Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety, Second Edition (eBook)

Kenneth W. Merrell, PhD, until his death in 2011, was Professor of School Psychology and Director of the Oregon Resiliency Project at the University of Oregon. For 25 years, Dr. Merrell's influential teaching and research focused on social-emotional assessment and intervention for at-risk children and adolescents and social-emotional learning in schools. He published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles; several books and nationally normed assessment instruments; and the Strong Kids programs, a comprehensive social and emotional learning curriculum. Dr. Merrell was a Fellow of the Division of School Psychology (Division 16) and the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53) of the American Psychological Association. He received the Senior Scientist Award from Division 16, the Division's highest honor for excellence in science.

1. Understanding Internalizing Problems: Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents2. How Internalizing Problems Develop and Are Maintained3. Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention Planning4. Social and Emotional Learning: An Important Tool for Promoting Mental Health5. Comprehensive Intervention Programs for Depression6. Changing Thoughts and Beliefs: Cognitive Therapy Interventions for Depression7. Changing Thoughts and Beliefs: Rational-Emotive Therapy, Attribution Retraining, Learned Optimism, and Journal-Writing Strategies8. Other Strategies for Depression9. Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety: Systematic Desensitization and Other Techniques10. Skills Training and Other Treatments for Anxiety11. Finding More Help: Referral Guidelines for Mental Health Counseling, Medications, and Alternative Treatments*Index of Intervention Programs and General Intervention Strategies, with Descriptions of Purpose and Developmental Level*List of Specific Treatment Techniques for Depression and Anxiety, Grouped by Program Component*Appendix: Reproducible Worksheets