Adolescent girls in crisis
Subtitle: intervention and hope
By: Martha B. Straus.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780393704471
Subjects: Adolescent psychotherapy; Teenage girls -- Mental health; Teenage girls -- Psychology; Mental Disorders -- therapy; Adolescent Development; Adolescent Psychology; Adolescent
Notes: "A Norton professional book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The culture of rage and despair; title: The secret lives of teenage girls; title: The adolescent passage; title: Systems in an uproar; title: The war on girls; title: Interventions : treating the whole girl; title: Ten tips from the trenches : doing good work with girls; title: Getting connected; title: Troubled behaviors I : affective disorders and anxiety disorders; title: Troubled behaviors II : eating disorders and self mutilation; title: Troubled behaviors III : attachment and trauma problems; title: Troubling behaviors I : social aggression, ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder; title: Troubling behaviors II : sex, conduct disorders, and substance abuse; title: Psychotropic medication in the treatment of adolescent girls / by Robert J. Racusin; title: Hospitalizations and out-of-home interventions; title: Ten reasons for hope.