
Increasing Awareness of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Jason Aronson Publishers
Published on 3. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
338 pages
978-0-7657-0662-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume, Elena Garralda and Jean-Philippe Raynaud aim to contribute to advancing awareness of child and adolescent mental health within an international framework that gives special consideration to problems arising in different contexts around the world and through expert views supported by empirical evidence and considering clinical implications.
There is increasing recognition worldwide of the importance of child and adolescent mental health problems, of the distress and impairment they can cause to children and their families, and of the markedly adverse effects on education and on adult psychiatric adjustment when left untreated. Globally, however, services to attend to these problems in children are uneven and patchy. There is a need to advance awareness of child and adolescent mental health and of factors that influence them.
Chapters address the effects on child mental health of issues ranging from secular changes in family composition in both western and eastern countries, rapid industrialization, poverty, deprivation, and adoption, to refugee status and aboriginal life. It considers emerging issues, such as cyber addiction, PTSD, ADHD across different cultures, and the autistic "epidemic." They discuss new service developments (Eastern Europe, paediatric liaison services) in the context of traditional methods (traditional Chinese medicine).
There is increasing recognition worldwide of the importance of child and adolescent mental health problems, of the distress and impairment they can cause to children and their families, and of the markedly adverse effects on education and on adult psychiatric adjustment when left untreated. Globally, however, services to attend to these problems in children are uneven and patchy. There is a need to advance awareness of child and adolescent mental health and of factors that influence them.
Chapters address the effects on child mental health of issues ranging from secular changes in family composition in both western and eastern countries, rapid industrialization, poverty, deprivation, and adoption, to refugee status and aboriginal life. It considers emerging issues, such as cyber addiction, PTSD, ADHD across different cultures, and the autistic "epidemic." They discuss new service developments (Eastern Europe, paediatric liaison services) in the context of traditional methods (traditional Chinese medicine).
Reviews / Votes
Increasing Awareness of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a remarkable book, in a single volume providing professionals and others interested in child mental health an overview of the major contemporary issues relevant to child mental health. These include, among others, urbanization and the nuclear family, the unintended consequences of the single-child policy in China, and the concern over an epidemic of autism. With strong, evidence-based chapters by leading authors, this book is exciting to read and learn from. -- Myron L. Belfer, MD, MPA, Harvard Medical School This book provides a rich, stimulating, and up-to-date account of the state of child mental health throughout the world. I can thoroughly recommend it to all child and adolescent mental health professionals who wish to broaden their horizons and gain new perspectives on their own practice. -- Philip Graham, emeritus professor of child psychiatry, Institute of Child Health, London The book provides an excellent review of child and adolescent mental health issues from a transcultural perspective. The 13 chapters, written by experienced clinicians and researchers, focus on influences on child mental health, individual problems/disorders, and treatment issues. A special feature of the book is the inclusion of psychosocial problems like the mental health of refugee children, the impact of the one-child policy in China, and changes in psychiatric problems in Japan. The book can warmly be recommended to an international readership. -- Helmut Remschmidt, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philipps-University, GermanyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Northvale NJ
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7657-0662-1 (9780765706621)
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Persons
M. Elena Garralda is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Imperial College, London.
Jean-Philippe Raynaud is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, head of department at Toulouse University Hospital, France.
Jean-Philippe Raynaud is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, head of department at Toulouse University Hospital, France.
Content
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Editorial Introduction
Part 3 Part I: Influences on child and adolescent mental health
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: From epidemiology of child and adolescent mental health problems to service utilisation
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Family structure and children's mental health in Western countries
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: One-child policy and child mental health
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Industrialization: Its impact on child and adolescent mental health
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Child refugee mental health
Part 9 Part II: Individual disorders/problems
Chapter 10 Chapter 6: The boundaries of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Changes in psychiatric problems of children and adolescents in Japan: from internalising to externalising symptoms
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Trends in autism rates: is there an epidemic?
Chapter 13 Chapter 9: PTSD in mothers coping with trauma in their children
Part 14 Part III: Treatment and services
Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Paediatric Psychosomatic medicine: emotional health in children with chronic illness
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Autism spectrum disorder and traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture)
Chapter 17 Chapter 12: Development of child mental health services in Central and Eastern Europe
Chapter 18 Chapter 13: An historical approach to the discovery and promotion of child mental health
Part 2 Editorial Introduction
Part 3 Part I: Influences on child and adolescent mental health
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: From epidemiology of child and adolescent mental health problems to service utilisation
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Family structure and children's mental health in Western countries
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: One-child policy and child mental health
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Industrialization: Its impact on child and adolescent mental health
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Child refugee mental health
Part 9 Part II: Individual disorders/problems
Chapter 10 Chapter 6: The boundaries of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Changes in psychiatric problems of children and adolescents in Japan: from internalising to externalising symptoms
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Trends in autism rates: is there an epidemic?
Chapter 13 Chapter 9: PTSD in mothers coping with trauma in their children
Part 14 Part III: Treatment and services
Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Paediatric Psychosomatic medicine: emotional health in children with chronic illness
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Autism spectrum disorder and traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture)
Chapter 17 Chapter 12: Development of child mental health services in Central and Eastern Europe
Chapter 18 Chapter 13: An historical approach to the discovery and promotion of child mental health