A Practical Approach to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents

✍ Scribed by Manju Mehta, Rajesh Sagar (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer India
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 429
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume discusses adolescent mental health concerns in non-Western contexts and situations, ranging from common mental disorders to building life skills. It combines previous literature and empirical work on various disorders to provide a comprehensive account of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for adolescents. The volume covers a wide spectrum of conditions, ranging from anxiety to affective disorders and other associated disorders. It gives a practical guide to the management of disorders with specific focus on case vignettes, outlining session details and specific techniques to be used throughout the intervention plan. A detailed appendix elaborating various CBT techniques is included in the volume. It presumes a basic understanding and training in mental health care and psychotherapy and is useful for professionals: psychologists, counsellors, paediatricians and other practitioners in the field of mental health. It is also useful as a text for courses in health psychology, clinical psychology, adolescent medicine and adolescent psychology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Magnitude of Mental Health Problems in Adolescence....Pages 3-20
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Adolescents....Pages 21-42
Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in Adolescents....Pages 43-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Study Skills....Pages 57-90
Interpersonal Skills....Pages 91-107
Anger Management....Pages 109-130
Management of Sleep Problems....Pages 131-148
Stress Management....Pages 149-178
Pain Management....Pages 179-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Anxiety Management....Pages 193-213
Depression....Pages 215-244
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder....Pages 245-262
Somatoform Disorders....Pages 263-284
Headache—A Transdiagnostic Approach....Pages 285-310
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder....Pages 311-329
Treatment of Substance-Abusing Adolescents....Pages 331-361
Intervention for Internet Use: Current Understanding and Perspective....Pages 363-373
Obesity....Pages 375-393
Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Adolescents....Pages 395-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-429

✦ Subjects

Clinical Psychology; Childhood, Adolescence and Society; Psychotherapy