The book covers all the core aspects of child and adolescent mental health, starting with the background to emotional and behavioural problems and looking at models and tools for assessment and treatment before examining specifi c problems encountered in children, young people and their families from different cultural backgrounds.
Key features
clear theoretical framework for each topic
integrated disciplinary approach
case studies
information about other resources available to professionals and families, including new government initiatives
New for the second edition
updated and revised with the latest references and theories
sections on the infl uence of genetics on behaviour; working with children with learning diffi culties; evidence-based paediatric and psychological developments
multiple choice questions for revision and testing
new quick-reference format
An essential text for all professionals working with children, young people and their families, including student and practitioner: psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, mental health nurses and social care specialists.
Contents
Towards comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Early intervention services
The role of the educational psychologist
Who does what in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services?
Nurse prescriber
Primary mental health in the community
Primary mental health work within a specialist CAMHS team
Etiology and classification
Epidemiology of behavior problems
Genetics
Assessing pediatric and psychological development
Emotional development and attachment
Emotional well-being and literacy
Current legal framework and relevant legislation
Making treatment decisions with young people
Fostering and adoption
The effect of early institutional deprivation on the brain
Engagement and motivation
Structured assessment of pre-school children
Parenting style
Assessmeunger children and their families
Assessment of older children, young people and their families
Family assessment
Genograms
Narrative therapy
The use of questionnaires
Cognitive assessment
Speech and language assessment
OT assessment including neuro-sensory approaches
Temperament
Crying
Emotionality in children and young people and links to psychopathology
Juvenile disruptive behavior disorders: ODD and CD
Forensic child and adolescent psychiatry
Substance misuse in children and young people
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Epilepsy
Tourette’s syndrome
Autistic spectrum disorder
Education for children on the autistic spectrum
Social stories for parents of autistic children
Behavioral problems in children with learning difficulties
Anxiety and phobias
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder
Mood disorders
Bipolar disorder...
