Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychology Treatment Modules

Lara Jean Farrell is an Associate Professor of applied psychology at Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus in Brisbane Australia, and a practicing clinical psychologist in a private practice. She is an Editorial Board Member on Australian Psychologist, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders. She serves as the international editor of International Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, and the associate editor for Child Psychiatry and Human Development as well as the book series editor for Clinical Practice Parameters for Child and Youth Emotional and Behavioural Problems. Her research is on evidence-based interventions for child and adolescent mental health, CBT, exposure therapy, child anxiety, resilience, and child insomnia. Cecilia A. Essau is a Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Roehampton, UK where she is Director of Centre for Applied Research and Assessment in Child and Adolescent Wellbeing (CARACAW). She received her PhD from the University of Konstanz (Germany), and her “Habilitation” in Psychology (qualification for tenure-track professorships in Germany) from the University of Bremen (Germany). She is the first Iban woman to have received a PhD.Professor Essau has Visiting Chairs at numerous universities, including the Norman Munn Distinguished Visiting Scholar from Flinders University, and the Florey Medical Research Foundation Mental Health Visiting Professor from the University of Adelaide, Australia. In 2011, she was made Fellow of the British Psychological Society in recognition of her contribution to the field of Psychology. She is also Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Her research focuses on understanding factors that can lead young people to have serious emotional and behavioural problems and using this research to both enhance the assessment of childhood and adolescent psychopathology, and design more effective interventions to prevent and treat such problems. She is the author of 222 articles, and is the author/editor of 20 books in the area of youth mental health.

• Part 1 Emotional DisordersA. Overview1 Anxiety in children and adolescents2 Depression in children and adolescentsB. Clinicians Guidelines and Case Examples 3 Psychoeducation: Anxiety & Depression 4 Behavioural Activation 5 Cognitive Restructuring 6 Exposure Therapy 7 Exposure &Response Prevention: OCD 8 Problem Solving 9 Social Skills Training 10 Pharmacological Treatment for Anxiety and Depression Part 2 Behavioural Problems A. Overview11 Disruptive Behavior Disorders B. Clinicians Guidelines and Case Examples12 Psychoeducation / Myths of parenting 13 Monitoring Behaviours at Home and School & Establishing Expectations 14 Increasing Compliance15 Decreasing Non-Compliance (logical consequences, response cost, time out). 16 Collaborative Problem Solving  17 Pharmacological Treatment – DBD’s Part 3 Contextual Issues 18 Cultural Sensitivity and Modifications for Child Emotional Disorders 19 Addressing Complex Comorbidity 20 Supporting Families when there is Violence or Neglect 21 Addressing stigmatisation

*5 stars* “The book explains how modular treatment approaches are superior to linear and standardized treatment strategies for child and adolescent mental health… [It] provides clinicians with modularized treatment strategies for commonly occurring child and youth mental health disorders… The book’s primary audience is clinicians. In addition, graduate students in psychology and social work would benefit greatly as well from the book… The editors are credible authorities in the subject matter of the book… The book outlines two modular interventions which clinicians can use for individuals experiencing depressive symptoms, TADS and Child STEPs… The book is easy to read and contains tables and figures which help clarify the text.” --©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Gary B Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services)