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The book collates the latest innovations in cognitive behavioral therapy for child and adolescent anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
List of contents
Part I. Anxiety Disorders: 1. Phenomenology and standard evidence-based care of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; 2. Evidence-based assessment; 3. Self-help treatment of childhood anxiety disorders; 4. New technologies to deliver CBT: computer and web-based programs, mobile applications and virtual reality; 5. Cognitive bias modification strategies for anxious children: attention and interpretation bias retraining; 6. Brief intensive treatments; 7. Pharmacologic-enhanced approaches for the anxiety disorders; 8. Enhanced family approaches for the anxiety disorders; 9. Treatment of comorbid sleep problems in anxious children; 10. Transdiagnostic approaches to the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; 11. Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based programs for the prevention and treatment of childhood anxiety; 12. Innovations in the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders: mindfulness and self-compassion approaches; Part II. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: 13. Phenomenology and standard care of OCD in children and adolescents; 14. Evidence-based assessment of child obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): recommendations for clinical practice and treatment research; 15. Self-help treatments for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder including bibliotherapy; 16. New technologies to deliver CBT for young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder; 17. Interpretation and attentional bias training; 18. Innovations in treating OCD: brief, intensive treatments; 19. Pharmacologic-augmented treatments; 20. Enhanced family approaches in childhood OCD; 21. Treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder and comorbid disorders; 22. Transdiagnostic approaches; 23. Pediatric OCD: dissemination and implementation; 24. New wave therapies for pediatric OCD; Part III. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: 25. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy: an evidence-based approach for helping children overcome the impact of child abuse and trauma; 26. Advances in the assessment of PTSD in children and young people; 27. New technologies to deliver CBT (including web-based CBT, mobile apps, and virtual reality); 28. Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR); 29. Innovation in early trauma treatment: the child and family traumatic stress intervention (CFTSI); 30. Pediatric post-traumatic stress disorder: pharmacological augmented treatments; 31. Enhanced family-based interventions for children who have been traumatized by physical abuse and neglect; 32. Treatment of PTSD and comorbid disorders; 33. Transdiagnostic treatment for youth with traumatic stress; 34. Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments for childhood PTSD; 35. New wave therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder in youth.
About the author
Lara J. Farrell, is a Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, Queensland, where she contributes to the clinical training of students, conducts clinical research, and provides patient consultations.Thomas H. Ollendick is University Distinguished Professor in Clinical Psychology and Director of the Child Study Center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.Peter Muris is Full Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands, where he combines research and educational activities with clinical work at the Academic Department of Child and Youth Care in Lucertis Maastricht.
Summary
The book collates the latest innovations in cognitive behavioral therapy for child and adolescent anxiety disorders, OCD and PTSD.
