The Second Edition of the Handbook of Adolescent Behavioral Problems clarifies the current
state of treatment and prevention through comprehensive examinations of mental disorders and
dysfunctional behaviors as well as the varied forces affecting their development. New or
revised chapters offer a basic framework for approaching mental health concerns in youth and
provide the latest information on how conditions (e.g. bipolar disorder suicidality and OCD)
and behaviors (e.g. sex offenses gang activities dating violence and self-harm) manifest in
adolescents. Each chapter offers diagnostic guidance up-to-date findings on prevalence
biological genetic aspects risk and resilience factors and a practical review of prevention
and treatment methods. Best-practice recommendations clearly differentiate among what works
what might work what doesn't work and what needs further research across modalities
including pharmacotherapy. Key topics addressed include: Families and adolescent development.
Adolescent mental health and the DSM-5. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder.
Autism spectrum disorder. Media and technology addiction. School failure versus school success.
Bullying and cyberbullying. The Second Edition of the Handbook of Adolescent Behavior Problems
is a must-have reference for researchers clinicians allied practitioners and professionals
and graduate students in school and clinical child psychology education pediatrics
psychiatry social work school counseling and public health.
