Packed with ready-to-use clinical tools, this book presents the first evidence-based psychosocial treatment for school-age children with bipolar disorder or depression. Leading clinician/researcher Mary Fristad and her colleagues show how to integrate psychoeducational strategies with cognitive-behavioral and family therapy techniques. They provide nuts-and-bolts information for implementing the approach with individual families or groups. Kids learn to identify and manage mood states while parents learn essential skills for problem solving, crisis management, improving family functioning, and collaborating with schools and mental health systems. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book features over 75 reproducible handouts and 20 children's game materials. This book will be invaluable to mental health professionals who work with children and families, including child psychologists, social workers, counselors, child psychiatrists, and school psychologists. It may also serve as a supplemental text in clinically oriented graduate-level courses.
I. Mood Disorders in Children and How Psychoeducational Psychotherapy Helps 1. The Challenge of Treating Children with Mood Disorders 2. Current Scientific Knowledge about Childhood Mood Disorders 3. Implementing Psychoeducational Psychotherapy 4. The Complexities of Establishing a Mood Disorder Diagnosis II. Psychoeducational Psychotherapy Session by Session 5. Discussing Mood Symptoms with Children 6. Reviewing Symptoms and Disorders with Parents 7. Teaching Children How to Separate Symptoms from Self and How Treatment Helps Symptoms 8. Discussing Medication with Parents 9. Discussing Healthy Habits with Children 10. Teaching Parents about Systems: Mental Health and School Teams 11. The Child's Tool Kit for Coping with Difficult Feelings 12. Discussing Negative Family Cycles and Thinking, Feeling, Doing with Parents 13. Thinking, Feeling, Doing with Children 14. Problem-Solving and Basic Coping Skills for Parents 15. Problem-Solving Skills for Children 16. Addressing School Issues with the School Team 17. The Communication Cycle and Nonverbal Communication Skills for Children 18. Communication Skills for Parents 19. Verbal Communication Skills for Children 20. Planning for Symptom and Crisis Management with Parents 21. Working with Siblings 22. Wrapping Up with Parents and Children III. Child and Parent Handouts and Group Game Materials Appendix. Resources
