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“Weisz and Kazdin—two of the field's most original and influential scholars—show how science can be leveraged with innovativeness and rigor to improve the lives of children and adolescents who suffer from psychological disorders. The contributors include many pioneers in developing and testing evidence-based psychotherapies, who write with great wisdom. Thirty-three chapters provide a perfect balance between the present status of the scientific evidence and clinical applications, and identify critical future directions for the field. A 'must-have' book for instructors, students, clinicians, and researchers.”

—Wendy K. Silverman, PhD, ABPP, Alfred A. Messer Professor of Child Psychiatry and Director, Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine


“The biggest question facing today's psychotherapists and psychotherapy researchers is how to personalize evidence-based psychotherapy using the available selection of treatment and monitoring tools. This holds true for child and adolescent as well as adult psychotherapy. I cannot imagine a better resource for tackling this task than this outstanding book. Comprehensive and fun to read, it helps move the practice of child and adolescent psychotherapy forward. As a text, it is a rich resource for courses on child and adolescent treatment.”

—Wolfgang Lutz, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Germany


“Nobody understands evidence-based practices for children and adolescents—their development, evaluation, and implementation, as well as their strengths and limitations—with the depth and breadth of Weisz and Kazdin. The third edition has thorough coverage of almost all problems confronting clinicians and a very important section on implementing evidence-based interventions in a variety of clinical settings. Every clinician and clinical scientist will want this definitive resource on their bookshelves, and instructors will find it ideal for graduate courses covering psychological interventions.”

—David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University

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Table of Contents

I. Foundations of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Research

1. Introduction: Context, Background, and Goals, Alan E. Kazdin & John R. Weisz

II. Treatments and Problems

A. Internalizing Disorders and Problems

2. Child-Focused Treatment for Anxiety, Philip C. Kendall, Erika A. Crawford, Elana Rachel Kagan, Jami M. Furr, & Jennifer L. Podell

3. Treating Pediatric Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder in Children: Using Exposure-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Martin E. Franklin, Sarah Morris, Jennifer B. Freeman, & John S. March

4. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Depression, Paul Rohde

5. Treating Adolescent Depression Using Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Colleen Jacobson, Laura H. Mufson, & Jami F. Young

B. Externalizing Disorders and Problems

6. The Evolution of the Oregon Model of Parent Management Training: An Intervention for Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents, Marion S. Forgatch & Abigail H. Gewirtz

7. Parent–Child Interaction Therapy and the Treatment of Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Alison Zisser, Amy D. Herschell, & Sheila M. Eyberg

8. The Incredible Years Parents, Teachers, and Children Training Series: A Multifaceted Treatment Approach for Young Children with Conduct Problems, Carolyn Webster-Stratton & M. Jamila Reid

9. Parent Management Training and Problem-Solving Skills Training for Child and Adolescent Conduct Problems, Alan E. Kazdin

10. The Coping Power Program for Aggressive Behavior in Children, Nicole R. Powell, John E. Lochman, Caroline L. Boxmeyer, Tammy D. Barry, & Dustin A. Pardini

11. Treatment Foster Care Oregon for Adolescents: Research and Implementation, Rohanna Buchanan & Patricia Chamberlain

12. Treating Serious Antisocial Behavior Using Multisystemic Therapy, Scott W. Henggeler & Cindy M. Schaeffer

13. Summer Treatment Programs for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, William E. Pelham, Jr., Elizabeth Gnagy, Andrew R. Greiner, Gregory A. Fabiano, Daniel A. Waschbusch, & Erika K. Coles

C. Other Disorders and Special Applications

14. Developing and Testing Interventions for Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury among Adolescents, Anthony Spirito, Christianne Esposito-Smythers, & Jennifer Wolff

15. Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Traumatized Children, Judith A. Cohen, Anthony P. Mannarino, & Esther Deblinger

16. Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder with the Early Start Denver Model, Katherine Davlantis, Geraldine Dawson, & Sally J. Rogers

17. Pivotal Response Treatment for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Robert L. Koegel, Lynn Kern Koegel, Ty W. Vernon, & Lauren I. Brookman-Frazee

18. Family-Based Treatment and Behavioral Family Systems Therapy for Adolescent Eating Disorders, Daniel Le Grange & Arthur L. Robin

19. Behavioral Treatment for Enuresis and Encopresis, Michael W. Mellon & Arthur C. Houts

20. Functional Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use Disorders, Holly Barrett Waldron, Janet L. Brody, & Hyman Hops

