TREATING ADOLESCENTS

A Dynamic and Challenging Age Group

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique

It is an ambitious undertaking to distill the knowledge base, summarize the clinical wisdom, and provide vivid case illustrations for the full range of psychopathology presenting in adolescence. This first rate book succeeds on all counts while conveying the challenge and excitement of working with teenagers who have psychiatric problems.
--Gregory K. Fritz, M.D., professor of psychiatry and director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Brown University School of Medicine

This concise, up-to-date summary of adolescent development presents step-by-step guidance for effective clinical treatment of issues such as anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, somatization, conduct disorders, and psychosis.

HANS STEINER is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the Division of Child Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. IRVIN D. YALOM is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the author of several basic textbooks, including the Classic Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, as well as the best-selling trade book Love's Executioner and the award-winning novel When Nietzsche Wept.

Foreword.

1. General Principles and Special Problems( Hans Steiner, S. Shirley Feldman).

2. Disruptive Behavioral Disorders(James Lock).

3. Substance Use and Abuse( Rebecca A. Powers, Robert Matano).

4. Depression(James Lock).

5. Anxiety Disorders(Chris Hayward, Julie A. Collier).

6. Eating Disorders(Mary J. Sanders).

7. Chronic Illness and Somatization(Julie A. Collier).

8. Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders( Margo Thienenmann, Richard J. Shaw).

9. Psychiatric Trauma and Related Psychopathologies(Hans Steiner, Zakee Matthews).