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The psychological treatment of mental health problems in children and adolescents is described in the context of a multimodal treatment approach with interventions on the level of the patient, the family, and the (pre-)school according to the patient’s needs. Moreover, treatment has to be adapted to the developmental level of the individual patient. Evidence-based mechanism of change is applied (e.g., resource activation, problem focusing, cognitive-affective clarification, active support for coping with problems). The treatment focuses on specific problem behavior and is individually tailored. Examples for multimodal child and adolescent psychotherapy for children with internalizing and externalizing mental health problems are described.
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Döpfner, M., Hanisch, C. (2020). Psychological Treatment of Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents. In: Taylor, E., Verhulst, F., Wong, J., Yoshida, K., Nikapota, A. (eds) Mental Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0753-8_48-1
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