New Books in Mental Health

Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents

4th Edition

By Sara Whitcomb, Kenneth W. Merrell

Generally recognized as the standard work in its field, Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents provides a comprehensive foundation and guide for conducting conceptually sound, culturally responsive, and ecologically-oriented assessments of student social and...

Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

One Hundred Years After 'Little Hans'

Edited by Karen Baker, Jerrold Brandell

Since Freud’s publication of 'Little Hans', advances in psychoanalytic technique and theory have transformed our clinical work with children. Individuals including Anna Freud, Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott have influenced psychoanalytic play therapy and broadened the scope of practice with...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

Deciding Children's Futures

An Expert Guide to Assessments for Safeguarding and Promoting Children's Welfare in the Family Court

By Joyce Scaife

Deciding Children’s Futures addresses the thorny task of how to assess parents and children who belong to struggling families where there are issues of neglect or significant harm, and when separating parents are contesting arrangements for the care of their children. This is a practitioner’s guide...

Published October 4th 2012 by Routledge

Developmental Neuropsychology

By Janna Glozman

Series: Explorations in Developmental Psychology

Developmental Neuropsychology draws upon the research of Alexander Luria and Lev Vygotsky to present a comprehensive study of developmental neuropsychology from a Russian, and Western perspective. Janna Glozman offers a fresh and accessible analysis of Luria and Vygotsky’s collaboration, which...

Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge

Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

4th Edition

Edited by Bryan Lask, Rachel Bryant-Waugh

In the fourth edition of this accessible and comprehensive book, Bryan Lask and Rachel Bryant-Waugh build on the research and expertise of the previous three editions. First published in 1993, this was the first book of its kind to explore eating disorders in children and young adolescents, a...

Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge

Principles of Cyberbullying Research

Definitions, Measures, and Methodology

Edited by Sheri Bauman, Donna Cross, Jenny Walker

Series: Routledge Monographs in Mental Health

In 2010, the International Cyberbullying Think Tank was held in order to discuss questions of definition, measurement, and methodologies related to cyberbullying research. The attendees’ goal was to develop a set of guidelines that current and future researchers could use to improve the quality of...

Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge

Reading Anna Freud

By Nick Midgley

Series: New Library of Psychoanalysis Teaching Series

What place do Anna Freud’s ideas have in the history of psychoanalysis? What can her writings teach us today about how to work therapeutically with children? Are her psychoanalytic ideas still relevant to those entrusted with the welfare of infants and young people? Reading Anna Freud...

Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge

Teenagers and Technology

By Chris Davies, Rebecca Eynon

Series: Adolescence and Society

The popular media often presents a negative picture of young people and technology. From addiction to gaming, the distractions of the Internet, to the risks of social networking, the downsides of new technology in the lives of teenagers are often over-blown. Teenagers and Technology presents a...

Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge

The Child Survivor

Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation

By Joyanna L. Silberg

The Child Survivor is a clinically rich, comprehensive overview of the treatment of children and adolescents who have developed dissociative symptoms in response to ongoing developmental trauma. Joyanna Silberg, a widely respected authority in the field, uses case examples to illustrate...

Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge

Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents

An Interdisciplinary Discussion

Edited by Jack Drescher, William Byne

Extremely gender variant children and adolescents (minors), increasingly referred to as 'trans' or 'transgender children,' are small in number. In recent years, their situation has become highly sensationalized, whilst the matter of how to best treat them remains an area of controversy. A growing...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

Using Storytelling to Support Children and Adults with Special Needs

Transforming lives through telling tales

Edited by Nicola Grove

This innovative and wide-ranging book shows how storytelling can open new worlds for learners with or without special educational needs. With sections that outline both therapeutic and educational approaches, the leading practitioners who contribute to this practical resource draw on their...

Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge

Winnicott's Children

Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches With Children and Adolescents

Edited by Ann Horne, Monica Lanyado

Series: Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches with Children and Adolescents

Winnicott’s Children focuses on the use we make of the thinking and writing of DW Winnicott; how this has enhanced our understanding of children and the settings where we work, and how it has influenced the way in which we do that work. It is a volume by clinicians, concerned about how, as well as...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

Working With Alienated Children and Families

A Clinical Guidebook

Edited by Amy J. L. Baker, S. Richard Sauber

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. No matter how the professional...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge