Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents

Acknowledgments.

About the Editors.

Contributors.

Part I: Introduction.

Chapter 1: Prevention and Resilience (Catherine N. Dulmus and Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci).

Part II: Preventive Interventions for Children’s and Adolescents’ Emotional Problems.

Chapter 2: Peer Group Rejection (Gary W. Ladd, Sarah L. Herald, Carly B. Slutzky, and Rebecca K. Andrews).

Chapter 3: Unresolved Grief (Carolyn Hilarski).

Chapter 4: Adolescent Mental Health (Dominique E. Roe-Sepowitz and Bruce A. Thyer).

Chapter 5: Adolescent Suicide Prevention (Andrea K. McCarter, Karen M. Sowers, and Catherine N. Dulmus).

Chapter 6: Aggressive Behavior (Mark W. Fraser and Sheara A. Williams).

Part III: Preventive Interventions for Children’s and Adolescents’ Health Problems.

Chapter 7: Birth Defects (Debra Keelean, John H. Pierpont, John Wiley, and Kaye McGinty).

Chapter 8: Failure to Thrive (Dorota Iwaniec and Helga Sneddon).

Chapter 9: Chemical Exposure (Kathleen H. Darby, Rodney A. Ellis, Karen M. Sowers, and Andrea K. McCarter).

Chapter 10: Substance Abuse (Craig Winston LeCroy and Joyce Elizabeth Mann).

Chapter 11: Teenage Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and HIV/AIDS (Lisa Armistead, Beth A. Kotchick, and Rex Forehand).

Chapter 12: Tobacco Use (John P. Elder, Esmeralda M. Iniguez, and Sandra Larios).

Chapter 13: Eating Disorders (Gail McVey).

Chapter 14: Obesity (Lois Ann Wodarski and John S. Wodarski).

Part IV: Preventive Interventions for Children’s and Adolescents’ Social Problems.

Chapter 15: Foster Care Drift (Susan Klein-Rothschild and Adrienne Ekas).

Chapter 16: School Violence (Gary L . Bowen, Joelle D. Powers, Michael E. Woolley, and Natasha K. Bowen).

Chapter 17: School Dropout (Beth Doll and Robyn Hess).

Chapter 18: Child Maltreatment (Barbara Thomlison).

Chapter 19: Dating Violence (Gretchen E. Ely).

Part V: Conclusion.

Chapter 20: The Future of Prevention (Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci and Catherine N. Dulmus).

Appendix I: Directory of Exemplary Programs.

Appendix II: School Violence Programs.

Appendix III: Dating Violence Program Evaluations.

Author Index.

Subject Index.