Treating Adolescents (Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique)

Treating Adolescents (Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique)

by IrvinD.Yalom (Editor), HansSteiner (Author)

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A Dynamic and Challenging Age Group A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique It is an ambitious undertaking to distill the knowledge base, summarize the clinical wisdom, and provide vivid case illustrations for the full range of psychopathology presenting in adolescence. This first rate book succeeds on all counts while conveying the challenge and excitement of working with teenagers who have psychiatric problems. --Gregory K. Fritz, M.D., professor of psychiatry and director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Brown University School of Medicine This concise, up-to-date summary of adolescent development presents step-by-step guidance for effective clinical treatment of issues such as anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, somatization, conduct disorders, and psychosis.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 418
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 29 Jan 1996

ISBN 10: 0787902063
ISBN 13: 9780787902063

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Treating Adolescents presents a concise, up-to-date summary of adolescent development and step-by-step guidance for the effective clinical treatment of specific disorders. (Adolescence) Treating Adolescents offers the reader a concise biopsychosocial biopsy of adolescence and a clear, comprehensive textbook description of the important issues in the treatment of the major psychopathologies occurring during this most perplexing development stage of human life. (Lawrence Stone, M.D., president, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) It is an ambitious undertaking to distill the knowledge base, summarize the clinical wisdom, and provide vivid case illustrations for the full range of psychopathology presenting in adolescence. This first rate book succeeds on all counts while conveying the challenge and excitement of working with teenagers who have psychiatric problems. (Gregory K. Fritz, M.D., professor of psychiatry and director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Brown University School of Medicine)
Author Bio
HANS STEINER is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the Division of Child Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. IRVIN D. YALOM is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the author of several basic textbooks, including the Classic Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, as well as the best-selling trade book Love's Executioner and the award-winning novel When Nietzsche Wept.