A Multi-Disciplinary Handbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Front-Line Professionals.

Abstract

Part I. Defining and meeting the mental health needs of children and young people. 1. Defining mental health. 2. Meeting the mental health needs of young people. 3. Assessing the mental health of young people. Part II. Child and family development. 4. Child and adolescent development. 5. Family development. Part III. Factors that influence mental health. 6. What cause mental health problems in young people? 7. Protective and adverse factors. Part VI. Specific mental health problems of childhood and adolescence. 8. Emotional problems. 9. Behavioural problems. 10. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. 11. Learning disability and developmental problems. 12. Major mental disorders. Part V. Management strategies. 13. Basic interventions with applicability in primary care settings. 14. Specialist interventions. Part VI. Medico-legal aspects of child mental health. 15. Legislation relevant to young people and mental health. Part VII. Exercise and case study solutions. 16. Exercise and case studies solutions. References, Index.