Child and Youth Care

An introduction to child mental health, covering the nature, prevalence, interventions, treatment and management of mental health problems in children and young people. Explores issues surrounding the emotional needs of young people, showing how specific problems such as ADHD and learning difficulties can be targeted, while also recognizing diversity issues and paying particular attention to at-risk groups.

Examines the practitioner's role in mental health care, including issues with interprofessional communication and self-care, Indigenous perspectives on wellness, cultural safety and continuity, stigma. It also addresses symptoms and interventions of various disorders common in child and adolescent populations, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, feeding and eating disorders, and more.

Promoting positive mental health in youth from a system of care perspective, readers will learn about the mental health issues facing children and adolescents as well as the relevant definitions, etiology, and evidence-based treatments to ensure they can gather enough information to make a proper diagnoses. Covers ADHD, childhood trauma, anxiety disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, the spectrum of schizophrenia, psychosis, and substance abuse.

This book offers a vision of youth mental health issues and services through the eyes of young people themselves: including insights into the meaning of identity and agency, expectations of mental health support and more.