Child Behavior Therapy Casebook

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. How the Field Has Moved On

   • Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last

   Pages 1-10

3. Separation Anxiety

   • Cynthia G. Last

   Pages 11-17

4. Overanxious Disorder

   • Cyd C. Strauss

   Pages 19-29

5. Social Withdrawal

   • Greta Francis, Thomas H. Ollendick

   Pages 31-41

6. Simple Phobia

   • James H. Johnson, F. Dudley McGlynn

   Pages 43-53

7. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

   • Paul R. McCarthy, Edna B. Foa

   Pages 55-69

8. Dysthymia

   • Cynthia L. Frame, Brick Johnstone, Markham S. Giblin

   Pages 71-83

9. Major Depression

   • William M. Reynolds

   Pages 85-100

10. Mild Developmental Retardation

    • John T. Neisworth, Ronald A. Madle

    Pages 101-111

11. Severe and Profound Mental Retardation

    • Johnny L. Matson, Larry R. Friedt

    Pages 113-127

12. Autism

    • Sandra L. Harris, Jan S. Handleman

    Pages 129-139

13. Autism

    • Laura Schreibman, Bertram O. Ploog, N. Jennifer Oke

    Pages 141-163

14. Stuttering

    • Gordon W. Blood

    Pages 165-177

15. Oppositional Disorder

    • Alan M. Gross

    Pages 179-191

16. Learning Disabilities

    • Nirbhay N. Singh, Ivan L. Beale, Deborah L. Snell

    Pages 193-206

17. Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

    • Mark D. Rapport

    Pages 207-226

18. Conduct Disorder

    • Alan E. Kazdin

    Pages 227-241

19. Firesetting

    • David J. Kolko, Robert T. Ammerman

    Pages 243-262

20. Anorexia Nervosa

    • David M. Garner

    Pages 263-276

Some years ago we edited a general casebook on behavior therapy that was well received. However, those professors who used the book as an adjunct text in child behavior therapy courses were concerned that only 9 of the 26 chapters dealt with the clinical application of behavioral prin­ ciples to children. Their contention was that a specific casebook on the topic was very much warranted. In considering their comments we took a closer look at the child behavior therapy area and were struck with how diverse it was, how it had expanded, and how it had matured over the last three decades. Given this apparent gap in the literature, we decided to devote an entire casebook to both the standard and the more innovative clinical applications to the behavioral problems presented by children. The resulting book, containing 28 chapters, is divided into two parts. In the first part, in a chapter entitled "How the Field Has Moved On," we briefly trace the historical roots of child behavior therapy, detail the relationship of psychiatric diagnosis and behavioral assessment, and con­ sider the importance of developmental norms, psychological testing, ef­ forts at prevention, and behavioral medicine. The bulk of this book, of course, appears in the 27 cases presented by our respective experts. Each of the treatment cases is presented in identical format for pur­ poses of clarity, consistency, and comparability.

• Containing
• assessment
• diagnosis
• prevention
• therapy

• Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Pittsburgh, USA

  Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last

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