Understanding Children and Young People's Mental Health (eBook)

Anne Claveirole, Martin Gaughan (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
328 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-95624-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Understanding Children and Young People's Mental Health
has been designed to help the student and newly qualified health
care professional to familiarise themselves with the key
theoretical frameworks underpinning the field of children and young
people's mental health. It explores the mental health challenges
that children and young people face, and how we as adults can work
alongside them to help them face and overcome such challenges.

This book provides comprehensive information on the theory and
practice of particular mental health difficulties which children
and young people may have to face, including self-harm, depression,
suicide, child abuse, eating disorders, substance misuse, and early
onset psychosis. Understanding Children and Young People's
Mental Health is essential reading for pre-registration
students in nursing and healthcare on child and mental health
branches, and for newly qualified nursing, health and social care
practitioners who work with children and young people.

* Brings together specialist practitioners and academics in the
field

* Incorporates the latest guidelines and policies

* Practical and accessible in style with learning outcomes,
activities, examples and recommended reading in each chapter

Autor

Anne Claveirole is a Lecturer / Researcher in Children and Young People's Mental Health at Edinburgh Napier University Martin Gaughan isa Lecturer in Children and Young People's Mental Health at Edinburgh Napier University

Inhalt

Notes on Contributors.

Foreword.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1 Setting the Scene (Anne Claveirole).

2 The Family (Duncan Tennant and Anne Claveirole).

3 Psychosocial Development (Geraldine Jones).

4 Self-Harm (Martin Gaughan).

5 Depression (Martin Gaughan).

6 Suicide (Martin Gaughan).

7 Child Abuse and Child Protection (Julie Hendryand Marlene Mcinnes).

8 Eating Disorders (Gavin Cullen).

9 Early Onset Psychosis (Martin Gaughan).

10 ADHD (Lorna Jones and Anne Claveirole).

11 Autistic Spectrum Disorders (Gillian Marshall-McConnelland Anne Claveirole).

12 Misuse of Substances (Liz Brodie and Jayne Reed).

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Thanks to this book, I feel I am better equipped to go into clinical settings and confidently support young people... I thoroughly enjoyed this read and it was refreshing to read about relevant topics which are affecting society's youngest generation" (Amar Bhoobun, student nurse, Bucks new University)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.6.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Neurologie / Psychiatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Kinderkrankenpflege
• Schlagworte: Krankenpflege • nursing • Pflege
• ISBN-10: 1-119-95624-2 / 1119956242
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-95624-2 / 9781119956242