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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971987803321

Titolo

Promoting the emotional well-being in children and adolescents and preventing their mental ill health : a handbook / / edited by Kedar Nath Dwivedi and Peter Brinley Harper ; foreword by Caroline Lindsey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2004

ISBN

9786610267033

9781280267031

1280267038

9781423709831

1423709837

9781846420115

1846420113

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DwivediKedar Nath

HarperPeter Brinley <1955->

Disciplina

618.9289

Soggetti

Child mental health services

Mental illness - Prevention

Teenagers - Mental health services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Promoting the Emotional Well-being of Children and Adolescents and Preventing Their Mental Ill Health: A Handbook; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Developmental Perspective; 3. Attachment Theory and Mental Health; 4. Emotion Regulation and Mental Health; 5. Attention and Mental Health; 6. Addiction as a Mark of Adulthood: The enduring fascination of drugs and alcohol among adolescents; 7. Parenting; 8. Life Skills Education through Schools; 9. Prevention of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents; 10. Prevention of Eating Disorders

11. Promotion of Prosocial Development and Prevention of Conduct Disorders 12. Prevention of Mental Health Problems in Socially Excluded Children and Young People: A model for mental health service pr; 13.



Developing Culturally Sensitive Services to meet the Mental Health Needs of Ethnic Minority Children; 14. Ethnic Minority Children and Families and Mental Health: Preventive approaches; 15. The Mental Health Europe Projects and the Greek Perspective; The Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

It provides overviews of the key psychological processes affecting mental health, such as development, attachment, emotion regulation, attention and draws out the implications for preventive measures. There is emphasis on the importance of how initiatives in parenting and education can promote children's emotional well-being.