Handbook of Interventions that Work with Children andAdolescents, considers evidence-based practice to assessthe developmental issues, aetiology, epidemiology, assessment,treatment, and prevention of child and adolescent psychopathology.World-leading contributors provide overviews of empiricallyvalidated intervention and prevention initiatives.Arranged in three parts, Part I lays theoretical foundations of"treatments that work" with children andadolescents. Part II presents the evidence base for thetreatment of a host of behaviour problems, whilst Part III containsexciting prevention programs that attempt to intervene with severalchild and adolescent problems before they becomedisorders.This Handbook presents encouraging evidence that we canintervene successfully at the psychosocial level with children andadolescents who already have major psychiatric disorders and, asimportantly, that we can even prevent some of these disorders fromoccurring in the first place.

About the Editors.List of Contributors.Preface.Acknowledgments.PART I: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES RELATED TO COMPETENT CLINICAL ANDRESEARCH PRACTICE.Chapter 1: Empirically Supported Treatments for Children andAdolescents: Advances Toward Evidence-Based Practice (Thomas H.Ollendick and Neville J. King).Chapter 2: Developmental Issues in Evidence-Based Practice(Grayson N. Holmbeck, Rachel Neff Greenley, and Elizabeth A.Franks).Chapter 3: Assessment and Diagnosis in Evidence-Based Practice(Wendy K. Silverman and Lissette M. Saavedra).Chapter 4: Evaluation Issues in Evidence-Based Practice (NirbhayN. Singh and Donald P. Oswald).Chapter 5: Assessment and Treatment of Ethnically DiverseChildren and Adolescents (Robi Sonderegger and Paula M.Barrett).PART II: TREATMENT STATUS FOR SPECIFIC EMOTIONAL ANDBEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS.Chapter 6: Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Childrenand Adolescents (Jennifer L. Hudson, Alicia A. Hughes, and PhilipC. Kendall).Chapter 7: Treatment of SAD and Panic Disorder in Children andAdolescents (Sara G. Mattis and Donna B. Pincus).Chapter 8: Treatment of Social Phobia in Children andAdolescents (Tracy L. Morris).Chapter 9: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Childhood andAdolescence: Description and Treatment (Paula M. Barrett, LaraHealy-Farrell, John Piacentini, and John March).Chapter 10: Treatment of PTSD in Children and Adolescents (SeanPerrin, Patrick Smith, and William Yule).Chapter 11: Treatment of School Refusal (David Heyne and NevilleJ. King).Chapter 12: Treatment of Specific Phobia in Children andAdolescents (Thomas H. Ollendick, Thompson E. Davis III, and PeterMuris).Chapter 13: Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents(Laura D. Seligman, Amanda B. Goza, and Thomas H. Ollendick).Chapter 14: Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders in Childrenand Adolescents (Holly Barrett Waldron and Sheryl Kern-Jones).Chapter 15: Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents (KarenC.Wells).Chapter 16: Treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder inChildren and Adolescents (Ross W. Greene, J. Stuart Ablon, JenniferC. Goring, Vanessa Fazio, and Lauren R. Morse).Chapter 17: Treatment of Conduct Problems in Children andAdolescents (Robert J. McMahon and Julie S. Kotler).PART III: PREVENTION INITIATIVES FOR SPECIFIC EMOTIONAL ANDBEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS.Chapter 18: Prevention of Childhood Anxiety and Depression(Paula M. Barrett and Cynthia M. Turner).Chapter 19: Prevention of Oppositional Defiant Disorder andConduct Disorder in Children and Adolescents (Ronald J. Prinz andJean E. Dumas).Chapter 20: Using the Triple P System of Intervention to PreventBehavioural Problems in Children and Adolescents (Matthew R.Sanders, Carol Markie-Dadds, Karen M.T. Turner, and AlanRalph).Chapter 21: Prevention of Substance Abuse in Children andAdolescents (Cecilia A. Essau).Index.