Understanding Children and Young People's Mental Health

Anne Claveirole is a Lecturer / Researcher in Children and Young People's Mental Health at Edinburgh Napier University.Martin Gaughan isa Lecturer in Children and Young People's Mental Health at Edinburgh Napier University.

• Notes on Contributors ixForeword xiiiAcknowledgements xviiIntroduction 11 Setting the scene 4Anne Claveirole1.1 Introduction 41.2 Social context 51.3 Children and young people’s mental health 131.4 ‘Every Child Matters’: What can we do to help? 201.5 Conclusion 272 The family 29Duncan Tennant and Anne Claveirole2.1 Introduction 292.2 What is ‘normal’ family functioning? 302.3 The family life cycle 332.4 Family structure 372.5 Recent developments: narrative approaches to family therapy 392.6 Attachment and family therapy 412.7 Parenting support and education 422.8 Conclusion 443 Psychosocial development 46Geraldine Jones3.1 Introduction 463.2 Theories of development 473.3 Infant attachment 473.4 Adolescent identity formation 513.5 Adolescent self-esteem 543.6 Adolescent reasoning ability 553.7 Adolescent egocentrism 563.8 The psychological impact of puberty 573.9 Adolescent brain development 583.10 The value of contextual theories in explaining development of children and adolescents 593.11 The PVEST model 603.12 Conclusion 634 Self-harm 64Martin Gaughan4.1 Introduction 644.2 What is self-harm? 654.3 How common is self-harm? 664.4 Vulnerability and resilience 684.5 Promoting resilience 694.6 Models of self-harm 714.7 Assessment 744.8 Intervention 764.9 Informal support 774.10 Promoting positive behaviour 774.11 Self-help 784.12 Making access easier 794.13 Talking therapies 804.14 The personal impact of working alongside children and young people who self-harm 834.15 Conclusion 845 Depression 87Martin Gaughan5.1 Introduction 875.2 Defining depression 885.3 Prevalence 905.4 Vulnerability 915.5 Assessment 935.6 Symptoms of depression in children and young people 955.7 Protective factors and promoting resilience 985.8 Interventions 995.9 Cognitive–behaviour therapy 995.10 Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents 1005.11 Medication 1015.12 Psychodynamics 1035.13 What else helps? 1045.14 The family 1055.15 Conclusion 1056 Suicide 108Martin Gaughan6.1 Introduction 1086.2 What is suicide? 1096.3 How common is suicide? 1096.4 Vulnerability 1116.5 Resilience 1156.6 Risk assessment 1176.7 Models of assessment and intervention 1186.8 Applied suicide and intervention skills training 1206.9 Skills-based training on risk management 1216.10 Intervention 1226.11 Prevention 1256.12 Postvention 1276.13 Conclusion 1287 Child abuse and child protection 132Julie Hendry and Marlene Macinnes7.1 Introduction 1327.2 Definitions of child abuse 1337.3 Incidence and prevalence 1367.4 Risk factors 1377.5 Policy 1397.6 Assessment 1397.7 Prevention 1447.8 Interventions 1457.9 Conclusion 1478 Eating disorders 149Gavin Cullen8.1 Introduction 1498.2 What are eating disorders? 1508.3 How common are eating disorders? 1538.4 What causes eating disorders? 1548.5 Resilience factors 1588.6 Assessment 1598.7 Interventions 1618.8 Psychological support 1618.9 Conclusion 1639 Early onset psychosis 165Martin Gaughan9.1 Introduction 1659.2 Time to change? 1669.3 Prevalence 1679.4 Vulnerability to psychosis 1689.5 Early and very early onset psychosis 1719.6 Phases of psychosis 1729.7 Prevention and early intervention 1739.8 Assessment 1749.9 Interventions 1779.10 Drug treatment 1789.11 Effectiveness of medication 1799.12 Side effects 1809.13 Talking therapies 1829.14 Promoting resilience, staying well and recovery 1849.15 Involving the family 1869.16 Conclusion 18810 ADHD 191Lorna Jones and Anne Claveirole10.1 Introduction 19110.2 What is ADHD? 19210.3 The experience of ADHD 19210.4 ADHD as a diagnostic category 19410.5 Prevalence 19510.6 Risk factors 19610.7 Resilience: factors affecting outcome 20010.8 Assessment 20110.9 Interventions 20510.10 Conclusion 21311 Autistic spectrum disorders 217Gillian Marshall-McConnell and Anne Claveirole11.1 Introduction 21711.2 Definition and classification 21811.3 Prevalence 22211.4 Risk factors/causation theories 22311.5 Associated problems 22611.6 Development 23011.7 Assessment and diagnosis 23311.8 Management of care 23411.9 Conclusion 23812 Misuse of substances 239Liz Brodie and Jayne Reed12.1 Introduction 23912.2 Substance use and substance misuse 24012.3 Prevalence 24112.4 Patterns of use and misuse in children and young people 24212.5 Vulnerability and resilience 24412.6 Environmental and family factors 24512.7 Early intervention and recognition 24612.8 Assessment 24612.9 Intervention 24912.10 Conclusion 254References 256Index 305

“Thanks to this book, I feel I am better equipped to go into clinical settings and confidently support young people… I thoroughly enjoyed this read and it was refreshing to read about relevant topics which are affecting society’s youngest generation” (Amar Bhoobun, student nurse, Bucks new University)