The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology - Alan Carr - 9781138806139

The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible resource for clinical psychologists. Beginning with a set of general conceptual frameworks for practice the book gives specific guidance on the management of problems commonly encountered in clinical work with children and adolescents drawing on the best practice in the fields of clinical psychology and family therapy. In six sections thorough and comprehensive coverage of the following areas is provided: Frameworks for practice Problems of infancy and early childhood Problems of middle childhood Problems of adolescence Child abuse Adjustment to major life transitions Thoroughly updated throughout each chapter dealing with specific clinical problems includes cases examples and detailed discussion of diagnosis classification epidemiology and clinical features. New material includes the latest advances in: child and adolescent clinical psychology; developmental psychology and developmental psychopathology; assessment and treatment programmes. This book is invaluable as both a reference work for experienced practitioners and as an up-to-date evidence-based practice manual for clinical psychologists in training. The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology is one of a set of 3 books published by Routledge which includes The Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology: An Evidence Based Practice Approach Second Edition (Edited by Carr & McNulty) and The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice (Edited by Alan Carr Christine Linehan Gary O'Reilly Patricia Noonan Walsh and John McEvoy).

TITLE: The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology

AUTHOR: Alan Carr

SKU: 9781138806139

PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 14/12/2015

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 1044

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 171 mm x 248 mm

WEIGHT: 1746 gr