A Developmental Systems Guide for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioners Sean Snyder

Preface -- Theoretical and Practical Foundations -- Our Framework within the Developmental Systems Perspective -- A Developmental Systems Approach to Understanding Race and Ethnicity within Child Development and Psychopathology -- Assessment, Clinical Formulation, and Diagnosis: A Biopsychosocial Framework within the Developmental Systems Lens -- Psychosocial Intervention and Treatment: From Problem to Action -- Psychopharmacology through a Developmental Systems Lens -- Therapeutic Approaches for Specific Disorders -- Intellectual Disabilities/Intellectual Developmental Disorders (IDD) -- Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children and Adolescents -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents -- Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Youth -- Substance Use Disorders in Youth -- Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Psychosis in Children and Adolescents -- Suicide and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors in Children and Adolescents -- Gender, Sexuality, and Psychosocial Care -- Organizational Considerations -- Clinical Supervision of Youth-Serving Clinicians -- Getting Evidence-Based Interventions to People: Implementation Science -- Contributors -- Image Credits

A Developmental Systems Guide for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioners provides clinicians with actionable evidence-based practices for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child and adolescent mental and behavioral health. This approach combines developmental psychology and ecological systems in recognition of the fact that children’s developmental challenges, tasks, and capacities intersect with the risks and protective factors of their environment. Chapters feature detailed case studies and conclude with conversations with clinicians in which they share targeted recommendations for patient evaluation, treatment approaches, and family engagement and support.

Attribution

In English.

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