From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Jean-Philippe Raynaud, MD, is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Toulouse University and head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Toulouse University Hospital.Matthew Hodes, PhD, is senior lecturer in child & adolescent psychiatry at Imperial College London. Susan Shur-Fen Gau, PhD, is chair of the Department of Psychiatry at National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine.

• List of Tables and FiguresEditorial IntroductionJean-Philippe Raynaud, Susan Shur-Fen Gau and Matthew HodesPart I: Mental Health Services Perspectives and Epidemiology1: Mental Health and the Global AgendaAnne E. Becker and Arthur Kleinman2: Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents:Background and U.S. StudiesKathleen Ries Merikangas and Jianping HePart II: Problems and Disorders3: Findings and Concepts from Children at Genetic Risk that May TransformPrevention Research and Practice in Schizophrenia and Mood DisordersMaziade M., Gilbert E., Berthelot N. and Paccalet T.4: Sleep Schedule, Patterns and Problems of Children and Adolescents Seen in ChildMental Health PracticeSusan Shur-Fen Gau and Huey-Ling ChiangPart III: Interventions and Practice5: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Low and Middle Income Countries:the Role of Task ShiftingMarguerite Marlow and Mark Tomlinson6: What works where? A Systematic Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Interventions for Low and Middle Income CountriesHenrikje Klasen, Anne-Claire Crombag and Koen Stolk7: Addressing the Consequences of Violence and Adversity: The Development ofa Group Mental Health Intervention for War-Affected Youth in Sierra LeoneTheresa S. Betancourt, Elizabeth A. Newnham, Katrina Hann, Ryan K. McBain,Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, John Weisz, Grace M. Lilienthal and Nathan Hansen8: Present Status of ASD from Childhood to Adulthood and an Intervention Initiativefor Adults with ASD in JapanHideki Yokoi, Soo-Yung Kim, Miki Igarashi, Yoko Komine and Nobumasa Kato9: Why Should Cultural Factors Be Taken into Account in Child and AdolescentDevelopment and Mental Health Care?Marie-Rose Moro, Jordan Sibeoni and Rahmethnissah Radjack10: Digital Horizons: Using Information Technology Based Interventions in Preventingand Managing Mental Health Disorders in Childhood and AdolescenceJames Woollard and Tami KramerIndexAbout the Contributors

The world population balance is shifting. Rich, developed countries’ inhabitants are becoming older while people in low and middle income countries are becoming younger, so much so that a large proportion of the world’s youth now lives in these countries. Another shift is also taking place in youth-rich countries: their leaders are increasingly concerned about improving the mental health of their people and realize the need to train more and better professionals to deal with these problems. This book is a key source of information for policy and practice that would be useful for professionals in training and leaders when addressing these issues.