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The extent of childhood behavioral and psychological problems in need of services is enormous. At least 12% (about 7.5 million) of children under age 18 suffer from one or more psychological disorders (Gould, Wunsch-Hitzig, & Dohrenwend, 1981). Of these 7.5 million, nearly half are considered severely impaired by their condition (Office of Technology Assessment, 1986). Evidence also suggests that some of these childhood problems persist into late adolescence and possibly adulthood (e. g., Kazdin, 1989; Kovacs et al., 1984). Moreover the economic costs of the direct treatment of the behavior problems of children (under age 14) are estimated at a conservative $1.5 billion (Rice, Kelman, & Dunmeyer, in progress, cited in Institute of Medicine, 1989). Clearly, child behavior problems represent a significant social problem in search of potential solutions.

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Messer, S.C., Morris, T.L., Gross, A.M. (1993). Clinical Behavior Therapy with Children. In: Bellack, A.S., Hersen, M. (eds) Handbook of Behavior Therapy in the Psychiatric Setting. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2430-8_2

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