Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

In this important volume, covering the principles and methods of psychotherapy in a wide range of settings, Helmut Remschmidt and an eminent team examine the various problems which face practitioners who deal with disturbed young people. How, for example, to accommodate existing treatments to age and developmental status? How to adapt psychotherapeutic techniques to a broad range of specific disorders, from schizophrenia, depression, autism, anxiety and abuse to bed-wetting and stuttering? How much training and involvement should be given to parents? How best to set the treatment - group, individual, in-patient, out-patient? How to choose and assess the most effective treatment - verbal, non-verbal, behavioural? What should the criteria be for assessing treatment? All these questions are examined, often with instructive case vignettes, alongside the most recent research findings and assessment tools available. This will be essential reading for all mental health professionals involved in psychotherapy with young people.

• Addresses how to apply and adapt psychotherapeutic techniques to young people • Discusses how to choose and assess the effectiveness of the various treatments • Discusses the role of parents and the best setting for treatments

Part I. Principles of Psychotherapy with Children, Adolescents and Families: 1. Definition, classification and principles of application Helmut Remschmidt; 2. Treatment planning Fritz Mattejat; 3. Psychotherapy research Helmut Remschmidt and Fritz Mattejat; 4. Quality assurance Fritz Mattejat; Part II. Psychotherapeutic Methods and Settings: 5. Psychodynamic therapy Helmut Remschmidt and Kurt Quaschner; 6. Behaviour therapy Uwe Müller and Kurt Quaschner; 7. Cognitive-behaviour therapy Richard Harrington; 8. Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents Eric Fombonne; 9. Play therapy with children Gerhard Niebergall; 10. Individual psychotherapy with adolescents Gerhard Niebergall; 11. Group psychotherapy and psychodrama Gerhard Niebergall; 12. Family therapy Fritz Mattejat; 13. Parent training Andreas Warnke; 14. Combination of treatment methods Helmut Remschmidt; Part III. The Practice of Psychotherapy for Specific Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: 15. Anxiety disorders Helmut Remschmidt; 16. Obsessive-compulsive disorder Helmut Remschmidt and Gerhard Niebergall; 17. Depressive syndromes and suicide Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann; 18. Dissociative [conversion] disorders Helmut Remschmidt; 19. Disorders of sexual development and sexual behaviour Matthias Martin and Helmut Remschmidt; 20. Substance abuse and addiction Andreas Warnke; 21. Eating disorders Matthias Martin; 22. Psychotherapy in chronic physical disorders Ingeborg Jochmus; 23. Enuresis and faecal soiling Kurt Quaschner and Fritz Mattejat; 24. Dyslexia and dyscalculia Andreas Warnke and Gerhard Niebergall; 25. Stuttering Gerhard Niebergall and Helmut Remschmidt; 26. Hyperkinetic disorders Kurt Quaschner; 27. Autism Doris Weber; 28. Schizophrenia Helmut Remschmidt, Matthias Martin and Eberhard Schulz; 29. Conduct disorders, antisocial behaviour, delinquency Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann; 30. Physical abuse and neglect Helmut Remschmidt; 31. Sexual abuse and sexual maltreatment Helmut Remschmidt; Part IV. The Practice of Psychotherapy in Various Settings: 32. In-patient psychotherapy Matthias Martin; 33. Day-patient psychotherapy Andreas Warnke and Kurt Quaschner; 34. Home-treatment Helmut Remschmidt and Andreas Warnke.

‘… an excellent survey of treatment approaches. The comments are rich in clinical experience of the contributors.’ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

‘… this book will be of considerable utility and be seen as new and different. As such I recommend it as well worth reading for both trainees and specialists in the field, as well as others wishing for a perspective on CAMHS.’ Journal of Psychological Medicine