Treating Child & Adolescent Mental Illness: A Practical, All-in-One Guide

Fifteen million children in the U.S. have diagnosable psychiatric or learning disorders, yet nearly 70% dont receive the help they need.

Indeed, the number of practitioners trained in treating children and adolescents falls far short of whats called for. As a result, first-line practitioners, school counselors, therapists, and social workerswhether medically trained or notare often called upon to be familiar with psychopathology in kids. With the types of presenting mental health issues in kids growing rapidly, this accessible handbookorganized around a range of common disorders for easy referenceuses evidence based practices to clearly explain to a range of practitioners how to understand, diagnose, and treat them.