David A. Wolfe & Eric J. Mash 
Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Adolescents 
Nature, Assessment, and Treatment

Systematic, authoritative, and timely, this is an outstanding reference and text for anyone working with or studying adolescents. More than 50 leading experts comprehensively review current knowledge on adolescent externalizing disorders, internalizing disorders, developmental disorders, personality and health-related disorders, gender identity and sexual disorders, and maltreatment and trauma. Chapters identify the core features of each disorder; explore its etiology, course, and outcome; address diagnostic issues specific to adolescents; and describe effective assessment and treatment approaches. The book also provides an integrative conceptual framework for understanding both healthy and maladaptive adolescent development.

Table of Content

I. Introduction 1. Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Adolescents: Overview and Issues, David A. Wolfe and Eric J. Mash2. Development and Psychopathology in Adolescence, Grayson N. Holmbeck, Deborah Friedman, Mona Abad, and Barbara Jandasek3. Interventions for Adolescent Psychopathology: Linking Treatment and Prevention, Jody Kamon, Patrick H. Tolan, and Deborah Gorman-Smith II. Externalizing Disorders 4. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Russell A. Barkley 5. Conduct Problems, Robert J. Mc Mahon and Julie S. Kotler6. Substance Use Disorders, Sandra A. Brown and Ana M. Abrantes III. Internalizing Disorders 7. Anxiety Disorders, Philip C. Kendall, Kristina A. Hedtke, and Sasha G. Aschenbrand8. Mood Disorders, Karen D. Rudolph, Constance Hammen, and Shannon E. Daley 9. Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Self-Harm Behaviors, David B. Goldston, Stephanie Sergent Daniel, and Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold IV. Developmental Disorders 10. Mental Retardation, Robert M. Hodapp, Ellie Kazemi, Beth A. Rosner, and Elisabeth M. Dykens11. Learning Disabilities, Orly Lipka and Linda S. Siegel12. Autism Spectrum Disorders, Steven G. Spector and Fred R. Volkmar V. Personality and Health-Related Disorders 13. Personality Disorders, Jeffrey G. Johnson, Elizabeth Bromley, Robert F. Bornstein, and Joel R. Sneed14. Eating Disorders, James Lock and Daniel le Grange 15. Health and Chronic Illness, Ronald T. Brown, Alexandra Boeving, Angela La Rosa, and Laura Arnstein Carpenter VI. Gender Identity and Sexual Disorders16. Gender Identity Disorder, Kenneth J. Zucker 17. Sexual Risk Behavior, Beth A. Kotchick, Lisa Armistead, and Rex L. Forehand18. Deviant Sexual Behavior, Howard E. Barbaree and Calvin M. Langton VII. Maltreatment and Trauma 19. Relationship Violence, Ernest N. Jouriles, David A. Wolfe, Edward Garrido, and Anna Mc Carthy20. Abuse and Trauma, David A. Wolfe, Jennine S. Rawana, and Deborah Chiodo

About the author

David A. Wolfe, Ph D, holds the RBC Chair in Children’s Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and past president of Division 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services). Dr. Wolfe has broad research and clinical interests in abnormal child and adolescent psychology, with a special focus on child abuse, domestic violence, and developmental psychopathology, and he has published widely on these topics. Dr. Wolfe is the 2005 recipient of the Donald O. Hebb award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology from the Canadian Psychological Association. Eric J. Mash, Ph D, is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary. He is a fellow of the American and Canadian Psychological Associations; has served as an editor, editorial board member, and editorial consultant for many scientific and professional journals; and has written or edited numerous books and journal articles on children’s mental health, child and adolescent psychopathology, child and adolescent psychotherapy, and child and family assessment. Dr. Mash’s research has focused on family relationships across a variety of child and family disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct problems, internalizing disorders, and maltreatment.