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Promoting Psychological Wellbeing in Children and Families

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  1. Bruce Kirkcaldy

    1. International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction — Enhancing Mental Health and Psychological Well-Being

    • Bruce Kirkcaldy
    Pages 1-13

  3. Lay People’s Knowledge of Mental and Physical Illness

    • Adrian Furnham, Bruce Kirkcaldy
    Pages 14-32

  4. A Paradigm Shift: Social Functioning Rather Than Symptom Reduction

    • Ahmed Hankir, Dinesh Bhugra
    Pages 33-51

  5. Mental Health Promotion in School: An Integrated, School-Based, Whole School

    • Carmel Cefai, Valeria Cavioni
    Pages 52-67

  6. Understanding and Overcoming Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Based on the Theory of Negative Legacy Emotions

    • Peter R. Breggin
    Pages 68-80

  7. Understanding and Enhancing the Subjective Well-Being of Children

    • Mark D. Holder, Robyn L. Weninger
    Pages 81-101

  8. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Help Young People Develop and Grow to Their Full Potential

    • Louise Hayes, Joseph Ciarrochi
    Pages 102-122

  9. Child Well-Being: Indicators and Measurement

    • Axel Schölmerich, Alexandru Agache, Birgit Leyendecker
    Pages 123-134

  10. Child Mental Health and Risk Behaviour Over Time

    • Kathleen Ares, Lisa M. Kuhns, Nisha Dogra, Niranjan Karnik
    Pages 135-153

  11. Psychosocial Factors and Suicidal Behaviour in Adolescents

    • Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, Eftychia Mitsopoulou, George P. Chrousos
    Pages 154-171

  12. It Takes a Global Village: Internet-Delivered Interventions Supporting Children and Their Families

    • Nicole Pugh, Kathy Chan, Christine Korol
    Pages 172-186

  13. Becoming Invisible: The Effect of Triangulation on Children’s Well-Being

    • Rudi Dallos
    Pages 187-207

  14. Special Education in the Complex Institutional Environment of Health Care and Social Work — Structural Frame and Empirical Reality

    • Peter Nenniger, Mathias Mejeh
    Pages 208-225

  15. Parental Acceptance and Children’s Psychological Adjustment

    • Abdul Khaleque
    Pages 226-243

  16. Rehearsals! for Growth: Enhancing Family Well-Being Through Dramatic Play

    • Daniel J. Wiener
    Pages 244-258

  17. Trauma and Development: Holistic/Systems-Developmental Theory and Practice

    • Jack Demick
    Pages 259-278

  18. Relationships Between Grandparents and Their Grandchildren: An Applied Dyadic Perspective

    • Bert Hayslip Jr., Robert J. Maiden, Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab
    Pages 279-295

  19. The Psychology of Possibilities: Extending the Limits of Human Functioning

    • Christelle Ngnoumen, Ellen Langer
    Pages 296-308

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 309-315
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About this book

Psychology's contribution to health research and clinical practice continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In this book a global and multidisciplinary selection of outstanding academics and clinicians focus on the psychological well-being and positive health of both children and families in order to 'depathologise' mental disorders.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Bruce Kirkcaldy

About the editor

Alexandru Agache, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, University of Athens, Greece Kathleen Ares, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA Dinesh Bhugra, King's College London, UK Peter R. Breggin, Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, USA Valeria Cavioni, University of Pavia, Italy Carmel Cefai, University of Malta, Malta Kathy Chan, University of Ottawa, Canada George p. Chrousos, University of Athens, Greece Joseph Ciarrochi, Australian Catholic University, Australia Rudi Dallos, University of Plymouth, UK Jack Demick, Harvard University, USA Nisha Dogra, University of Leicester, UK Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab, Virginia Tech, USA Adrian Furnham, University College London, UK Ahmed Hankir, Manchester University, UK Louise Hayes, University of Melbourne, Australia Bert Hayslip Jr, University of North Texas, USA Mark D Holder, University of British Columbia, Canada Niranjan Karnik, University of Chicago Abdul Khaleque, University of Connecticut, USA Bruce Kirkcaldy, International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health, Germany Christine Korol, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada Lisa M. Kuhns, Northwestern University, USA Ellen Langer, Harvard University, USA Birgit Leyendecker, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Robert J. Maiden, Alfred University, USA Mathias Mejeh, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Eftychia Mitsopoulou, Faculty of Primary Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Peter Nenniger, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Christelle Ngnoumen, Harvard University, USA Nicole Pugh, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada Axel Schölmerich, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Robyn L. Weninger, University of British Columbia, Canada Daniel J. Wiener, Central Connecticut State University, USA

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