Main description:

Packed with ready-to-use clinical tools, this book presents the first evidence-based psychological treatment for school-age children with bipolar disorder or depression. Leading clinician-researcher Mary Fristad and her colleagues show how to integrate psychoeducational strategies with cognitive-behavioral and family therapy techniques. They provide nuts-and-bolts information for implementing the approach with individual families or groups. Kids learn to identify and manage mood states while parents learn essential skills for problem solving, crisis management, improving family functioning, and collaborating with schools and mental health systems. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book features nearly 100 reproducible handouts and children's activities.

Contents:

_x000D_ I. Mood Disorders in Children and How Psychoeducational Psychotherapy Helps _x000D_ 1. The Challenge of Treating Children with Mood Disorders _x000D_ 2. Current Scientific Knowledge about Childhood Mood Disorders _x000D_ 3. Implementing Psychoeducational Psychotherapy _x000D_ 4. The Complexities of Establishing a Mood Disorder Diagnosis _x000D_ II. Psychoeducational Psychotherapy Session by Session _x000D_ 5. Discussing Mood Symptoms with Children _x000D_ 6. Reviewing Symptoms and Disorders with Parents _x000D_ 7. Teaching Children How to Separate Symptoms from Self and How Treatment Helps Symptoms _x000D_ 8. Discussing Medication with Parents _x000D_ 9. Discussing Healthy Habits with Children _x000D_ 10. Teaching Parents about Systems: Mental Health and School Teams _x000D_ 11. The Child's Tool Kit for Coping with Difficult Feelings _x000D_ 12. Discussing Negative Family Cycles and Thinking, Feeling, Doing with Parents _x000D_ 13. Thinking, Feeling, Doing with Children _x000D_ 14. Problem-Solving and Basic Coping Skills for Parents _x000D_ 15. Problem-Solving Skills for Children _x000D_ 16. Addressing School Issues with the School Team _x000D_ 17. The Communication Cycle and Nonverbal Communication Skills for Children _x000D_ 18. Communication Skills for Parents _x000D_ 19. Verbal Communication Skills for Children _x000D_ 20. Planning for Symptom and Crisis Management with Parents _x000D_ 21. Working with Siblings _x000D_ 22. Wrapping Up with Parents and Children _x000D_ III. Child and Parent Handouts and Group Game Materials _x000D_ Appendix. Resources _x000D_