Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Research, Assessment and Intervention (Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) [Paperback]

Wendy K. Silverman (Editor), Philip D. A. Treffers (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521789664 | ISBN-13: 978-0521789660 | Publication Date: January 15, 2001 | Edition: 1

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health problems in childhood. In this timely book, an international team of psychiatrists and psychologists review the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in the field and indicate how these may inform researchers and clinicians. Following a historical introduction, chapters review conceptual and management issues, including cognitive, neurobiological, learning, and developmental processes, and peer group and family influences. Chapters include discussions on phenomenology, classification, assessment, clinical course, intervention, and outcome, as well as pharmacological and psychosocial treatment approaches. This text is an authoritative guide to the understanding and assessment of anxiety disorders in the young, and will appeal to clinicians, researchers, and to all mental health professionals involved with this age group.

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"The book is a useful update in a relatively uncrowded research area of childhood psychopathology." Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

"There is much of value in this book, which should certainly be in the libraries of centres in which children or adolescents with anxiety diorders are treated or assessed." Canadian Child Pyschiatry Review

"This is a nice introduction to anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. It is a very worthwhile contribution to this field and it is highly recommended." Doody Publishing, Inc.

Book Description

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health problems in childhood. In this timely book, an international team of psychiatrists and psychologists review the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in the field and indicate how these may inform research and clinical practice. Coverage ranges across cognitive, physiological, neurobiological, developmental, pharmacological and environmental issues. For clinicians and researchers this is an authoritative guide to the understanding and assessment of anxiety disorders in the young, and will appeal to all mental health professionals involved with this age group.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521789664
• ISBN-13: 978-0521789660
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,390,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars 5-10, February 18, 2003

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Jason Guay (Thorold, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Research, Assessment and Intervention (Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) (Paperback)

Great for research and education. Very limited insight into what to actually do when presented with a anxious child. I am a clinician and I was hoping this would assist me in treatment, it has not!!