Cognitive Therapy for Depressed Adolescents

Part I. Introduction and Overview. Rush, Nowels, Adaptation of Cognitive Therapy for Depressed Adolescents. Belsher, Wilkes, Ten Key Principles of Adolescent Cognitive Therapy. Emslie, Weinberg, Diagnosis and Assessment of Depression in Adolescents. Part II. Special Issues with Adolescent Patients. Wilkes, Developmental Considerations. Frank, Rush, The Therapeutic Relationship with Adolescents. Wilkes, Belsher, Family Involvement in the Adolescent's Cognitive Therapy. Part III. Macrostages and Microtechniques in Therapy. Wilkes, The Initial Phase of Cognitive Therapy: From Assessment to Setting Goals. Belsher, Wilkes, The Middle Phase of Cognitive Therapy: Intervention Techniques for Five Steps in the Therapeutic Process. Belsher, Wilkes, The Final Phases of Cognitive Therapy: Obstacles and Aids to Termination. Part IV. Comorbidity in Depressed Adolescents. Nowels, Cognitive Therapy with Depressed, Substance-Abusing Teenagers. Frank, Special Issues Related to Sexual Victimization. Brent, Lerner, Cognitive Therapy with Affectively Ill, Suicidal Adolescents. Part V. Other Treatments for Depressed Adolescents. Nowels, Cognitive Therapy with Hospitalized Adolescents. Emslie, Rush, Weinberg, General Management and Psychopharmacological Treatment of Depression in Adolescents. Part VI. Further Considerations. Rush, Wilkes, Belsher, Treatment Failures, Obstacles, and Options. Index.