Mental Health Treatment for Children and Adolescents (Evidence-Based Practice)
"So you want to help children and adolescents with mental health issues, do you? Well, fortunately, with this practical book, mastering mental health treatments with youth is greatly facilitated. Thanks to Corcoran's fine volume the job of treating youth is easier. The books covers the eight most common mental health problems of youngsters; if you are working with any of these conditions, then you simply must read this book. " --Kevin Corcoran, Ph.D., J.D., Professor, Portland State University and Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania"Jacqueline Corcoran has produced an extremely useful practice text for teaching evidence-based mental health treatment of children and adolescents. This book goes further than other similar texts by providing case examples that address implementation issues and barriers that are often encountered in practice situations. It also discusses situations where the evidence is not available for particular clients, for example, how to work through practice decisions for applying evidence with ethnic minority clients and others. The applied case process offered in this book will enhance the teaching of evidence-based practice and the practice-friendly style of the text will be welcomed by most students and practitioners of mental health." --Cynthia Franklin, Ph.D., Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health, University of Texas at Austin"Corcoran's new book is a welcome addition to the growing emphasis on evidence-based treatment. This definitive reference consolidates the evidence and provides up-to-date research on mental health treatment for children and adolescents. This is one of the very few books that integrate research findings with clinical examples. A must-read book for every mental health professional who wants to stay current with the latest research and to better understand how to apply research to practice." --Craig Winston LeCroy, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University"Corcoran has authored an exemplary volume. This will be an exceptional primary textbook for use in clinical courses based on a solid evidence-based approach to the topic of assessing and treating children with mental health problems. This is a wonderful new practice textbook and is most highly recommended." --Bruce A. Thyer, Ph.D., Professor and former Dean, College of Social Work, Florida State University"The author has done a remarkable job of highlighting the most pertinent evidence-based treatment modalities for child and adolescent mental health disorders...This comprehensive book is a timely and welcome addition to a growing field of evidence-based literature on thetreatment methods and practical application of methodologies used for treating children and adolescents. I highly recommend this book for anyone currently working with this patient population and for those in graduate school who wish to gain insight into the types of evidence-based treatments that are being researched and implemented. " --Doody's"Ultimately, the book facilitates the acquisition of knowledge and skills for a broad audience of students, eduacators, researchers, and practitioners and is a valuable asset to the continued professionalization of the field of mental health and its proponents." -- Amanda Ford, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work"A new title in Oxford'sEvidence-Based Practicesseries, this serious, systematic review of childhood psychopathology goes well beyond most texts on the same subject.Social work professor Corcoran writes that clinicians may reject evidence-based practice because of perceived discrepancies between research and practice. Though it may spur diagnostic theories of the post-DSM-IV decades, this gap has been largely eliminated, at least for now. Thematic chapters are grounded in a risk-and-resilience framework, and Corcoran illustrates each theme with readable charts and summaries of current epidemiological data and empirical research. In her rendering of diagnoses, which range from ADHD to substance use, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorders, the author sees to it that social context always accompanies psychopharmacological treatment planning, and this, as critics will note, is not always true of evidence-based practice." --E. A. Danto,CHOICE"Corcoran's book is very valuable to social workers, students, and educators involved in the treatment of children and adolescents with mental health problems. First, social workers will be guided in their choice of what intervention to use for better results. Second, it will help social work educators design educational programs with evidence-based treatment as the focus in training new social workers. Third, social work students will be up to date and better prepared to implement treatment modalities that have been shown effective once employed. It is equally valuable to clients, because by knowing evidence-based treatment, they can opt for the one that is more promising in terms of outcome." --Teresa Graney, MSW, LCSW, Emergency Room Social Worker, Veterans Administration