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Behavioral medicine has now matured as a field to the point where
all recognize that different populations are presented with
different issues. Psychological reactions and patterns affect the
health and well-being of children, as well as adults, and numerous
standardized instruments for the assessment of a variety of areas
of children's functioning are currently available. Yet, it can be
difficult for practitioners and researchers searching through
general compendia of resources for child assessment--which are
frequently focused on general techniques rather than specific
instruments--to identify the optimal ones to meet their particular
needs and to choose among them. This practical and comprehensive
reference guide is the first to sort, present, and review all the
measures that can be used to evaluate the behavioral, cognitive,
and emotional aspects of children's health. It organizes the
measures under eight general headings, such as quality of life,
adherence, pain management, and patient satisfaction. Each chapter
begins with a leading authority's overview of the underlying
theoretical construct and any concerns about how to measure it.
Descriptions and reviews of relevant instruments follow; these
include information on administration, scoring, psychometric
properties, and ordering, as well as comments by the instruments'
developers. Assessing Children's Well-Being: A Handbook of Measures
will be welcomed by all those professionals and scientists who seek
to assess and effectively address the complex interactions between
physical health and mental health in children.
Behavioral medicine has now matured as a field to the point where
all recognize that different populations are presented with
different issues. Psychological reactions and patterns affect the
health and well-being of children, as well as adults, and numerous
standardized instruments for the assessment of a variety of areas
of children's functioning are currently available. Yet, it can be
difficult for practitioners and researchers searching through
general compendia of resources for child assessment--which are
frequently focused on general techniques rather than specific
instruments--to identify the optimal ones to meet their particular
needs and to choose among them.
This practical and comprehensive reference guide is the first to
sort, present, and review all the measures that can be used to
evaluate the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional aspects of
children's health. It organizes the measures under eight general
headings, such as quality of life, adherence, pain management, and
patient satisfaction. Each chapter begins with a leading
authority's overview of the underlying theoretical construct and
any concerns about how to measure it. Descriptions and reviews of
relevant instruments follow; these include information on
administration, scoring, psychometric properties, and ordering, as
well as comments by the instruments' developers.
"Assessing Children's Well-Being: A Handbook of Measures" will be
welcomed by all those professionals and scientists who seek to
assess and effectively address the complex interactions between
physical health and mental health in children.
The significantly revised second edition of this unique
practitioner guide features 65% new material and a new organizing
structure. The authors show how to use motivational interviewing
(MI) to have productive conversations about behavior change with
adolescents and young adults in any clinical context. Noted for its
clarity, the book includes extended case examples, sample
dialogues, quick-reference tables, and "dos and don'ts." It
provides vital tools for helping young people open up about their
struggles, explore alternatives, and make healthier choices around
such concerns as substance use, smoking, anxiety, medication
adherence, and obesity. New to This Edition *More integrative and
cohesive: every chapter weaves in diverse clinical issues,
replacing the prior edition's population-specific chapters.
*Chapters on MI in groups and involving caregivers in treatment.
*Restructured around the current four-process model of MI, and
proposes maintenance of change as a fifth process. *Incorporates
the rapidly growing research base on MI with youth. *Reflects the
ongoing refinement of the authors' training approach; includes
skill-building activities at the end of each chapter. This book is
in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by
Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.
Almost one out of every three US children is overweight or obese,
with minority youth at highest risk. There are limited efficacious
pediatric obesity interventions available for clinicians, and
successful weight loss trials for minority youth are rare. Even
fewer interventions have been shown to significantly improve
clinical health outcomes such as adiposity, blood pressure, and
cholesterol level, and maintenance of behavior change over the
long-term remains a challenge Translation I research in which
"bench" findings are applied to the "bedside" is uncommon in the
behavioral arena. Thus, advances in our understanding of
fundamental human processes such as motivation, emotion, cognition,
self-regulation, decision-making, stress, and social networks are
not being optimally applied to our most pressing behavioral health
problems. This issue of Pediatric Clinics will focus on promising
behavioral treatments "in the pipeline" that have been translated
from basic behavioral science and are the process of refinement and
proof of concept testing.
Providing tools to enhance treatment of any clinical problem, this
book shows how integrating motivational interviewing (MI) and
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can lead to better client
outcomes than using either approach on its own. The authors
demonstrate that MI strategies are ideally suited to boost client
motivation and strengthen the therapeutic relationship, whether
used as a pretreatment intervention or throughout the course of
CBT. User-friendly features include extensive sample dialogues,
learning exercises for practitioners, and 35 reproducible client
handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can
download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8
1/2" x 11" size. This book is in the Applications of Motivational
Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller,
and Theresa B. Moyers.
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