Updated with new research findings and best evidence-based practices, the third edition of this quick-access guide aids practitioners in preventing, screening, diagnosing, and managing children and adolescents who present with mental health symptoms and disorders. This new edition describes key changes in the field with an emphasis on trauma and stressor-related disorders, cognitive behavioral therapy/skills building, suicidal and self-harming behaviors, substance abuse disorders, prescribing antidepressants to youth, and promoting mental health in schools. New and updated screening tools, instruments, and interventions add to the therapeutic arsenal, along with diagnostic criteria, case studies, and risk factors. In addition, this guide delivers new information on care for the caregiver and new technologies to enhance life balance. The third edition continues to deliver the essential "nuts and bolts" of evidence-based content in a practical and user-friendly format. Grounded in DSM-V criteria and diagnoses, with a holistic view of the patient, this guide contains a wealth of resources, including screening tools, parent/patient handouts, and other resources to educate families about mental health disorders and ways to foster patient wellness. -- Provided by publisher.

Foreword / Richard H. Carmona -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Screening For And Assessing Common Mental Health Problems In Children And Adolescents / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Pamela Lusk -- 2. Diagnosing, Managing, And Preventing Mental Health Disorders In Children And Adolescents / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Pamela Lusk -- 3. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Anxiety Disorders And Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Holly Brown, Amy Schwab Jerum, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Jacqueline Hoying -- 4. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Depressive Disorders / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Holly Brown, Pamela Lusk -- 5. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) / Ann Guthery -- 6. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Somatoform Disorders / Mary Lynn Dell, John V. Campo, Pamela Lusk -- 7. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Disruptive Behavior / Pamela Lusk -- 8. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Eating Disorders / Richard E. Kreipe, Emily Payton -- 9. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Autism And Pervasive Developmental Disorders / Vicki M. Knapp, Deborah A. Napolitano, Holly E. Brown -- 10. Helping Children And Parents Through Marital Separation And Divorce / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Linda J. Alpert-Gillis -- 11. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Substance Abuse And Addiction Spectrum/ Barbara Jones Warren -- 12. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Child Maltreatment / Pamela Herendeen -- 13. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Trauma, Stressor-Related Disorders, Other Adverse Childhood Events, Bullying, And Violence / Jessica L. Kozlowski, Pamela Lusk -- 14. Sexuality / Dianne Morrison-Beedy -- 15. Evidence-Based Assessment And Management Of Overweight And Obesity -- Diana Jacobson, Leigh Small, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk -- 16. Reimbursement For Mental/Behavioral Health Services In Primary Care / Neil Herendeen -- 17. Brief Evidence-Based Interventions For Child And Adolescent Mental Health / Pamela Lusk, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk -- 18. Helping Children And Adolescents To Deal With Grief And Loss / Patrice Rancour, Rosie Zeno -- 19. Promoting Mental Health In Schools And Universities / Tasha Childs, Candra Skrzypek, Elizabeth Mellin, Aidyn Iachini, Annahita Ball, Dawn Anderson-Butcher -- 20. Self-Care For Clinicians Who Care For Children And Adolescents With Mental Health Problems / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Kate Gawlik, Alice M. Teall