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Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental Health: Addressing DSM-5 Disorders in Schools

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James C Raines

  • Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental Health

448 pages
2019
ISBN: 9780190886578

Using the DSM-5 as an organising principle, this book addresses the 12 most common mental disorders of childhood and adolescence. Each chapter addresses the prevalence of a disorder, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, comorbid disorders, rapid assessment instruments, school-based interventions using multi-tiered systems of support, and suggestions for progress monitoring.

Though schools have become the default mental health providers for children and adolescents, they are poorly equipped to meet the mental health needs of their students. Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental Health differs from other books that address child and adolescent psychopathology by focusing on how to help students with mental disorders in pre-K-12th-grade schools.

Features:

  • Presents an ecological perspective that provides school, home, and community support
  • Examines multi-tiered systems of support as an approach to intervention based on the severity of need
  • Includes real-life clinical examples for each disorder
  • Shares web resources for readers to use in staying up to speed with the latest news and developments

Chapters address the prevalence of a disorder in school-age populations, appropriate diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, comorbid disorders, available rapid assessment instruments, school-based interventions using multi-tiered systems of support, and easy-to-follow suggestions for progress monitoring. Additionally, the text shares detailed suggestions for how school-based clinicians can collaborate with teachers, parents, and community providers to address the needs of youth with mental health problems. Each chapter finishes with extensive web resources and real-life case examples drawn from the author's clinical practice. This book serves as a helpful resource for school-based mental health providers (e.g., school social workers, school psychologists, and school counsellors), communities-in-schools co-ordinators, and MSW students focusing on child and adolescent mental health.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction - James C. Raines
  2. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Maria Scannapieco and Kirsten Painter
  3. Autism Spectrum Disorder - Michelle S. Ballan
  4. Specific Learning Disorder - James C. Raines
  5. Early Onset Schizophrenia - Theresa Early
  6. Bipolar Disorders - Chris Ahlman
  7. Depressive Disorders - Jacqueline Corcoran
  8. Anxiety Disorders - Nikolaus Schuetz and Amy N. Mendenhall
  9. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - James C. Raine
  10. Trauma and Stress Disorders - Marleen Wong, Pamela Vona, and Stephen Hydon
  11. Eating Disorders - Elizabeth C. Pomeroy and Alice Tate Smith
  12. Elimination Disorders - James C. Raines
  13. Disruptive Disorders - Shantel D. Crosby, Andy J. Frey, Gary Zornes, and Kristian Jones
  14. Self-Harm Disorders - James C. Raines