Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents
New Contributions to Research and Practice
Edited by: Nuria de la Osa, Miguel Á. Carrasco
Series: Psychological Assessment – Science and Practice - Volume 7
2025, vi/310 pages
2025, vi/310 pages
New Contributions to Research and Practice
Up-to-date, comprehensive information on successfully assessing children and adolescents in clinical settings
- Written by internationally renowned authors
- Highlights skills and procedures in clinical assessments
- Full of practical examples
Scientific, technological, social, and cultural changes mean that child and adolescent psychological assessment is facing new challenges and opportunities. This book showcases state-of-the-art methods, instruments, and processes in the clinical assessment of children and adolescents. Written by leading experts, the contributions highlight skills and specific procedures that are relevant and distinctive for the assessment of different age groups and that can be used in different contexts so professionals can plan interventions more effectively.
After an introduction to the basic concepts and approaches to the clinical assessment of children and adolescents, four additional sections explore the diagnosis of psychological problems, the conceptualization of clinical problems and interventions, the assessment of intervention progress and outcomes, and the assessment of specific groups and in special contexts. The volume is full of practical examples to address issues such as clinical judgment and bias, results integration, multi-informant data collection, and incremental validity. This book is essential reading for child and adolescent psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists.
Praise for the book
“The well-written chapters by leading scholars in the field skillfully address concepts, strategies, and issues that influence and guide the assessment of child and adolescent behavioral problems.”
Stephen N. Haynes, Emeritus Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
“This book written by experts in the field is essential for researchers and therapeutic professionals wanting up-to-date information on the psychological assessment of children and adolescents.”
Victoria del Barrio, Department of Psychology of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, UNED, Madrid, Spain
“This book is an important resource for clinicians and researchers wanting to explore and diagnose psychological problems in children and adolescents as well as make better clinical case formulations.”
Antonio Godoy, School of Psychology, University of Malaga, Spain
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