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Research in Practice for Forensic Professionals

Research in Practice for Forensic Professionals
  • Edited by Kerry Sheldon, Jason Davies and Kevin Howells.

Published November 2011

This book explores applied research methods used in forensic settings – prisons, the probation service, courts and forensic mental health establishments – and provides a comprehensive 'how-to' guide for forensic practitioners and researchers.It provides practitioners and researchers with grounding…
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What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults?

A Review of Research on the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy

What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults?
  • By Alan Carr.

Published July 2008

What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults? provides an up-to-date review of research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy and psychological interventions with children, adolescents, adults, people in later life, and people with intellectual and pervasive developmental disabilities.…
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Adolescent Coping

Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

Adolescent Coping
  • By Erica Frydenberg.

Published May 2008

Young people need to cope in a variety of settings, including school, home, peer groups and the workplace, and with a range of life problems such as examinations and parental divorce. This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Adolescent Coping presents the latest research and applications…
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The Evaluator's Cookbook

Exercises for participatory evaluation with children and young people

The Evaluator's Cookbook
  • By Angus McCabe, and Katrice Horsley.

Published April 2008

Participation is a vital element of working with children and young people – ensuring that services are meeting their needs as well as promoting citizenship, resilience and general well-being. The Evaluator’s Cookbook contains 21 participatory evaluation exercises for use with children, young…
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Psychotic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Treatment

Psychotic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
  • By Claudio Cepeda.

Published October 2006

Psychotic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents demystifies the interviewing diagnostic process of psychosis in children and adolescents and provides a valuable resource for treatment. Psychotic symptoms have traditionally been rationalized and disregarded as products of the child’s imagination.…
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Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Theoretical and Clinical Implications

Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Edited by Cecilia A. Essau.

Published April 2006

How do biological and environmental factors influence the development of childhood and adolescent disorders? There has been a substantial increase of interest in research into child and adolescent psychopathology. In this book, Cecilia Essau brings together contributions from the UK, the US and…
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Clinical and Research Uses of an Adolescent Mental Health Intake Questionnaire

What Kids Need to Talk About

Clinical and Research Uses of an Adolescent Mental Health Intake Questionnaire
  • By Irwin Epstein, Ken Peake and Daniel Medeiros.

Published August 2005

Learn how to better clinically serve “risky” adolescents—from the clients themselves!Clinical and Research Uses of an Adolescent Mental Health Intake Questionnaire: What Kids Need to Talk About explores the research on adolescent behavior culled from the answers to a…
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Adolescent Coping

Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

Adolescent Coping
  • By Erica Frydenberg.

Published December 1996

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