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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)
A support group for self-harm patients
- Author:
- LEWIS Charlotte
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 14.5.02, 2002, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Outlines how self-harm support groups can promote understanding of this behaviour, benefiting staff and clients. Looks at the experience of establishing a support group at the Northgate Clinic in Middlesex.
Learning to live with life
- Author:
- TRAINOR Gemma
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(8), April 2001, pp.273-275.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on an innovative form of group therapy for young people who self-harm.
Traffic light lessons: problem solving skills with adolescents
- Authors:
- DAY Patricia, MURPHY Ann, COOKE Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 72(10), October 1999, pp.322-324.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Self-harm is an increasing problem among teenagers and is one which conventional approaches have failed to improve. the authors describe how a problem-solving approach can help tackle the health issues which confront adolescents.
An integrative conceptual framework for assessing and treating suicidal behavior in adolescents
- Authors:
- RUDD M. David, JOINTER Thomas E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 21(4), August 1998, pp.489-498.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Suicidal adolescents represent uniquely demanding clinical population. Regardless of psychotherapeutic orientation, the existing standards of care demand a relatively broad and integrative approach with multiple and specific treatment targets, as well as ongoing and repeated risk assessment. This article provides an integrative conceptual framework for these tasks in day to day clinical practice with essentially two goals: (1) to provide a summary of therapeutic and assessment tasks consistent with existing standards of care and supported by empirical findings, and (2) to emphasise the varied roles, tasks, demands and limitations of psychotherapy with suicidal adolescents.
Psychiatric and behavioural disorders in intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Editors:
- BOURAS Nick, HOLT Geraldine, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 424p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
The fully revised and updated second edition of this book is aimed at all those involved in the fields of intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities. It draws on both clinical experience and recent research findings to bring together information on the mental health and behavioural problems of people with intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities and mental retardation. Contributions are provided from a multidisciplinary team of experts and cover; assessment and diagnosis, psychopathology, treatment and therapeutic interventions, and policy and service systems. Children are included and a wide range of conditions discussed, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, dementia, personality disorder and self injurious behaviour. New to this edition are chapters on; mental health assessment and monitoring tools for people with intellectual disabilities; interdisciplinary multimodal assessment for mental health problems; the interface between medical and psychiatric disorders; personality disorders; mental health problems in people with autism spectrum disorders; psychosocial interventions; and psychodynamic approaches.