Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents Directions for Research and Practice

by Kazdin, Alan E.

• ISBN13: 9780195126181
• ISBN10: 0195126181
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

What do we wish to know about psychotherapy and its effects? What do we already know? And what needs to be accomplished to fill the gap? These questions and more are explored in this thoroughly updated book about the current status and future directions of psychotherapy for children and adolescents. It retains a balance between practical concerns and research, reflecting many of the new approaches to children that have appeared in the past ten years. Designed to change the direction of current work, this book outlines a blueprint or model to guide future research and elaborates the ways in which therapy needs to be studied. By focusing on clinical practice and what can be changed, it offers suggestions for improvement of patient care and advises how clinical work can contribute directly and in new ways to the accumulation of knowledge. Although it discusses in detail present psychotherapy research, this book is squarely aimed at progress in the future, making it ideal for psychologists, psychiatrists, and all mental health care practitioners.

Author Biography

Alan E. Kazdin is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Yale University, Professor in the Child Study Center (Child Psychiatry), and Director of the Yale Child Conduct Clinic, an outpatient treatment service.

Table of Contents

PART I. Background	1	(52)
Introduction	3	(14)
Clinical Problems of Children and Adolescents	17	(17)
Approaches, Treatments, and Characteristics of Psychotherapy	34	(19)
PART II. Evidence: Major Findings, Strengths, and Limitations	53	(76)
The Effects of Psychotherapy: Current Status of the Evidence	55	(17)
The Effects of Psychotherapy: Empirically Supported Treatments	72	(17)
Treatments That Work: Illustrations of Exemplary Research	89	(19)
Characteristics and Limitations of Therapy Research	108	(21)
PART III. Improving Therapy Research	129	(100)
Developing Effective Treatments: A Model for Clinical Research	131	(26)
Designing and Conducting a Treatment Study	157	(29)
Implementing and Evaluating Treatment in Clinical Practice	186	(23)
Psychotherapy Research in Perspective	209	(20)
Appendix A: List of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapies	229	(12)
Appendix B: Methodology in a Nutshell	241	(16)
Dr. Irving Quickie
Notes	257	(6)
References	263	(26)
Author Index	289	(8)
Subject Index	297