Facilitating Pathways: Care, Treatment and Prevention in Child and Adolescent Mental Health / Edition 1

by Helmut Remschmidt, Myron Belfer, Paul Goodyer

Overview

Multidisciplinary and trans-cultural …

This book provides an up-to-date review of the current state of care, treatment and prevention in child and adolescent mental health from multidisciplinary and trans-cultural perspectives. Systems of care, services and interventions in selected parts of the world are described by leading experts with a focus on

the current status of services in the respective parts of the world

the major needs and deficits in identifying mental health problems in children and adolescents (awareness and diagnosis)

the major needs in treatment, care and prevention

realistic proposals on how to improve the situation of children and adolescents who suffer from, or are at risk for, mental health problems.

In addition, the major principles and strategies of treatment and intervention are described, on an empirical basis, using a selected number of treatment approaches and treatment settings as examples.

Finally, the possibilities, strategies and limitations of early detection and prevention are reviewed with the aim of improving the living conditions of children and families in need of mental health support.

… a valuable resource for mental health workers all over the world!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540210887
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/18/2004
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	341
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I	Systems of Care and Services: A Global Perspective
1	Epidemiology as a Basis for the Conception and Planning of Services	3
2	Systems of Care: A Global Perspective	16
3	Systems of Care in Europe	27
4	Systems of Care in North America	35
5	Systems of Care in South America	42
6	Systems of Care in Australia	52
7	Systems of Care in Asia	58
8	Systems of Care in Africa	71
9	Setting Up Services in Difficult Circumstances	89
II	Principles and Strategies of Treatment/Intervention
10	Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents: Strategies, Strengths, and Limitations	103
11	What Works for Whom? Differential Indications for Treatment/Intervention	119
12	Individual and Group Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents	140
13	Family Therapy	164
14	Innovative Interventions in the Community	187
15	Medications	208
16	Outcomes of Treatment	222
III	Prevention and Early Detection
17	Interventions that are CURRES: Cost-Effective, Useful, Realistic, Robust, Evolving, and Sustainable	235
18	Prevention of Risks for Mental Health Problems: Lessons Learned in Examining the Prevention of Depression in Families	245
19	Prevention and Early Detection of Developmental Disorders	256
20	Prevention and Early Detection of Emotional Disorders	272
21	Prevention and Early Detection of Conduct Disorder and Delinquency	287
22	Early Detection and Prevention of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders	301
23	Prevention and Intervention in Primary Care	313
24	Prevention and Intervention in School Settings	326
	Subject Index	335

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Amer Smajkic, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book provides a comprehensive review of the current state of care, treatment, and prevention in child and adolescent mental health from multidisciplinary and transcultural perspectives. The book draws on the systems of care and intervention with special attention to different cultural settings.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide an all-inclusive book that organizes and advances information from systems of care, services, and interventions in selected parts of the world. These areas are described by experts with a focus on the current status of services in the respective parts of the world, the major needs and deficits, identifying mental health problems in children and adolescents, and the major needs in treatment.
Audience: Audiences targeted in this book are mental health workers providing services to children and adolescents. The book is valuable for psychologists, counselors, individual therapists, social workers, psychiatrists, and medical students.
Features: The book outlines care, treatment, and prevention with realistic proposals on how to improve the situation of children and adolescents who suffer from mental illness or are at risk for mental health problems. The major principles and strategies of treatment and intervention are described, on an empirical basis, using a selected number of treatment approaches and treatment settings as examples. Finally, the possibilities, strategies, and limitations of early detection and prevention are reviewed with the aim of improving the living conditions of children and families in need of mental health support. The book takes the reader step-by-step from the systems of care and services to the treatment and prevention/early detection. It includes some illustrations and tables. References are up-to-date and voluminous.
Assessment: This is a good, functional book for clinician and mental health workers. It is written in clear and structured manner. It brings together rather complicated approaches in a simple style. Although the book may look small, it does emphasize all the important issues in the systems of care, treatment intervention and prevention with early detection. It also places a special emphasis on community mental health and its implications in child psychiatry.

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