`I would recommend this book as a useful addition to primary care libraries where it could be accessed by tier 1 professionals such as teachers, health visitors and school nurses.'
-Psychiatric Bulletin
`This book provides an accessible introduction to child mental health and raises key issues in the field. It includes a chapter on specific mental health problems suffered by children and adolescents and provides useful case studies throughout. The authors also pay particular attention to "at risk" groups, such as young offenders, children excluded from school and homeless children. This is an essential handbook for students, trainers and professionals involved with children who have mental health problems. It will also be of interest to parents who wish to know more about the subject.'
- childRIGHT
`The book is full of common sense and does not promise unrealistic outcomes. The handbook underlines the importance of the role of the primary mental health worker, both as a case worker and in consultation with others working with children, complementing more traditional child mental health professions.'
-CommunityCare
Presenting the fundamentals of child psychiatry in an enjoyable and easily readable format, this book is an accessible introduction to child mental health. It begins by looking at child development and the different theories used to explain mental health problems, including attachment theory. The nature and prevalence of child mental health problems are then described, as are treatment and management approaches. Particular attention is paid to at risk groups including, for instance, young offenders, children excluded from school and homeless children. The authors also consider the concept of mental health and the cultural context of its use.
Containing case studies and self-directed exercises, and outlining the services available to children with mental health problems, this handbook is an invaluable resource for students, trainers and professionals working or seeking to work with children with mental health problems in a medical and non-medical environment as well as parents wanting to know more about the subject.
Nisha Dogra is a senior lecturer and honorary consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Leicester. Her interests include undergraduate and postgraduate training, training of clinical teachers, educational research, audit and service development, particularly for and service development. Andrew Parkin is a senior lecturer and honorary consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Leicester. His interests include assessment of the child's perceptions of relationships, undergraduate and postgraduate training and development of specialist services and neuropsychiatry. Fiona Gale is a senior primary child mental health worker and honorary visiting fellow in child and adolescent psychiatry. Her interests include children's perceptions of mental health stigma, primary mental health workers and the development of their role, consultation within primary care, firesetting behaviour in children, adolescent forensic psychiatry and young people looked after by the local authority. Clay Frake is a senior nurse specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry and is also a qualified family therapist. His interests include family therapy and training in family therapy.
