An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health

ISBN 10: 1529603846 / ISBN 13: 9781529603842

Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529603846
• ISBN 13: 9781529603842
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Are you looking to develop your expertise in child and adolescent mental health?

This comprehensive guide is updated to help you:

1) understand the current social, political and ideological contexts of child and adolescent mental health

2) develop an understanding of child and adolescent development and mental health conditions

3) identify appropriate mental health promotion strategies and mental health interventions for working with children and adolescents

4) assess appropriate group work and communication strategies for improving the mental health of children and adolescents

5) improve knowledge and practice of child and adolescent safeguarding, rights and culture 

Written by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate experts, this book introduces important theories while showing how they can be applied to real world practice. Packed with examples and activities to get you thinking and learning, it is an essential introduction for anyone interested in or working to improve child and adolescent mental health.

About the Author

Madeleine Burton is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and for several years worked in both inpatient and community CAMHS. Maddie is currently Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the University of Worcester. Maddie continues to maintain close links with CAMHS practice and works with schools from a CAMH perspective. She holds membership of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and the Association for Infant Mental Health. Maddie’s research interests include suicide and self-harm in children and young people, infant, maternal and parental mental health.