Full Description
Positive Mental Health for Children and Adolescents: Fighting Stigma and Promoting Resiliency examines the main mechanisms involved in improving mental health in children and adolescents, including social and biological processes, as well as effective treatments.
By taking into account diverse settings and cultures, the book combines academic, research, and clinical contributions and sets forth how it can be translated into effective clinical practice. In addition, the book promotes the study, treatment, care, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and disabilities involving children, adolescents, and their families, and includes emerging knowledge on mental health problems and good practice in child and adolescent psychiatry as relayed by experts from around the world.
Contents
Chapter 1. Positive Mental Health—What Is It, How Is It Recognized, and Can It Be Achieved?
Chapter 2. ICD-11—Comparison With DSM-5 and Implications for Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 3. Disorders of Brain Development: Understanding Childhood Psychopathology
Chapter 4. Genetic Process in Resilience and Vulnerability and the Consequence of Abuse
Chapter 5. Resilience and Developmental Health in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter 6. Mental Health Promotion for Indigenous Youth
Chapter 7. Psychological Consequences of Parental Migration for Left-Behind Children
Chapter 8. Mental Health Literacy for Students and Teachers: A "School Friendly” Approach
Chapter 9. Transforming Cultures for the Mental Health Care of Young People: The Service Reform Imperative
Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Parenting Interventions: Current Perspectives and Clinical Strategies
Chapter 11. Psychopharmacological Treatment for Depression in Children and Adolescents: Promoting Recovery and Resilience
Chapter 12. Treatment of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Chapter 13. Seclusion in the Management of Highly Disturbed Children and Adolescents
