Treating Adolescents

A unique guide to adolescent psychopathology, using a developmental approach Treating Adolescents is a comprehensive guide to adolescent mental health care, synthesizing evidence-based practice and practice-based perspectives to give providers the best advice available. By limiting the discussion to disorders which appear during adolescence, this useful manual can delve more deeply into each to present extensive evidence and practice-based rationales for approaching a range of psychopathologies. This edition has been revised to reflect the changes in the DSM-5 and the ICD-10, with entirely new chapters on ADHD, learning and executive function, bipolar and mood disorders, sleep disorders, and suicide and self-injury. Coverage includes non-therapy interventions, such as pharmacological and environmental. The discussion of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders includes adolescent presentations of Pervasive Developmental Disorders and their relationship to classical schizophrenia. In a developmental approach to adolescent psychopathology, different treatments are carefully integrated and matched to pathogenic processes in an effort to disrupt causal loops. This book provides in-depth guidance for providers seeking well-rounded treatment plans, with detailed explanations and expert insight. Understand disruptive behaviors and ADHD more deeply Treat anxiety, depression, and mood disorders more effectively Handle psychiatric traumas and related psychopathologies Delve into substance abuse, self-harm, eating disorders, and more Current scholarship favors developmental approaches to psychopathology and supports an emphasis on integrated treatment packages, including environmental, biologic, and psychological interventions. With full integration of practice and research, Treating Adolescents is a comprehensive reference for constructing a complete treatment strategy.

Introduction ix Contributors xxix 1 General Principles 1 Hans Steiner, Rebecca Hall, and Julia Huemer 2 Disruptive Behavior Disorders 47 Whitney Daniels, Michael B. Kelly, Kathleen Ares, Katie Kaszynski, and Niranjan Karnik 3 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 79 Michael B. Kelly 4 Learning and Executive Cognitive Functions 109 Ahmed Khan, Brianna Bendixsen, Lynne Baldwin, Diana Barrett, and Richard Abbey 5 Substance Use Disorders in Adolescence 141 Rebecca Hall and Anna Lembke 6 Anxiety Disorders, Tics, and Trichotillomania 165 Margo Thienemann, Rebecca Hall, Michael Bloch, and James Leckman 7 Depression 197 Julia Huemer, Rebecca Hall, Shelby Drazan, and Kirti Saxena 8 Bipolar and Mood Disorders in Adolescents 223 Kiki Chang, Rebecca Hall, Steve Khachi, Meghan Howe, and Manpreet Singh 9 Psychiatric Trauma and Related Psychopathologies 251 Nicholas T. Bott and Victor G. Carrión 10 Self-Harm and Suicidal Behavior 279 Pascale Stemmle and Jennifer Hughes 11 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 309 Shivani Verma Chmura, David R. DeMaso, and Richard J. Shaw 12 Eating Disorders in Adolescents 339 James Lock, Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, and Erica P. Ragan 13 Schizophrenia, Psychosis, and Autism Spectrum Disorders 369 Khyati Brahmbhatt, Margo Thienemann, and Richard J. Shaw 14 Sleep Disorders 403 Rafael Pelayo and Rebecca Hall Author Index 435 Subject Index 437