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Supporting the mental health of children in care: evidence based practice
- Author:
- McCALL Suzanne
- Editors:
- GUISHARD-PINE Jeune, COLEMAN-OLUWABUSOLA Gail
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 248
- Place of publication:
- London
Combining research with practice findings, this book brings together contributions from a range of experts on improving the mental health of children in care. Chapters describe the difficulties children in care often experience, such as vulnerability to self-harm, substance misuse or inappropriate sexual behaviour. Chapters also explore therapeutic interventions, such as art therapy or integrative therapy, which can be used to address the root of these behaviours. The book also makes recommendations for further training for foster carers, for reinforcing professional support networks and for all agencies to have a developed understanding of cultural considerations when working with children in care. The book will be especially useful for psychologists, psychiatrists, CAMHS professionals and social workers working with children and young people in care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Can humanistic and existential therapies help the problems of adolescents in the National Health Service
- Author:
- GUISHARD-PINE Jeune
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Critical Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 6(1), Spring 2006, pp.48-55.
This article argues that existentialism has been neglected in therapies available to children and adolescents, to the advantage of biological interventionists, and the disadvantage of families. The article presents a background to the 'medical/biological model' and its relevance to work with children and families in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Secondly, it gives a brief description of childhood and adolescence and the mental and emotional health issues widely known to pervade this phase of the life cycle. Thirdly, the article looks at the development of the humanistic and existential ideas promoting the restoration of emotional and mental health in reference to childhood and adolescence.