Children and Young People’s Mental Health: Early Intervention, Ongoing Support and Flexible Evidence-based Care

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The mental health of children and young people is in the spotlight as prevalence rates increase across all age ranges and ready access to specialist mental health services and preventative services proves difficult or non-existent. Children and young people are more stressed at school and, when they leave, the transition to adulthood can be more difficult and extend beyond late teens and early twenties. While good practice exists, the complications of modern-day living raise new challenges for the mental well-being of our young people from a very early age onwards.

This long-awaited successor to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Today (2008) updates and expands the content to offer a contemporary look at the mental health and well-being of children and young people across the whole age range from 0 to 25. With over 40 expert contributors drawn from psychiatry, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, education, nursing, social work, public health, paediatrics, policy and research, it provides an up-to date overview of prevalence, risk and preventative factors, policy context and practice. It includes new chapters about current and emerging issues such as values-based practice, adverse childhood experiences (ACE), the impact of social media, the mental health of children and young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and how physical health impacts on mental health and vice versa.

Children and Young People’s Mental Health is aimed at professionals and support staff working with children and young people in all settings, but who do not necessarily have training in mental health, including those in schools, health services, social work, criminal justice, community and voluntary agencies. Additionally, it will be of interest to adoptive and foster parents, researchers, academics, tutors and students in the field. It is published in association with the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC), which brings together leading organisations, forming a powerful voice to campaign on issues around children and young people s mental health.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pavilion Publishing and Media; 2nd edition (16 Dec. 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1912755408
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1912755400
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 2.03 x 23.5 cm