Including Fathers in Clinical Interventions for Children and Adolescents

This chapter focuses on fathers and children who need help for mental health problems and problems in living. In order to acquaint readers with fathers\u27 and children\u27s functioning in the clinical realm, we first review the connections between fathers\u27 and children\u27s psychopathology, then provide an overview of fathers\u27 involvement in mental health treatment, which is followed by a discussion of the barriers that keep many fathers from becoming involved in mental health treatment, and an overview of what predicts fathers\u27 involvement in treatment. The chapter concludes with specific suggestions for increasing fathers\u27 involvement in child, adolescent, and family-oriented clinical interventions