autism, ADHD, and conduct disorder. Each chapter considers a different category of problem or disorder, and covers issues of diagnosis, clinical and developmental features, causes, interventions and outcomes.

• Now covers adolescence as well as childhood
• Updated coverage of major developmental disorders
• Included in the Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology

Content:
Chapter 1 Clinical Diagnosis and Assessment: Theoretical Considerations (pages 6–31):
Chapter 2 Clinical Assessment: Theory into Practice (pages 32–56):
Chapter 3 Psychiatric and Psychosocial Treatment: Part I ? Early Interventions (pages 57–70):
Chapter 4 Psychiatric and Psychosocial Treatment: Part II ? Contemporary Approaches (pages 71–83):
Chapter 5 Prenatal to Perinatal Development (pages 91–110):
Chapter 6 Infant Development (pages 111–125):
Chapter 7 Problems of the Preschool Period (15 Months to 5 or 6 Years) (pages 126–144):
Chapter 8 The School?Going Period: Externalising Problems (pages 152–174):
Chapter 9 The School?Going Period: Internalising Problems (pages 175–194):
Chapter 10 Early Adolescence (11 Years to 14 or 15) (pages 200–213):
Chapter 11 The Transition from Adolescence into Young Adulthood (Ages 14 to 18) (pages 214–236):
Chapter 12 Developmental Disorders (pages 246–272):
Chapter 13 Chronic Disability and Illness: Health Care Problems (pages 273–287):
Chapter 14 Traumatic Conditions and Experiences of Childhood (pages 288–305):