...The REsource for Advancing Children's Health

For more information on disorder and treatment profiles, training in evidence-based practices, or recent publications, by REACH staff and consultants, please view the following pages:

Profiles of Behavioral & Emotional Disorders

• Anxiety

  Anxiety disorders are illnesses that cause people to feel frightened...  (Read more)

• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Imagine living in a fast-moving kaleidoscope, where sounds, images, and   thoughts are constantly shifting... (Read more)

• Autism

  Isolated in worlds of their own, people with autism appear indifferent and remote and are unable to form emotional bonds with others... (Read more)

• Bipolar Disorder

  At least 2 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness... (Read more)

• Conduct Disorder/Oppositional Defiant Disorder

  Children with conduct disorder, CD, are those children who show persistent and serious patterns of misbehavior... (Read more)
  Children with ODD show extreme levels of argumentativeness, disobedience, stubbornness, negativity, and provocation of others... (Read more)

• Depression

  Depressive disorders come in different forms, just as in the case with other illnesses such as severity, and persistence... (Read more)

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

  Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), one of the anxiety disorders, is a potentially disabling condition that can persist throughout a person's life... (Read more)

Treatment Options

• Medications

  • Antipsychotics

  There are a number of antipsychotic medications available... (Read more)

  • Mood Stabilizers

  Mood stabilizers are most likely to be effective in treating manic excitement... (Read more)

  • Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

  Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, are a class of antidepressants... (Read more)

  • Stimulants

Stimulants help many children focus and be more successful at school, home, and play... (Read more)

• Therapies

• Behavioral Therapy

Basic concepts of behavioral therapy were first used in the 1920s... (Read more)

• Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive therapy as it is practiced today was developed by Aaron Beck in the 1970s... (Read more)

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive-behavioral therapy combines many aspects of both cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy... (Read more)

• Interpersonal Therapy

Interpersonal therapy is a form of short-term psychotherapy... (Read more)

• Family Therapy

Family therapy is mainly used when a problem involves some form of family conflict... (Read more)

• Individual Therapy

Individual therapy is frequently done in combination with family or group therapy, and, when needed, psychopharmacology... (Read more)

Training In Evidence-Based Practices

• For more information about implementing similar psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy training projects right in your own community, contact Peter S. Jensen, M.D., at training@thereachinstitute.org.

Recent Literature and Presentations by REACH Staff

• REACH staff and consultants have contributed key pieces of literature over the past several years.  Please click on this link to access the recent publications, posters, and presentations of REACH staff.