Intervening in Children's Lives: An Ecological, Family-Centered Approach to Mental Health Care

by Thomas J. Dishion and Elizabeth A. Stormshak

Mental health interventions for children and adolescents often flow from adult clinical models, which emphasize individual change. Yet, to accomplish long-lasting change for children and adolescents, services need to consider developmental norms, the developmental status of the child or adolescent, and the fact that mental health issues for this population are embedded in family, peer, and sibling relationships.

In Intervening in Children's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591474280
• ISBN13: 9781591474289
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 10.2"