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Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety A Practical Guide

by: Merrell, Kenneth W.

Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety A Practical Guide

by: Merrell, Kenneth W.

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9781572306172
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1572306173
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/31/2001
Publisher: Guilford Press
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Summary

This unique handbook provides the school-based practitioner with clear-cut strategies for addressing depression, anxiety, and other internalizing disorders creatively and effectively with students in grades K-12. Provides a concise overview of the nature, development, and course of childhood depression and anxiety, and outlines a comprehensive assessment model.

Acknowledgments

xiii

About This Series

About This Book

xvii

Index of Intervention Programs and General Intervention Strategies, with Descriptions of Purpose and Developmental Level

xix

List of Specific Treatment Techniques for Depression and Anxiety, Grouped by Program Component

xxiii

Understanding Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

(16)

Introduction and Overview

(1)

What Are Internalizing Disorders?

(2)

Definition

(1)

Relation to Externalizing Disorders

(1)

Terminology: Symptoms, Syndromes, and Disorders

(1)

Four Types of Internalizing Disorders

(8)

Depression

(4)

Anxiety

(2)

Social Withdrawal

(1)

Somatic Problems

(1)

Overlap of Internalizing Problems

(1)

Students with Internalizing Problems: Three Case Studies

(4)

Emma

(1)

Brandon

(1)

Marcus

(1)

The Common Thread

(1)

Concluding Comments

(1)

How Depression and Anxiety Develop and Are Maintained

(23)

Introduction and Overview

(1)

Development of Internalizing Problems

(4)

Biological Influences

(1)

Family Influences

(1)

Psychological Stress and Life Events

(1)

Cognitive Influences

(2)

Behavioral Influences

(1)

Do Specific Influences Require Specific Interventions?

(1)

The Course of Internalizing Problems: Stability and Persistence

(1)

Consequences of Internalizing Problems

(7)

Diminished Self-Esteem

(2)

Academic Problems

(1)

Poor Social Relationships

(2)

Chronic Mental Health Problems

(1)

Substance Abuse

(1)

Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts, Completions

(2)

Complications: Sorting Out Related Problems

(7)

Bipolar Disorders

(1)

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

(3)

Conduct Disorders

(1)

Substance Abuse

(1)

Eating Disorders

(1)

Tourette's Disorder

(1)

Concluding Comments

(2)

Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention Planning

(24)

Introduction and Overview

(1)

What Are the Purposes of Assessment?

(1)

General Purposes of Assessment

(1)

Assessment as a Problem-Solving Process

(1)

A Model for Designing Assessments

(3)

Assessment Methods

(1)

Assessment Sources

(1)

Assessment Settings

(1)

Best Practices

(1)

Recommended Assessment Methods

(10)

Behavior Rating Scales

(2)

Self-Report Instruments

(2)

Interviews

(5)

Recommendations

(1)

Linking Assessment to Intervention

(5)

Progress Monitoring

(1)

Template Matching

(1)

Keystone Behavior Strategy

(1)

Functional Assessment

(1)

From Assessment to Treatment Planning

(1)

Concluding Comments

(3)

Comprehensive Intervention Programs for Depression

(18)

Introduction and Overview

(1)

Four Comprehensive Intervention Programs

(10)

The Adolescent Coping with Depression Course

(2)

The Taking Action Program

(2)

IFT: A Comprehensive, Family-Centered Intervention

(3)

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents with Depression

(3)

Which Program Is Best?

(1)

Modifying or Designing Your Own Comprehensive Treatment Program for Depression

(5)

Which Components of the Program Are Most Important?

(1)

What Is the Best Group Composition?

(2)

How Many Sessions Are Enough?

(1)

Concluding Comments

(2)

Changing Thoughts and Beliefs: Cognitive Therapy Techniques for Depression

(20)

Introduction and Overview

(1)

Cognitive Therapy for Depression: An Introduction

(2)

Step 1: Developing Awareness of Emotional Variability

(1)

The Emotional Thermometer

(1)

The Emotional Pie

(1)

Step 2: Detecting Automatic Thoughts and Identifying Beliefs

(4)

Thought Charts

(1)

The Cognitive Replay Technique

(1)

Thought Forecasting

(1)

Hypothesizing/Guessing

(1)

The Down-Arrow Technique

(1)

Step 3: Evaluating Automatic Thoughts and Beliefs

(6)

Identifying Cognitive Distortions or Thinking Errors

(2)

Examining the Evidence: Three Questions

(1)

Evaluating Positives and Negatives

(2)

Step 4: Changing Negative Automatic Thoughts and Maladaptive Beliefs

(5)

Daily Record of Thoughts

(1)

Triple-Column Technique

(1)

