Overview
- Provides detailed instruction on identifying and treating common childhood medical and mental health issues
- Explores ways to leverage a child’s unique strengths and weaknesses to promote positive functioning and outcomes
- Details incidence and prevalence of each issue, its impact on children, caregivers’ role, and practical applications for clinicians.
- Each chapter includes summaries, exercises, questions, and references
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Child and Family Studies (SSCFS)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Keywords
- Anxiety Disorder NOS in children
- Asthma during childhood
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children
- Autism Spectrum Disorder during childhood
- Childhood cancers
- Children and diabetes
- Conduct Disorder in children
- Coping with pain and medical fears during childhood
- Depression and Bipolar Disorders in children
- Disruptive Behavior NOS in children
- Health problems in children
- Identifying and treating ADHD in children
- Identifying and treating ASD during childhood
- Identifying and treating anxiety disorders during childhood
- Mental health problems in children
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in children
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder in children
- School and other childhood phobias
- Separation anxiety and children
About this book
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of medical and mental illness in children, detailing how psychological, academic, and social functioning can be enhanced – and inherent challenges overcome – in young patients. The volume describes best-practices in depth, including how to ensure accurate diagnosis, developmentally appropriate treatment, and effective coordination between medical and school personnel. It discusses common medical conditions (e.g., asthma, cancer, diabetes) and mental health conditions (e.g., autism, ADHD, depression), emphasizing the critical role of health education in promoting optimal outcomes.
Topics featured in this text include:
- Screening and diagnosis practices for children with medical and mental illness.
- Chronic and condition-related pain in children.
- Medical fears that may interfere with treatment and positive health behaviors
- Health education and coping strategies for children.
- Recommendations for family-directed interventions.
- Illustrative case studies and review questions.
Medical and Mental Health During Childhood is an essential text for graduate students as well as a valuable reference for researchers, professors, and clinicians in clinical child and school psychology, social work, public health, family studies, educational psychology and counseling, health education, and allied disciplines.
Reviews
“Nabors has created a compendium of materials that can be used as either a classroom textbook or resource for practitioners, parents, school staff, or medical providers. Both undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on pediatric psychology and child/adolescent services would find this book easy to adapt. … This book is a great start and contributes important and meaningful information, easily read and understood, for health educators from varied specialties. The benefits could be life saving!” (Sharon Berry, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 26, 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Laura Nabors, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Health Promotion and Education Program, in the School of Human Services, in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, at the University of Cincinnati. She is also a diplomat in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology for the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Nabors graduated with a doctorate in clinical psychology, with a focus on working with children and families, from the University of Memphis. She has interests in children’s health and mental health issues and helping children with these issues to become integrated into their schools and activities. She is concerned with wellness and promoting adaptation for children and their families, especially in community settings.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medical and Mental Health During Childhood
Book Subtitle: Psychosocial Perspectives and Positive Outcomes
Authors: Laura Nabors
Series Title: Springer Series on Child and Family Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31117-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31115-9Published: 15 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80967-0Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31117-3Published: 03 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2570-0421
Series E-ISSN: 2570-043X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 208
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Social Work, Public Health