The handbook of child and adolescent clinical psychology : a contextual approach / Alan Carr.

By:

Carr, Alan, Dr

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 1999.Description: xxi, 1000 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

041519492X (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

618.92 CAR

Contents:

Frameworks for practice. Normal development -- Influences on problem development -- Classification, epidemiology and treatment effectiveness -- The consultation process and intake interviews -- Report writing -- Problems of infancy and early childhood. Sleep problems -- Toileting problems -- Learning and communication difficulties -- Autism and pervasive developmental disorders -- Problems of middle childhood. Conduct problems -- Attention and overactivity problems -- Fear and anxiety problems -- Repetition problems -- Somatic problems -- Problems in adolescence. Drug abuse -- Mood problems -- Anorexia and bulemia nervosa -- Schizophrenia -- Child abuse. Physical abuse -- Emotional abuse and neglect -- Sexual abuse -- Adjustment to major life transitions. Foster care -- Separation and divorce -- Grief and bereavement.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	618.92 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000382375

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Alan Carr provides a comprehensive, thorough and practical guide to modern child and adolescent psychology. TheHandbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychologycovers all central concerns for practitioners in a single manual, including: conduct problems, emotional problems, learning disabilities, child protection, somatic illness, major depression, suicide, drug abuse, schizophrenia, divorce, foster care and bereavement. It will be essential reading for child and adolescent clinical psychologists, and valuable to many professionals in training, including educational psychologists, counselling psychologists, health psychologists, child psychotherapists, family therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, counsellors and child care workers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of illustrations (p. ix)
Foreword (p. xviii)
Preface (p. xix)
Acknowledgements (p. xxii)
Section I Frameworks for practice (p. 1)
1 Normal development (p. 3)
2 Influences on problem development (p. 34)
3 Classification, epidemiology and treatment effectiveness (p. 65)
4 The consultation process and intake interviews (p. 88)
5 Report writing (p. 140)
Section II Problems of infancy and early childhood (p. 169)
6 Sleep problems (p. 171)
7 Toileting problems (p. 200)
8 Learning and communication difficulties (p. 229)
9 Autism and pervasive developmental disorders (p. 289)
Section III Problems of middle childhood (p. 313)
10 Conduct problems (p. 315)
11 Attention and overactivity problems (p. 368)
12 Fear and anxiety problems (p. 403)
13 Repetition problems (p. 469)
14 Somatic problems (p. 501)
Section IV Problems in adolescence (p. 575)
15 Drug abuse (p. 577)
16 Mood problems (p. 621)
17 Anorexia and bulimia nervosa (p. 675)
18 Schizophrenia (p. 706)
Section V Child abuse (p. 749)
19 Physical abuse (p. 751)
20 Emotional abuse and neglect (p. 782)
21 Sexual abuse (p. 806)
Section VI Adjustment to major life transitions (p. 857)
22 Foster care (p. 859)
23 Separation and divorce (p. 880)
24 Grief and bereavement (p. 911)
Bibliography (p. 942)
Index (p. 995)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Alan Carr is Director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at University College Dublin, Ireland