Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

The authors of this volume present an empirically based assessment approach that provides concrete guidelines for clinical work. Using ratings, direct observations and interviews, they discuss methods for assessing childhood dysfunction based on a comprehensive integration of information from parents, teachers and children. The material is presented with clinical illustrations that convey the use of specific assessment techniques for intake, case evaluation, decisions about treatment, management and follow-up. Specific case studies with children of different ages and with different problems are provided to show how information is gathered, what it means and how the practicing clinician can utilize objective and standardised measures for decision making. This practical and authoritative book is a sequel to a prior volume in the series, Assessment and Taxonomy of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, and complements it by relating assessment and diagnostic issues to clinical practice.Achenbach, Thomas M. is the author of 'Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology', published 1987 under ISBN 9780803929241 and ISBN 0803929242.