Reframing and Relabeling

(2)

Cognitive Rehearsal

(1)

Increasing Positive Self-Statements

100

(1)

Concluding Comments

101

(1)

Changing Thoughts and Beliefs: Rational-Emotive Therapy, Attribution Retraining, Learned Optimism, and Journal-Writing Strategies for Depression

102

(15)

Introduction and Overview

102

(1)

Disputing Irrational Thoughts: The RET Approach

103

(3)

Self-Monitoring and Self-Control Training

106

(1)

Attribution Retraining and Learning to Be Optimistic

107

(5)

Attribution Retraining

107

(3)

Learned Optimism Training

110

(2)

Writing It Down: Journal Writing as an Intervention Tool

112

(3)

How Often? Where?

114

(1)

Structure and Format for Journal Entries

114

(1)

Some Practical Considerations

115

(1)

Concluding Comments

115

(2)

Behavior Change, Emotional Education, Interpersonal Problem Solving, and Conflict Resolution Strategies for Depression

117

(22)

Introduction and Overview

117

(1)

Behavioral Interventions for Depression

118

(6)

Specific Uses and Advantages

118

(1)

Activity Scheduling

119

(2)

Operant Conditioning Techniques

121

(3)

Emotional Education

124

(8)

Identifying Comfortable and Uncomfortable Feelings

125

(2)

Learning to Express Feelings: The Incomplete Sentence Technique

127

(1)

Identifying and Expressing Feelings: ``How Do You Feel?''

128

(1)

The Reacting to Emotional Situations Technique

128

(2)

Expressing Feelings: A Self-Rating Inventory for Communicating Feelings

130

(2)

Interpersonal Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution Training

132

(5)

Why Teach Conflict Resolution?

132

(1)

Step 1: Learning about Maladaptive Styles of Problem Solving

133

(2)

Step 2: Training in Conflict Resolution

135

(2)

Social Skills Training

137

(1)

Concluding Comments

138

(1)

Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety: Systematic Desensitization

139

(18)

Introduction and Overview

139

(1)

Overview of Systematic Desensitization

140

(11)

Step 1: Relaxation Training

142

(4)

Step 2: Development of an Anxiety Hierarchy

146

(2)

Step 3: Desensitization (Graded Exposure)

148

(3)

Other Behavioral Interventions

151

(4)

Modeling

151

(1)

Differential Positive Reinforcement

152

(2)

Variations on Reinforcement: Shaping and Extinction

154

(1)

Concluding Comments

155

(2)

Social Skills Training and Other Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety

157

(14)

Introduction and Overview

157

(1)

Self-Control Training for Anxiety

158

(1)

Self-Instructional Training

159

(1)

The ``Coping Cat'' Program for Anxious Youth: An Innovative, Comprehensive Treatment Approach

160

(2)

The Transfer of Control Approach

162

(2)

Social Skills Training

164

(6)

Skills Deficit or Performance Deficit?

164

(1)

Basic Steps in Social Skills Training

165

(3)

Training Suggestions for Socially Withdrawn and Anxious Students

168

(2)

Concluding Comments

170

(1)

Finding More Help: Referral Guidelines for Mental Health Counseling, Psychiatric Medications, and Alternative Treatments

171

(22)

Introduction and Overview

171

(1)

Making Referrals for Mental Health Counseling and Psychiatric Medications

172

(5)

When Should I Make a Referral?

172

(2)

Who Provides Services?

174

(1)

Medical Generalist or a Specialist?

174

(1)

How Do I Find a Good Referral Source?

175

(1)

What Can I Do to Facilitate the Referral?

175

(1)

Whose Financial Responsibility Is It?

175

(2)

Using Medications to Treat Children's Social-Emotional Problems: Some Basic Issues and Concerns

177

(3)

Excessive and Unnecessary Use of Medication

178

(1)

Adverse Reactions and Effects

179

(1)

Labeling and Stigmatization

179

(1)

What If the Parents Are Opposed to Using Medications?

179

(1)

Medications for Treatment of Depression

180

(4)

Tricyclic Antidepressants

180

(1)

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

181

(1)

Other Medications for Treating Depression

182

(2)

Medications for Anxiety-Related Problems

184

(2)

Benzodiazepines

184

(1)

Antihistamines

185

(1)

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

185

(1)

Tricylic Antidepressants

186

(1)

Buspar

186

(1)

Alternative Interventions

186

(4)

St. John's Wort: Nature's Mood Enhancer?

187

(1)

Using Light Therapy to Treat Seasonal Depression

188

(2)

Concluding Comments

190

(3)

Appendix: Reproducible Worksheets

193

(30)

References

223

(4)

Index

227

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