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Joyce Elizabeth Mann, MA, MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Tucson, Arizona, specializing in issues of adolescent girls.

Acknowledgments.

Contributors.

Introduction Adolescent Girls and the Pathway to Adulthood (Craig Winston LeCroy).

Chapter 1 Universal Prevention for Adolescent Girls: The Go Grrrls Program (Craig Winston LeCroy).

Chapter 2 Developing Friendships and Peer Relationships: Building Social Support with the Girls Circle Program (Beth Hossfeld)

Chapter 3 A Dissonance-Based Intervention for the Prevention of Eating Disorders and Obesity (Heather Shaw and Eric Stice).

Chapter 4 Preventing Depression in Early Adolescent Girls: The Penn Resiliency and Girls in Transition Programs (Jane E. Gillham, Tara M. Chaplin, Karen Reivich, and John Hamilton).

Chapter 5 Preventing HIV among African American Female Adolescents: Development and Evaluation of a Gender and Culturally Congruent Prevention Intervention (Gina Wingood, Jessica Sales, Nikia D. Braxton, and Ralph DiClemente).

Chapter 6 Manifesting the Strengths of Rural Latina Girls (Velia G. Leybas).

Chapter 7 Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives: Harm Reduction/Health Promotion Program for Female High School Athletes (Diane L. Elliot and Linn Goldberg).

Chapter 8 Teens with Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment (Daniel le Grange and James Lock).

Chapter 9 Incarcerated Female Teens and Substance Abuse: The Holistic Enrichment for At-Risk Teens (HEART) Program (Amelia C. Roberts and Chiquitia Welch).

Chapter 10 Empirically Validated Approaches to Family Treatment for Adolescent Girls (Jacqueline Corcoran and Jane Phillips).

Chapter 11 Mentorship: The GirlPOWER! Program (David L. DuBois, Naida Silverthorn, Julia Pryce, Erin Reeves, Bernadette Sanchez, Adriana Silva, Akua Anima Ansu, Simona Haqq, and Janet Takehara).

Author Index.

Subject Index.