Most infants, children, and adolescents facing mental health challenges - including autism, psychosis, mania, depression, anxiety, and substance use - do not receive evidence-based treatments. Instead, they commonly receive ineffective and even harmful treatments. In this book, leading experts from the fields of clinical psychology, school psychology, developmental psychology, pediatric neurology, applied behavior analysis, and social work identify the most problematic psychotherapy interventions used for each mental health issue. In addition to these primary authors, each chapter includes a side bar from a specialist representing the disciplines of pediatrics, anthropology, neuroscience, and psychology. The contributors work in academia, hospitals, and private practice and include book authors, podcasters, and even a filmmaker. Not only does this book highlight the threats of potentially harmful pseudoscience, it also summarizes treatments that actually have a strong evidence base and deliver far more positive results.

Author: Stephen Hupp
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/07/2019
Pages: 334
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.60h x 9.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781316626955

About the Author
Hupp, Stephen: - Stephen Hupp is Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Child and School Psychology program at Southern Illinois Universit, y Edwardsville (SIUE), and a licensed clinical psychologist. His other books include Great Myths of Child Development (2015), Great Myths of Adolescence (forthcoming) and Thinking Critically about Child Development (forthcoming). In 2015, he won the Great Teacher Award from the SIUE Alumni Association and he is an executive producer for the Science Moms documentary.