Clinical Applications of Evidence-Based Family Interventions

• ContributorsIntroductionI. ChildhoodClinical Disorders1: Psychoeducation with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder2: Behavioral Parent Training with Oppositional Defiant Disorder3: Solution-Focused Therapy with Oppositional Defiant DisorderSocial Problems4: Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention with Physical Abuse5: Cognitive-Behavioral Group Treatment with Mothers of Sexual Abuse VictimsII. AdolescenceClinical Disorders6: Structural Family Therapy with Adolescent Conduct DisorderSocial Problems7: Multisystemic Treatment with Juvenile Offending, Substance Abuse, and Prevention of Adolescent PregnancyIII. AdulthoodClinical Disorders8: Reinforcement Training with the Partners of Those Who Abuse Substances9: Cognitive-Behavioral Marital Therapy with Depression10: Joseph Walsh: Multiple-Family Psychoeducational Group for the Parents of Persons with SchizophreniaIV. Older AdulthoodSocial Problem11: Patricia Gleason-Wynn: Psychoeducation with Caregivers of Older AdultsReferencesIndex

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