III. Implementation and Dissemination: Extending Treatments to New Populations and New Settings

21. Evidence-Based Psychotherapies with Ethnic Minority Children and Adolescents, Stanley J. Huey, Jr.,& Antonio J. Polo

22. Crossing National, Cultural, and Language Barriers: Implementing and Testing Evidence-Based Practices in Norway, Terje Ogden, Elisabeth Askeland, Bernadette Christensen, Terje Christiansen, & John Kjøbli

23. Implementing and Testing Youth Psychotherapies through a National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in New Zealand, Sally Nicola Merry, Karolina Stasiak, Bronwyn Dunnachie, Tania Anstiss, Mathijs Lucassen, & Tania Cargo

24. A National Approach to Improving Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care: The Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Program in England, Stephen Scott

25. The International Dissemination of the Triple P–Positive Parenting Program, Matthew R. Sanders & Karen M. T. Turner

IV. Critical Issues for the Field

26. Ethical Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Research, Adam Fried & Celia B. Fisher

27. Implementing Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents within Complex Mental Health Systems, Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, Robin Peth-Pierce, Elizabeth Glaeser, Emma Whitmyre, Priscilla Shorter, & Maria Michelle Vardanian

28. Using the Science of Developmental Psychopathology to Inform Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Dante Cicchetti & Sheree Toth

29. Personalizing Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents in Clinical Care, Mei Yi Ng & John R. Weisz

30. Harnessing the Neuroscience Revolution to Enhance Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Matthew Peverill & Katie A. McLaughlin

31. Assessment Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Andres De Los Reyes, Tara Marie Augenstein, & Amelia Aldao

32. Technology-Assisted Treatments for Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents, Pim Cuijpers, David D. Ebert, Mirjam Reijnders, & Yvonne Stikkelbroek

V. Conclusions and Future Directions

33. The Present and Future of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents, John R. Weisz & Alan E. Kazdin

Author Index

Subject Index

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About the Editors

John R. Weisz, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and at Harvard Medical School. He is a past president of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Dr. Weisz is a recipient of the James McKeen Cattell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Psychological Science, the Klaus Grawe Award for the Advancement of Innovative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy from the Klaus Grawe Foundation in Switzerland, and the Sarah Gund Prize for Research and Mentorship in Child Mental Health from the Child Mind Institute’s Scientific Research Council. He served for 8 years as President and CEO of the Judge Baker Children’s Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Weisz’s research involves development and testing of psychotherapy programs for children and adolescents, particularly transdiagnostic approaches designed for implementation in clinical service settings, plus meta-analyses to characterize and inform psychotherapy research. His website is https://weiszlab.fas.harvard.edu.

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• All titles by John R. Weisz

Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, ABPP, is Sterling Professor of Psychology and Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale University and Director of the Yale Parenting Center, an outpatient treatment service for children and families. He is also Director of the Innovative Interactions Laboratory. Dr. Kazdin has served as Chair of the Yale Department of Psychology, Director and Chair of the Yale Child Study Center at the School of Medicine, and Director of Child Psychiatric Services at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He has authored or edited over 750 articles, chapters, and books focusing on child and adolescent psychotherapy, parenting and childrearing, aggressive and antisocial behavior, and methodology and research design. Dr. Kazdin is a past president of the American Psychological Association and a recipient of its Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology and Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology.

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Contributors

Amelia Aldao, PhD, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Tania Anstiss, PhD, Department of Psychological Medicine, The Werry Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Elisabeth Askeland, Cand. Psychol., Department of Psychology, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Oslo, Norway

Tara M. Augenstein, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland

Tammy D. Barry, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi

Caroline L. Boxmeyer, PhD, Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Janet L. Brody, PhD, Center for Family and Adolescent Research, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Lauren I. Brookman-Frazee, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, California

Rohanna Buchanan, PhD, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon

Tania Cargo, PhD, Department of Psychological Medicine, The Werry Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Patricia Chamberlain, PhD, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon

Bernadette Christensen, Cand. Psychol., Department of Psychology, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Oslo, Norway

Terje Christiansen, MSW, Department of Psychology, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Oslo, Norway

Dante Cicchetti, PhD, Psychiatry Institute of Child Development and Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Judith A. Cohen, MD, Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Erika K. Coles, PhD, Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Erika A. Crawford, BA, Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pim Cuijpers, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Katherine S. Davlantis, PhD, LCSW, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Geraldine Dawson, PhD, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Esther Deblinger, PhD, CARES Institute, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey

