Primary child and adolescent mental health : a practical guide / Quentin Spender [and others].

Revised edition of: Child mental health in primary care. c2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview. The context for provision of child and adolescent mental health services -- Pre-school -- Middle childhood -- Adolescence -- 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 -- Behavior management.

"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-eight 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."--Publisher's website.

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