Cover

Half Title Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

About the Author

About This Book

Acknowledgments

Contents

Index of Intervention Programs and General Intervention Strategies, with Descriptions of Purpose and Developmental Level

List of Specific Treatment Techniques for Depression and Anxiety, Grouped by Program Component

1. Understanding Internalizing Problems: Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

Introduction and Overview

What Are Internalizing Disorders?

Four Types of Internalizing Problems

Overlap of Internalizing Problems

Students with Internalizing Problems: Four Vignettes

Concluding Comments

2. How Internalizing Problems Develop and Are Maintained

Introduction and Overview

Development of Internalizing Problems

Do Specific Influences Require Specific Interventions?

The Course of Internalizing Problems: Stability and Persistence

Consequences of Internalizing Problems

Complications: Sorting Out Related Problems

Concluding Comments

3. Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention Planning

Introduction and Overview

What Are the Purposes of Assessment?

A Model for Designing Assessments

Recommended Assessment Methods

Linking Assessment to Intervention

From Assessment to Treatment Planning

Assessment, Intervention, and Systems: The “Triangle of Support”

Concluding Comments

4. Social and Emotional Learning: An Important Tool for Promoting Mental Health

Introduction and Overview

What Is SEL?

An Example of an SEL Curriculum: Strong Kids

Lesson Overview for Strong Kids: Grades 3–5

Practical Suggestions for Using SEL Programs in Schools

Concluding Comments

5. Comprehensive Intervention Programs for Depression

Introduction and Overview

Four Comprehensive Intervention Programs

Which Program Is Best?

Modifying or Designing Your Own Comprehensive Treatment Program for Depression

Concluding Comments

6. Changing Thoughts and Beliefs: Cognitive Therapy Interventions for Depression

Introduction and Overview

Cognitive Therapy for Depression: An Introduction

Step 1. Developing Awareness of Emotional Variability

Step 2. Detecting Automatic Thoughts and Identifying Beliefs

Step 3. Evaluating Automatic Thoughts and Beliefs

Step 4. Changing Negative Automatic Thoughts and Maladaptive Beliefs

Concluding Comments

7. Changing Thoughts and Beliefs: Rational-Emotive Therapy, Attribution Retraining, Learned Optimism, and Journal-Writing Strategies

Introduction and Overview

Disputing Irrational Thoughts: The RET Approach

Self-Monitoring and Self-Control Training

Attribution Retraining and Learning to Be Optimistic

Writing It Down: Journal Writing as an Intervention Tool

Concluding Comments

8. Other Strategies for Depression

Introduction and Overview

Behavioral Interventions for Depression

Emotional Education

Interpersonal Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution Training

Social Skills Training

Mindfulness Approaches

Concluding Comments

9. Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety: Systematic Desensitization and Other Techniques

Introduction and Overview

Overview of Systematic Desensitization

Other Behavioral Interventions

Concluding Comments

10. Skills Training and Other Treatments for Anxiety

Introduction and Overview

Self-Control Training for Anxiety

Self-Instructional Training for Anxiety

The “Coping Cat” Program and “C.A.T.” Project for Anxious Youth: An Innovative, Comprehensive Treatment Approach

The Transfer-of-Control Approach

Social Skills Training

Concluding Comments

11. Finding More Help: Referral Guidelines for Mental Health Counseling, Medications, and Alternative Treatments

Introduction and Overview

Making Referrals for Mental Health Counseling and Medications

Using Medications to Treat Children’s Social and Emotional Problems: Some Basic Issues and Concerns

Medications for Treatment of Depression

Medications for Anxiety-Related Problems

Alternative Interventions

Concluding Comments

Appendix: Reproducible Worksheets

References

Author Index

Subject Index