Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents

Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents

Primary Care Practice and Advocacy

  • Author: Foy, Jane Meschan
  • Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
  • ISBN: 9781610022279
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781610022286
  • eISBN Epub: 9781610023115
  • Place of publication:  Illinois , United States
  • Year of publication: 2018
  • Year of digital publication: 2018
  • Month: October
  • Pages: 722
  • Language: English
This ground-breaking resource focuses on primary and secondary prevention, guiding pediatric care clinicians in incorporating mental health screening and surveillance into well child visits and provides evidence-based interventions to care for children and adolescents with mental health issues.

Gain in-depth guidance on the care of special populations of children who may be at increased risk for mental health problems: those exposed to adverse childhood experiences; children in military families; lesbian, gay and bisexual youth; children with gender expression and identity issues; children affected by racism; adolescents who are pregnant or parenting, and much more.

TOPICS INCLUDE
  • Promoting healthy child development
  • Children exposed to adverse childhood experiences
  • Caring for families new to the United States
  • Violence prevention
  • Healthy sleep, weight, use of media, and active living
  • Children in foster or kinship care or involved with child welfare
  • Children of divorce
  • Adopted children
  • Children with chronic medical conditions
  • And more…

 
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Promoting Mental Health in the Pediatric Medical Home
    • 1. Healthy Child Development
    • 2. Family-Centered Care: Applying Behavior Change Science
    • 3. Culturally Effective Care
    • 4. Interviewing Adolescents
    • 5. Counseling Parents of Adolescents
    • 6. Family Support
    • 7. Healthy Sleep
    • 8. Healthy Weight
    • 9. Healthy Use of Media
    • 10. Healthy Active Living
    • 11. Violence Prevention
    • 12. Healthy Sexual Development and Sexuality
    • 13. Children Exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences
    • 14. Families New to the United States
    • 15. Children in Foster or Kinship Care or Involved With Child Welfare
    • 16. Adopted Children
    • 17. Children in Poverty
    • 18. Children of Divorce
    • 19. Children in Military Families
    • 20. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths
    • 21. Children With Gender Expression and Identity Issues
    • 22. Children in Gay- and Lesbian-Parented Families
    • 23. Children in Self-care
    • 24. Homeless Children
    • 25. Children Affected by Racism
    • 26. Children With Chronic Medical Conditions
    • 27. Adolescents Who Are Pregnant or Parenting
    • 28. Children in the Juvenile Justice System
  • Part 2: Promoting Mental Health Beyond the Medical Home
    • 29. Promoting the Mental Health of Young Children
    • 30. Promoting the Health of Adolescents
    • 31. Promoting Mental Health in Schools
  • Appendixes
    • 1: Algorithm: A Process for Integrating Mental Health Care Into Pediatric Practice
    • 2: Mental Health Tools for Pediatrics
    • 3: Sources of Key Mental Health Services
    • 4: PracticeWise: Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions
    • 5: Common Elements of Evidence-Based Practice Amenable to Primary Care: Indications and Sources
  • Index

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