Andres De Los Reyes, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland

Bronwyn Dunnachie, PhD, Department of Psychological Medicine, The Werry Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

David D. Ebert, PhD, E Mental Health Department, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

Christianne Esposito-Smythers, PhD, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Sheila M. Eyberg, PhD, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Gregory A. Fabiano, PhD, Center for Children and Families, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Celia B. Fisher, PhD, Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, Bronx, New York

Marion S. Forgatch, PhD, Implementation Sciences International, Inc., Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon

Martin E. Franklin, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jennifer B. Freeman, PhD, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Adam Fried, PhD, Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, Bronx, New York

Jami M. Furr, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida International University. Miami, Florida

Abigail H. Gewirtz, PhD, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Elizabeth Glaeser, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York

Elizabeth M. Gnagy, BS, Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Andrew R. Greiner, BS, Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Scott W. Henggeler, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Amy D. Herschell, PhD, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York

Hyman Hops, PhD, Center for Family and Adolescent Research, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Arthur C. Houts, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Cary, North Carolina

Stanley J. Huey, Jr., PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Colleen M. Jacobson, PhD, Department of Psychology, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York

Elana R. Kagan, MA, Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Philip C. Kendall, PhD, Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Kjøbli, PhD, Department of Psychology, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Oslo, Norway

Lynn Kern Koegel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Robert L. Koegel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Daniel Le Grange, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

John E. Lochman, PhD, Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Mathijs Lucassen, PhD, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Anthony P. Mannarino, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

John S. March, MD, MPH, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Katie A. McLaughlin, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Michael W. Mellon, PhD, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Sally N. Merry, MB, PhD, Department of Psychological Medicine,

The Werry Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Sarah H. Morris, MA, Department og Psychology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laura H. Mufson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York

Mei Yi Ng, MA, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Terje Ogden, PhD, Department of Psychology, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Oslo, Norway

Dustin A. Pardini, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

William E. Pelham, Jr., PhD, Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Robin Peth-Pierce, MPA, Public Health Communications Consulting, Columbus, Ohio

Matthew Peverill, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Jennifer L. Podell, PhD, Private Practice, Encino, California

Antonio J. Polo, PhD, Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Nicole P. Powell, PhD, Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

M. Jamila Reid, PhD, Child and Teacher Incredible Years Program, Seattle, Washington

Mirjam Reijnders, MA, Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Arthur L. Robin, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan

Sally J. Rogers, PhD, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, California

Paul Rohde, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Matthew R. Sanders, PhD, Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Cindy M. Schaeffer, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Stephen Scott, CBE, FRCP, FRCPsych, King’s College London and The Maudsley Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Priscilla Shorter, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York

Dana K. Smith, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Anthony Spirito, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Karolina Stasiak, PhD, Department of Psychological Medicine, The Werry Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Yvonne Stikkelbroek, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sheree L. Toth, PhD, Mt. Hope Family Center, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Karen M. T. Turner, PhD, Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Maria Michelle Vardanian, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York

Ty W. Vernon, PhD, Autism Research and Training Center, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California

Holly Barrett Waldron, PhD, Center for Family and Adolescent Research, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Daniel A. Waschbusch, PhD, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Carolyn Webster-Stratton, PhD, School of Nursing Parenting Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

John R. Weisz, PhD, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Emma Whitmyre, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York

Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Jami F. Young, PhD, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Alison R. Zisser-Nathenson, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Audience

Graduate students and clinicians in psychology, social work, counseling, psychiatry, and psychiatric nursing.

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Course Use

Serves as a text in graduate-level courses on child and adolescent psychotherapy and evidence-based practice.

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Previous editions published by Guilford:

Second Edition, © 2010
ISBN: 9781593859749

First Edition, © 2003
ISBN: 9781572306837

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New to this edition:

• Existing chapters significantly revised with the latest treatment research.
• Chapters on assessment, personalizing evidence-based therapies, clinical implications of developmental psychopathology, and advances in neuroscience.
• Coverage of additional clinical problems (self-injury and suicidal ideation, bulimia nervosa, encopresis) and treatments (Early Start Denver Model for autism spectrum disorder, Internet-assisted and technology-enhanced interventions).
• Chapters on implementation in complex mental health systems, as well as international models.