Emotional Disorders In Children And Adolescents: Medical And Psychological Approaches To Treatment (child Behavior And Development)

Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents states that individual psychotherapy is a nonspecific label. It is done when two people interact in a prolonged series of emotionally charged encounters, with the purpose of changing the behavior of the dyad. The motives and dynamics of individual psychotherapy are explained in detail as well as the history of the approach. The book discussed the concept of child psychoanalysis. This section includes its historical background, the similarities and differences between child and adult psychoanalysis, the age of the child that should be treated and frequency of treatment. The text also covers some techniques in the application of psychoanalysis. A broad section of the volume is focused on the modification of the child's behavior as a type of treatment. This chapter is followed by a section on the behavioral approaches in adolescent psychiatry. The book will provide useful information to psychologist, psychiatrist, behavioral specialist, students and researchers in the field of psychology. Content: Front Matter , Page ifc3 Copyright , Page ifc4 Contributors , Pages ifc5-ifc8 CHAPTER 1 - Individual Psychotherapy , Pages 3-15 , Paul L. Adams CHAPTER 2 - Child Psychoanalysis , Pages 17-23 , Humberto Nagera CHAPTER 3 - Behavior Modification: Applications to Childhood Problems , Pages 25-38 , Robert G. Wahler CHAPTER 4 - Behavioral Approaches in Adolescent Psychiatry , Pages 39-51 , Gene Richard Moss, Ronald A. Mann CHAPTER 5 - Application of Biofeedback Training with Children , Pages 53-63 , Paula Bram Amar CHAPTER 6 - Pharmacotherapy , Pages 65-77 , Joel P. Zrull CHAPTER 7 - Brief Psychotherapy , Pages 79-94 , Alan J. Rosenthal CHAPTER 8 - Play Therapy , Pages 95-105 , Charles E. Schaefer CHAPTER 9 - Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents , Pages 109-133 , Irvin A. Kraft CHAPTER 10 - Psychodynamically Oriented Family Therapy , Pages 135-158 , Rodney J. Shapiro CHAPTER 11 - Family Therapy: Systems Approaches , Pages 159-179 , M. Duncan Stanton CHAPTER 12 - Families of Institutionalized Children , Pages 181-190 , G. Pirooz Sholevar CHAPTER 13 - Principles of Therapeutic Milieu with Children , Pages 191-208 , Donald B. Rinsley CHAPTER 14 - Residential and Inpatient Treatment , Pages 209-228 , Theodore A. Petti Commentary: Short-Term Child Psychiatric Inpatient Unit , Pages 229-234 , G. Pirooz Sholevar CHAPTER 15 - Day Treatment , Pages 235-258 , M. Evangelakis CHAPTER 16 - Community-Based Group Homes , Pages 259-268 , Joseph L. Taylor CHAPTER 17 - Preschool-Age Children , Pages 271-281 , John A. Sours CHAPTER 18 - Latency-Age Children , Pages 283-302 , Charles A. Sarnoff CHAPTER 19 - Psychotherapy with Adolescents , Pages 303-315 , Charles Jaffa, Daniel Offer CHAPTER 20 - Treatment of Psychophysiological Disorders , Pages 319-341 , Stuart M. Finch, Ronald C. Hansen CHAPTER 21 - Psychosomatic Disorders and Family Therapy , Pages 343-351 , G. Pirooz Sholevar CHAPTER 22 - Obesity and Eating Disorders , Pages 353-361 , Hilde Bruch CHAPTER 23 - Vomiting , Pages 363-372 , Charles W. Davenport CHAPTER 24 - Treatment of Encopresis , Pages 373-392 , Jules R. Bemporad, Richard A. Kresch, Russell S. Asnes Commentary: Persistent Encopresis in Preadolescence , Pages 393-399 , G. Pirooz Sholevar CHAPTER 25 - Borderline States and Ego Disturbances , Pages 403-413 , Rudolf Ekstein CHAPTER 26 - Psychotic Disorders , Pages 415-455 , Bertram A. Ruttenberg, Ashley J. Angert CHAPTER 27 - The Treatment of Minimal Brain Dysfunction , Pages 457-482 , Dennis P. Cantwell CHAPTER 28 - Learning Disabilities , Pages 483-500 , Jules C. Abrams CHAPTER 29 - School Interventions: Case Management and School Mental Health Consultation , Pages 501-520 , Irving H. Berkovitz CHAPTER 30 - Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions in Mental Retardation , Pages 521-533 , John Y. Donaldson, Frank J. Menolascino CHAPTER 31 - Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions in Juvenile Delinquency , Pages 535-549 , David Zinn CHAPTER 32 - Treatment of Emergencies in Children and Adolescents , Pages 551-562 , Gilbert C. Morrison CHAPTER 33 - Treatment of School Phobia , Pages 563-587 , John M. Berecz CHAPTER 34 - Depression and Suicidal Behavior , Pages 589-606 , James M. Toolan CHAPTER 35 - Running Away and the Treatment of the Runaway Reaction , Pages 607-613 , Richard L. Jenkins CHAPTER 36 - Treatment of Drug Abuse , Pages 615-645 , Merritt H. Egan CHAPTER 37 - Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Vulnerable and High-Risk Young Children , Pages 649-668 , J. Alexis Burland, Theodore B. Cohen CHAPTER 38 - The Nature of Child Abuse and its Treatment , Pages 669-676 , Linda E. Feinfeld CHAPTER 39 - Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions with Blind Children , Pages 677-686 , Cecily Legg CHAPTER 40 - Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions with Deaf Children , Pages 687-701 , Moisy Shopper Index , Pages 703-710