A Practical Guide

by Kenneth W. Merrell

Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety is the first book in Guilford's new series for school counselors, educators, and psychologists. Depression, anxiety, and other internalizing disorders can have severe and lasting consequences for children and adolescents. This unique handbook provides the school-based practitioner with strategies for addressing these problems, creatively and effectively with students in grades K-12. An overview of the nature, development, and course of childhood depression and anxiety is delineated, and an assessment model is outlined. Chapters then present a wide range of empirically supported interventions that are easy to implement and readily adaptable to diverse settings. Cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational techniques are described in jargon-free language, and numerous reproducible worksheets are included to facilitate the practitioner's day-to-day work. Other topics covered include currently available psychiatric medications for depression and anxiety, and when and how a psychiatric referral should be made.

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