This volume presents cutting-edge advances in case conceptualization and intervention for children and adolescents, who typically present for mental health treatment with multiple, overlapping problems. Leading clinician-researchers examine common processes--including stress and coping, attention and interpretation biases, avoidant behaviors, and peer and family interactions--that underlie the development and maintenance of diverse forms of psychopathology. They describe exemplary treatments that target these processes and can be used across diagnostic categories. Chapters on specific treatment protocols address the theoretical foundations, clinical strategies used, which patient populations each treatment is suitable for, and the status of the empirical evidence base.
About the Author: Jill Ehrenreich-May, PhD, is Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Treatment program at the University of Miami, where she is also Associate Professor in the Child Division of the Department of Psychology. She previously was Research Assistant Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of the Child Program in the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Dr. Ehrenreich-May's research and clinical work focus on evidence-based treatment of anxiety and depression in youth. She is particularly interested in the transportability and implementation of effective treatments in environments that maximize their impact and benefit for children, including educational, pediatric, and recreational settings. She is author or coauthor of multiple journal articles, book chapters, and other publications.

Brian C. Chu, PhD, is Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Clinical Psychology in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is a recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Young Investigator Award to support the development of transdiagnostic behavioral activation programs in middle schools. Dr. Chu is Associate Editor of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice and serves on the editorial boards of Behaviour Research and Therapy and Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. His interests include the assessment and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in youth, with a special emphasis on the dissemination of evidence-based practices, effectiveness research, and the evaluation of mechanisms of change and within-session therapy processes.