Description:
Caring for the mental health of children and their families is complex and challenging--and meaningful. Considering a variety of disorders commonly diagnosed in children and adolescents, this unique textbook presents a research-based Christian integration perspective for treating these disorders that combines biblical, theological, and psychological understanding.
Brief description:
Kelly S. Flanagan (PhD, Pennsylvania State University) is clinical director of a pediatric development center in northwestern Illinois. She previously worked as associate professor of psychology and PsyD program director at Wheaton College.
Review Quotes:
"Hall and Flanagan's Treatment of Childhood Disorders represents a state-of-the-art engagement with evidence-based clinical child and adolescent psychology. It provides an extensive review of the related scientific psychopathology and treatment literature for each of the common disorders typically engaged in child psychopathology texts. This part of the work is done well enough to stand on its own as a useful survey of the field for clinicians and students in the mental health fields. Hall and Flanagan also address each area with thoughtful and informed analysis from both a developmental psychopathology and an integrative Christian perspective. The high-quality engagement with the influential literature in this specialty area isaugmented by rich case examples that well illustrate the clinical issues and treatment approaches they cover. This will be an indispensable text for integrative Christian programs seeking to teach clinical child and adolescent psychology to graduate students. It also represents a valuable contribution for anyone in the broader field who seeks to culturally adapt evidenced-based clinical child and adolescent practice to Christian populations."
William L. Hathaway, dean and professor, the School of Psychology and Counseling at Regent University