Medical adherence to complex diabetes regimens can be challenging, particularly for adolescents, and therefore represents the most common reason for referral to behavioral psychologists among this population. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), when present in children and adolescents with diabetes, presents unique barriers to…

Change-oriented strategies such as problem-solving/communication training (PS/CT) and parental behavior management training (BMT) have been used to treat parent-adolescent conflict. Although several studies have documented the efficacy of these approaches relative to wait-list control conditions, clinically significant improvements have not been…

This article discusses treatment obstacles that were frequently encountered by CBT therapists in the Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) trial. The most common or challenging treatment obstacles and their respective solutions were distilled from the minutes of national conference calls attended by TADS CBT supervisors and…