Contents

Use of This Book

Introduction

Part 1

Chapter 1   Screening Your Adolescent

  • Description of StepOne for Parents

  • Use of StepOne for Mental Health Issues

Chapter 2   Adolescence

  • Growing Up in a Changing World

  • What is an Adolescent?

  • Adolescent Mental Health in America

  • What Do Adolescents Want?

Chapter 3   The Causes of Adolescent Problems

  • Research on Possible Causes

  • Intellectual Problems

  • Neuropsychological Problems

  • Brain Injury

  • Developmental Problems

  • Mental Health Problems

  • Traumatic Experiences

  • Unhealthy Behavior

  • Negative Social Influences

  • Negative Isolation Activities

  • Tearing Children in Half

  • Separation and Divorce

Chapter 4   Parenting and Discipline

  • The Reality of Family and House Rules

  • Family Meetings

  • Guidelines for Parenting and Discipline

  • Chapter 5   The Mind of a Disturbed Adolescent

  • Models for Understanding

  • Behavioral and Functional Diagnosis

Part 2

Chapter 6   Common Mental Health Disorders

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Obsessive Compulsive

  • Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity

  • Bipolar

  • Schizophrenia

  • Developmental Disorders

  • Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder

  • Bulimia and Anorexia

  • The Problem with Clinical Diagnosis

Chapter 7   What is Crisis Intervention?

  • What are Routine, Urgent and Emergency Problems?

  • How a Teenage Crisis Can Develop

Chapter 8   Dealing with a Crisis

  • Warning and Critical Signs of Crises

  • The Basic Approach

  • Emotional Problems

  • Suicidal Behavior

  • Anger, Aggression and Violence

  • Self-Injury

  • Psychotic Behavior

  • Runaways

Chapter 9   Dealing with a Crisis Involving Alcohol and Other Drugs

  • Introducing the Risks

  • Denial and Minimizing Behavior

  • Serious Alcohol and Other Drug Use

  • The Risk of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

  • Alcohol- and Drug-Affected Behaviors

  • Dealing with Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Part 3

Chapter 10  At-Home Intervention Options

Chapter 11  Away-from-Home Intervention Options

  • Outdoor Education and Leadership Programs

  • Adventure Programs

  • Wilderness Therapy Programs

  • Boarding Schools

  • Emotional Growth Boarding Schools

  • Residential Treatment Centers

  • Residential Treatment Boarding Schools

  • Boot Camps

  • Psychiatric Hospitalization

Chapter 12  Finding Help

  • Counselors and Therapists

  • Finding Good Programs

  • Educational Consultants

  • Medications vs. Psychotherapy

  • Use of Police and 911

  • Emergency Services and Hospitalization