<P><EM>What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults</EM>? provides an up-to-date review of research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy and psychological interventions with children, adolescents, adults, people in later life, and people with intellectual and pervasive developmental disabilities.</P>
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<P>Drawing on recent meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and key research studies in psychotherapy, this volume presents evidence for:</P>
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<LI>the overall effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy</LI>
<LI>the contribution of common factors to the outcome of successful psychotherapy</LI>
<LI>the effectiveness of specific psychotherapy protocols for particular problems.</LI></UL>
<P>This comprehensive, user-friendly guide will inform clinical practice, service development and policy. It will be invaluable to psychotherapists, service managers, policymakers, and researchers. </P>
<P><EM>What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults?</EM> offers a review of the evidence base for three <EM>Handbooks</EM> published by Routledge: <EM>The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology</EM> (Carr, 2006), <EM>The</EM> <EM>Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology</EM> (Carr ' McNulty, 2006), and <EM>The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice</EM> (O'Reilly, Carr, Walsh, ' McEvoy, 2007).</P>