Mental health interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Panos Vostanis ; foreword by Richard Williams

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/89
• Soggetto topico: Child mental health services; Youth - Mental health services
• Altri autori: VostanisPanos WilliamsRichard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Developing a policy framework for vulnerable children with mental health needs: challenges and possibilities / Miranda Wolpert -- Vulnerable children's rights to services / Maria Stuttaford -- Ethical issues in working therapeutically with vulnerable children / Sharon Leighton -- Tackling the stigma of mental health in vulnerable children and young people / Fiona Gale -- Interventions for foster carers and adoptive parents of children who have experienced abuse and trauma / Jeanette Allen -- Therapeutic issues in working individually with vulnerable children and young people / Vicki Edwards -- Cognitive-behavioural interventions for young offenders / Ellen Townsend -- Working systemically with vulnerable children and their parents or carers / Maeve Mccolgan -- ; Interventions and services for refugee and asylum-seeking children and families / Viki Elliott -- Therapeutic services for homeless families and young people / Panos Vostanis -- Helping families who are victims of domestic abuse / Rachel Brooks and Elspeth Webb -- Mental health services for children with an intellectual disability / Helen Pote -- Children with physical illness / Khalid Karim -- The identification, prevention and treatment of vulnerabilities among children of alcohol or drug dependent parents / Jeffrey J. Wilson, Lacey Beckmann and Edward Nunes -- Cultural diversity issues in working with vulnerable children / Nisha Dogra -- US perspectives on interventions for vulnerable and undeserved youth / Niranjan Karnik ... [et al.] -- Service models and policies in European countries / Vaya Papageorgiou -- Mental health interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people: the way forward / Panos Vostanis.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a model which offers guidance on effective and appropriate therapeutic interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people (commonly children who have experienced trauma, abuse, domestic violence or neglect). By addressing practice, theory and policy, the book enables professionals working with vulnerable children to choose the right intervention for each individual child. Contributors examine best practice across the UK, the US and Europe and compile the findings in a way that can be incorporated into everyday practice. Mental Health Interventions and Servic
• Titolo autorizzato: Mental health interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people
• ISBN: 1-281-73382-2; 9786611733827; 1-84642-722-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782232803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II