Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Theory and Practice - Paperback

by Cathy Laver-Bradbury (Editor), Margaret J. J. Thompson (Editor), Christopher Gale (Editor)

This textbook provides an overview of child and adolescent mental health. The text covers all core aspects on the subject, from the importance of knowing why mental health in children is important, to how to assess, formulate and treat a variety of presentations seen in children and young people.

Beginning with an overview of conditions and the background to emotional and behavioural problems, the book examines the different models and tools used to assess and treat children and young people and provides an outline of the practitioners working to help this population. Chapters consider the many diverse identities and groups within the population, addressing specific problems encountered in children, young people and their families from different cultural backgrounds. This revised edition addresses issues of current public debate such as gender identity and the role of social media in children's and young people's development and behaviour.

Featuring authors from a variety of clinical and research backgrounds, this fully revised third edition is an important resource 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.

Author Biography

Cathy Laver-Bradbury, SRN, RSCN, HV cert, MSc Nursing Non-Medical Prescriber, has worked in CAMHS in the UK for the last 27 years specialising in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Margaret J.J. Thompson, MBChB, MD, FRCP, DCh, DRCOG, is a retired clinical academic. She has worked in CAMHS in the UK since 1973. Her particular research and clinical interests are in mental health in pre-schoolers, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, parenting and in-service delivery. She has published extensively in these areas.

Christopher Gale, RNMH, PhD, MSc, BA (Hons), has worked in child and adolescent mental health services since 1999, developing student nurses to registration since 2008.

Christine M. Hooper, CQSW, MSc, worked as a CAMHS social worker prior to gaining an MSc in Family and Marital Therapy. She left CAMHS to work in the private sector.