The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology. A Contextual Approach
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Author(s): A. Carr
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1583918310
Format: softback
1190pp
Price: £32.99
Review Date: 21 November 2006
Review: This is a core textbook in the practice of clinical child and adolescent psychology for postgraduate psychology students undertaking training in clinical psychology. It gives specific guidance on the management of problems that are commonly met in clinical work with children and adolescents, drawing on best practice in the fields of clinical psychology and family therapy. The book is divided into six sections: Framework for practice; Problems of infancy and early childhood; Problems of middle childhood; Problems in adolescence; Child abuse; and Adjustment to major life transitions. This new edition includes updated references and Web addresses, as well as new developments. Professor Alan Carr is director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at University College Dublin and Consultant Psychologist and Family Therapist at the Clanwilliam Institute Dublin.