Medical and Mental Health During Childhood
Psychosocial Perspectives and Positive Outcomes
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Beschreibung
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of medical and mental illness in children, detailing how psychological, academic, and social functioning can be enhanced – and inherent challenges overcome – in young patients. The volume describes best-practices in depth, including how to ensure accurate diagnosis, developmentally appropriate treatment, and effective coordination between medical and school personnel. It discusses common medical conditions (e.g., asthma, cancer, diabetes) and mental health conditions (e.g., autism, ADHD, depression), emphasizing the critical role of health education in promoting optimal outcomes.
Topics featured in this text include:
- Screening and diagnosis practices for children with medical and mental illness.
- Chronic and condition-related pain in children.
- Medical fears that may interfere with treatment and positive health behaviors
- Health education and copingstrategies for children.
- Recommendations for family-directed interventions.
- Illustrative case studies and review questions.
Medical and Mental Health During Childhood is an essential text for graduate students as well as a valuable reference for researchers, professors, and clinicians in clinical child and school psychology, social work, public health, family studies, educational psychology and counseling, health education, and allied disciplines.
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of medical and mental illness in children, detailing how psychological, academic, and social functioning can be enhanced – and inherent challenges overcome – in young patients. The volume describes best-practices in depth, including how to ensure accurate diagnosis, developmentally appropriate treatment, and effective coordination between medical and school personnel. It discusses common medical conditions (e.g., asthma, cancer, diabetes) and mental health conditions (e.g., autism, ADHD, depression), emphasizing the critical role of health education in promoting optimal outcomes.
Topics featured in this text include:
- Screening and diagnosis practices for children with medical and mental illness.
- Chronic and condition-related pain in children.
- Medical fears that may interfere with treatment and positive health behaviors
- Health education and coping strategies for children.
- Recommendations for family-directed interventions.
- Illustrative case studies and review questions.
Medical and Mental Health During Childhood is an essential text for graduate students as well as a valuable reference for researchers, professors, and clinicians in clinical child and school psychology, social work, public health, family studies, educational psychology and counseling, health education, and allied disciplines.
Provides detailed instruction on identifying and treating common childhood medical and mental health issues Explores ways to leverage a child’s unique strengths and weaknesses to promote positive functioning and outcomes Details incidence and prevalence of each issue, its impact on children, caregivers’ role, and practical applications for clinicians. Each chapter includes summaries, exercises, questions, and references Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Laura Nabors
Themen in »Medical and Mental Health During Childhood«
Anxiety Disorder NOS in children Asthma during childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children Autism Spectrum Disorder during childhood Childhood cancers Children and diabetes Conduct Disorder in children Coping with pain and medical fears during childhood Depression and Bipolar Disorders in children Disruptive Behavior NOS in children Health problems in children Identifying and treating ADHD in children Identifying and treating ASD during childhood Identifying and treating anxiety disorders during childhood Mental health problems in children
Stimmen zu »Medical and Mental Health During Childhood«
“The textbook reviews medical and mental illnesses in children … . the author did cite current articles, and many of the intervention sections provided research evidence for specific interventions … . this book may be useful to those with limited or no understanding of childhood physical and mental health impairments.” (Linda C. Caterino, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (7), February, 2017)
“Nabors has created a compendium of materials that can be used as either a classroom textbook or resource for practitioners, parents, school staff, or medical providers. Both undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on pediatric psychology and child/adolescent services would find this book easy to adapt. … This book is a great start and contributes important and meaningful information, easily read and understood, for health educators from varied specialties. The benefits could be life saving!” (Sharon Berry, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 26, 2017)
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