ABSTRACT
The conclusions drawn in this chapter are based on the results of over 150 controlled studies containing more than 5,000 cases who received well-specified psychological interventions. For each of the eleven main problem areas listed below six or more studies containing more than 200 cases were reviewed. Each group of studies contained the most methodologically robust investigations that could be located through computer and manual literature search methods of English language journals for the period 1977 to 1997. The areas covered were:
Child abuse and neglect
Enuresis and encopresis
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder
Conduct problems in adolescence
Drug abuse in adolescence
Anorexia and bulimia
Anxiety
Depression
Paediatric pain problems
Adjustment to divorce
