Casebook in Child Behavior Disorders

Kearney (U. of Nevada, Los Vegas) continues in his tradition of presenting case studies of child behavior disorders, in this edition 15 of them, covering social anxiety and withdrawal, depression, eating disorders, elimination disorders, AD/HD, learning disabilities, conduct disorder and aggression, substance abuse, family conflict and noncompliance, autism and mental retardation, pediatric conditions, sexual abuse, and several cases in which more than one disorder is present. Each case includes symptoms, assessment techniques, risk factors and maintaining variables, developmental aspects, treatment and discussion questions. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Christopher Kearney is currently a professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Albany and completed his internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. His specific areas of research interest are clinical child psychology; internalizing problems with a particular emphasis on panic disorder, other fear and anxiety disorders, and school refusal behavior; issues of classification, assessment, treatment, and exploration of functional variables that impinge on each. Additional research interests include the exploration of environmental variables that influence the development of adaptive and maladaptive behavior, and issues of choice availability and quality of life among persons with severe disabilities.