Understanding the Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents

Kirstin Painter, PhD, LCSW, worked in the areas surrounding community mental health for over 20 years, most recently as Senior Director of Evaluation and Research. She is currently a Program Specialist in the Office of Research Sciences at the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Maria Scannapieco, PhD, MSW, is Distinguished University Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington and Director of the Center for Child Welfare. She has worked in the public child welfare arena for over 40 years as an educator and researcher. She has published over 150 articles and presented numerous times on Indian Child Welfare, the impact of child maltreatment, out-of-home placement, youth aging out of foster care, and the training and retention of child welfare workers.

• Foreword Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Framework for Understanding and Treating Mental Health ProblemsChapter 3: Overview of Child and Youth DevelopmentChapter 4: Childhood TraumaChapter 5: Depressive DisordersChapter 6: Treatment of Depressive DisordersChapter 7: Anxiety DisordersChapter 8: Treatment of Anxiety DisordersChapter 9: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderChapter 10: Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderChapter 11: Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD)Chapter 12: Treatment for Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant DisorderChapter 13: Bipolar DisorderChapter 14: Treatment of Bipolar DisorderChapter 15: Schizophrenia Spectrum and First Episode PsychosisChapter 16: Treatment of Schizophrenia Spectrum and First Episode PsychosisChapter 17: Substance Abuse Co-occurrence with Mental Health IssuesChapter 18: Children and Adolescents with Mental Illness and the Education System Appendix: Web Resources

This book is a great resource is for social work students and beginning professionals with little knowledge of the differences between adult mental illness and child/adolescent mental illness.