Includes bibliographic references and index.

Author notes -- Foreword to the first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the second edition -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Normal development -- Influences on problem development -- Classification, epidemiology and treatment effectiveness -- The consultation process and intake interviews -- Report writing -- Sleep problems -- Toileting problems -- Intellectual, learning and communication disabilities -- Autism and pervasive developmental disorders -- Conduct problems -- Attention and over-activity problems -- Fear and anxiety problems -- Repetition problems -- Somatic problems -- Drug abuse -- Mood problems -- Anorexia and bulimia nervosa -- Schizophrenia -- Physical child abuse -- Emotional abuse and neglect -- Sexual abuse -- Foster care -- Seperation and divorce -- Grief and bereavement.

This handbook covers all central concerns for practitioners of child and adolescent clinical psychology in a single manual, including conduct problems, emotional problems, learning disabilities, child protection, somatic illness and suicide.