Böcker i Clinical Child Psychology Library-serien

Pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon, with physiological, behav ioral, emotional, cognitive, and developmental aspects (Zeltzer, Barr, McGrath, & Schechter, 1992).

This highly readable volume presents a concise but comprehensive overview of all that is known about autism, including its history, diagnosis, biological causes, neuropsychological mechanisms, and treatment.

Presents guidelines for conducting treatment procedures for children suffering from anxiety and phobic disorders. This book adapts theoretical concepts and findings from research to develop assessment and intervention procedures. It highlights the 'transfer control' approach and describes its implementation in exposure-based treatment program.

Reviews the prevalence and serious consequences of poor adherence to medical regimens for children and adolescents. This text examines the nature of adherence problems, reasons for non-adherence, strategies for assessing and improving adherence to both acute and chronic disease regimens, and published research.

Some of my early research in sexual abuse of children led me to realize that sexual behavior was a reliable marker of victimization in a relatively large percentage of children (Friedrich, Urquiza, & Beilke, 1986).

Here is an efficient guide to measuring and graphing behavioral outcomes, and letting the results influence clinical decisions.

Clinical neuropsychology for infants and young children is an emerging field that contains as much promise as it does perplexing practical and theoretical questions.