Child and Adolescent Mental Health News & Updates – Page 2

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    New in Paperback - Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

    The aim of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents is to present a comprehensive summary of the most recent empirical findings in this area. Written by eminent researchers and clinicians from Europe and America, the book is divided into three broad sections. The first provides a general overview of anxiety disorders in the young. Part two contains chapters on the seven subtypes of anxiety disorder, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. The final section deals with the progress that has been made in the understanding of such disorders and provides recommendations for future investigation.

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    The New Books in Mental Health January-April 2013 online catalog is now available!

    This online catalog is filled with the latest mental health books from Routledge, Guilford Press and Psychology Press.

    A few publishing highlights can be seen below. For a full list of books, simply click on the subject area you are interested in on the left hand side of your screen.  

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    Changing Self-Destructive Habits

    For the first time in one volume self-harm, substance abuse, eating-disordered behavior, gambling, and Internet and cyber sex abuse—five crippling, self-destructive behaviors—are given a common conceptual framework to help with therapeutic intervention. Matthew Selekman and Mark Beyebach, two internationally-recognized therapists, know first-hand that therapists see clients who have problems with several of these habits in varying contexts. They maintain an optimistic, positive, solution-focused approach while carefully addressing problems and risks. 

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    New from Bryan Lask and Rachel Bryant-Waugh!

    The new Second Edition of Eating Disorders: A Parents' Guide is now available. Written by two experienced clinicians, this new edition is dedicated to clarifying the subject of eating disorders. 

    Also now available is the 4th Edition of Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence. This accessible and comprehensive book builds on the research and expertise of the previous three editions and offers a distillation of current information relating to the younger population, along with brand new chapters on areas of experience, research and practice. 

    For further information about these books and to order your copy click here.

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    Your Dieting Daughter

    Your Dieting Daughter is a must read for anyone wanting to help contribute to a young woman’s development of a healthy self and body esteem, whether she is 13 or 30. Costin has updated the first edition of this book to reflect her 15 additional years of expertise on dealing with the tricky issues of body image, food, and weight in a culture that places an unhealthy emphasis on being thin. From aiding a young girl to lose weight for health reasons; to encouraging a young woman to accept her natural body size; to helping detect, prevent, and understand eating disorders, this second edition is full of practical and invaluable information. 

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    Early Childhood Education

     This text provides early-childhood professionals with an introduction to tiered service delivery and practical considerations in the implementation of a multi-tier system of supports with particular emphasis on early childhood law and ethics, assessment and intervention, developmental disabilities, and family engagement. 

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    New Online Catalog! Psychotherapy and Counseling Textbooks

    This Online Catalog is filled with the latest Psychotherapy, Counseling and Clinical Psychology textbooks from Routledge.

    For more information on the range of books produced by Routledge, visit our Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Arenas.

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    Demystifying the School Psychology Internship

    If you are a doctoral or non-doctoral student about to begin your internship in school psychology, you may have several questions about the process and what it will involve, and you may even be facing some anxiety about it. If you are a site or university supervisor preparing for the beginning of the internship year, you may be looking for ways to improve the internship experience for your students or for yourself and your fellow supervisors. 

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    Working with Alienated Children and Families

    This edited volume is written by and for mental health professionals who work directly with alienated children and their parents. The chapters are written by leaders in the field, all of whom know how vexing parental alienation can be for mental health professionals. The cutting edge clinical interventions presented in this book will help professionals answer these questions and help them to help their clients. The authors present a range of clinical options such as parent education, psycho-educational programs for children, and reunification programs for children and parents that make this volume a useful reference and practical guide.

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    Teenagers and Technology

    Teenagers and Technology presents a balanced picture of the part played by technology in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive interviews conducted over several years, this book offers a timely and non-sensational exploration of teenagers’ experiences and opinions about the digital technologies they use, desire and dislike.