Mental Health Treatment for Children and Adolescents (Evidence-Based Practice)

256 Pages·2010·0.7 MB·English

by  Jacqueline Corcoran

mental health treatment for
children and adolescents
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES SERIES
series editors:
David E. Biegel, Ph.D.
Elizabeth M. Tracy, Ph.D.
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences,
Case Western Reserve University
Family Psychoeducation for Serious Mental Illness
Harriet P. Lefl ey
School Social Work
An Evidence-Informed Framework for Practice
Michael S. Kelly, James C. Raines, Susan Stone, and Andy Frey
Mental Health Treatment for Children and Adolescents
Jacqueline Corcoran
The Evidence-Based Practices Series is published in collaboration with the Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Jacqueline Corcoran
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2011
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Corcoran, Jacqueline.
Mental health treatment for children and adolescents / Jacqueline Corcoran.
p. ; cm. — (Evidence-based practices series)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-19-537571-8
1. Child psychiatry. 2. Adolescent psychiatry. 3. Evidence-based psychiatry.
I. Title. II. Series: Evidence-based practices series.
[DNLM: 1. Mental Disorders–therapy. 2. Adolescent. 3. Child.
4. Evidence-Based Medicine. WS 463 C793 2011]
RJ499.C647 2011
618.92’89–dc22
2010007427
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on acid-free paper
To my children, Alexa Sian and Miles Rhys: that they grow up healthy and happy.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I sincerely thank David Biegel and Elizabeth Tracy, the editors for the E vidence-
Based Practices Series, for inviting me to be part of this important line of books for
Oxford University Press. I also wanted to send my appreciation to Maura Roessner,
Senior Editor at Oxford, who has always been supportive of my work and unfail-
ingly professional. My appreciation further goes to the following MSW students
who contributed vital case information that served to enliven this book: Treva
Bower, Angela Corriveau, Gidget Fields, Michelle Mintling, Laura Savitsky, Amelia
Schor, and LeAnn Smuthkochorn. Additional appreciation goes toward my co-
authors on chapters, doctoral students at the Virginia Commonwealth University,
Robert Broce and Jennifer Shadik, for their hard work and fi ne contributions.
I am grateful to my husband, Mark Rosman, for his support in the writing of this
book, and my father, Patrick Corcoran, as always, deserves credit for painstaking
proofreading and his attention to detail.
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CONTENTS

1 introduction and overview 3
Section I Externalizing Disorders
2 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 13
oppositional defiant disorder and conduct
3
disorder in children 36
adolescent disruptive behavior disorders and
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substance use disorders 66
Section II Internalizing Disorders
5 anxiety disorders 93
6 posttraumatic stress disorder 113
7 depressive disorders 129
Section III Eating Disorders
8 anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa 159
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