The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible resource for clinical psychologists. Beginning with a set of general conceptual frameworks for practice, the book gives specific guidance on the management of problems commonly encountered in clinical work with children and adolescents drawing on the best practice in the fields of clinical psychology and family therapy. In six sections thorough and comprehensive coverage of the following areas is provided:
Frameworks for practice
Problems of infancy and early childhood
Problems of middle childhood
Problems of adolescence
Child abuse
Adjustment to major life transitions
Thoroughly updated throughout, each chapter dealing with specif