Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health. A Practical Guide (3 Volume Set)

Description

The individual volumes are also available to purchase.

Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition of Child Mental Health in Primary Care extends the structured approach of the first edition to adoelscent mental health. As in the first edition, Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health covers each problem in a uniform way, offering definitions, assessment outlines, detailed management options and indications for referral. Numerous case examples further illuminate aspects of many conditions.

Comprehensive and practical, the forty-four chapters of Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health cover the full range of difficulties and disabilities affecting the mental health of children and young people. The book is divided into three volumes, and can either be read from cover to cover or used as a resource to be consulted for guidance on specific problems.

This book is vital for all healthcare professionals including general practitioners, health visitors and other staff working in primary care to assess, manage and refer children and adolescents with mental health problems. School medical officers, social workers and educational psychologists, many of whom are in the front line of mental health provision for children and young people, will also find it extremely useful.

Reviews of the first edition:
'This very comprehensive and detailed book provides the tools for primary care health professionals not only to assess a child's needs but in many cases also to implement an initial package of care.'
JUST FOR NURSES

'I have no reservation in recommending the book to all people working with children and families in any capacity. An important training text for a variety of professions. A very effective text to be used in daily practice for quick reference.'
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH

'This book is well produced and clearly written. A useful book for anyone interested or involved with children.'
FAMILY PRACTICE

'I looked through the book again and again but could not find anything missing.'
NURSING TIMES

Contents

Volume One Part 1 Overview The context for provision of child and adolescent mental health services Pre-school Middle childhood Adolescence Part 2 General issues Temperament Resilience and risk Attachment theory and looked-after children Family issues Separation, divorce and reconstituted families Death, dying and bereavement Effects of parental mental illness (including substance misuse) on children and families Child abuse and safeguarding Behaviour management Volume Two Part 3 Pre-school Postnatal sepression Crying and colic Feeding in babies and toddlers Tantrums, aggression and sibling rivalry Breath-holding Head-banging and body-rocking Part 4 Middle Childhood Anxiety, worry, fears and phobias School refusal Bullying Enuresis Faecal incontinence Tics and Tourette Syndrome Part 5 Adolescence Depression Self-harm Eating disorders Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Volume Three Part 6 Problems that may present at any age Conduct disorder Developmental disorders Part 1 – Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Developmental disorders Part 2 – autistic spectrum disorders Developmental disorders Part 3 – speech and language Developmental disorders part 4 – motor development Specific and generalised learning disability Sleep problems Adjustment Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Traumatic brain injury Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Recurrent abdominal pain Physical presentations of emotional distress Chronic paediatric illness Part 7:Specific Issues Consent, competence, capacity and confidentiality Diet and exercise Imaginary friends, voices and psychosis Sexualised behaviour and gender issues Stealing Referral

Quentin Spender, Judith Barnsley, Alison Davies and Jenny Murphy,, respectively Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton, UK; Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK; Primary Mental Health Worker, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK; Clinical Psychologist, Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK.