Description |
x, 304 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Issues in children's and families' lives ; v. 3 |
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Issues in children's and families' lives ; v. 3
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Contents |
Preface / Thomas P. Gullotta -- 1. Dysfunctional Behavior: A Cautionary Statement / Thomas P. Gullotta -- 2. Selected Theoretical Frameworks of Individual and Group Behavior for Intervention and Prevention / Thomas P. Gullotta -- 3. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / H. Ann Brochin and Joseph A. Horvath -- 4. Oppositional Defiant Disorder / Burton I. Blau -- 5. Anxiety Disorders / Harry L. Mills -- 6. Adolescent Drug Abuse: Contemporary Perspectives on Etiology and Treatment / Ruth Baugher Palmer and Howard A. Liddle -- 7. Problem Sexual Behaviors in Adolescence / Lisa Terre and Barry R. Burkhart -- 8. Eating Disorders / Robert J. Weinstein -- 9. Adolescent Suicide and Depression / Gary M. Blau -- 10. The Neurobiology of Schizophrenia / Deepak Cyril D'Souza and John Harrison Krystal -- 11. New Directions for Service Delivery: Home-Based Services / William Eyberse, James Maffuid and Gary M. Blau |
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12. School-Based Health and Social Service Centers / Thomas P. Gullotta, Lynn Noyes and Gary M. Blau -- 13. Comments on Adolescent Behavior Problems: Developing Coordinated Systems of Care / Gary M. Blau and David A. Brumer |
Summary |
Adolescent Dysfunctional Behavior succeeds in introducing its audience to the many facets and treatments of adolescent problems. Especially useful for researchers and students in developmental psychology, psychology, family studies, sociology, education research, social work, and public health. This accessible book also provides invaluable information for parents, foster parents, group home facilitators, or anyone who works regularly with adolescents |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Adolescent psychopathology.
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Problem youth.
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Teenagers -- Mental health services.
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Author |
Blau, Gary M.
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Gullotta, Thomas P., 1948-
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LC no. |
95035479 |
ISBN |
0803953720 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0803953739 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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