Child and Adolescent Mental Health Arena

Clinical Psychology

An Introduction

• By Alan Carr.

Published March 2012

Clinical Psychology is for students studying clinical psychology as part of an undergraduate programme in psychology, nursing, sociology or social and behavioural sciences. Undergraduate students who wish to know if postgraduate study in clinical psychology would be of interest to them will find…
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Psychopathology

Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding

• Edited by James E. Maddux, and Barbara A. Winstead.

Published February 2012

This is the most up-to-date text about the etiology and treatment of the most important psychological disorders. Intended for first-year graduate students in clinical and counseling psychology, the third edition of Psychopathology continues to focus on research and empirically supported information…
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The Origins, Prevention and Treatment of Infant Crying and Sleeping Problems

An Evidence-Based Guide for Healthcare Professionals and the Families They Support

• By Ian St James-Roberts.

Published February 2012

Babies who cry a lot, or are unsettled in the night, are common sources of concern for parents and, consequently, costly problems for health services. In this book, Ian St James-Roberts summarises the evidence concerning infant crying and sleeping problems to provide a new evidence-based approach…
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Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Services in Schools and Communities

A Public Health Problem-Solving Model

• By Robyn S. Hess, Rick Jay Short and Cynthia E. Hazel.

Published February 2012

Despite the growing emphasis on a population-based training and service delivery model for school psychology, few resources exist to provide guidance concerning how such services might be conceptualized and put into place. In this book, the authors propose a public health model for comprehensive…
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From Birth to Sixteen

Children's Health, Social, Emotional and Linguistic Development

• By Helen Cowie.

Published February 2012

From Birth to Sixteen outlines children’s physical, social, emotional and language development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application of research and its contribution to the assessment of child development, this text provides essential reading for those studying, or…
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A Guide to Psychiatric Services in Schools

Understanding Roles, Treatment, and Collaboration

• By Shawna S. Brent.

Published January 2012

In order to provide comprehensive care to students with a wide variety of social and emotional challenges, close collaboration between psychiatrists and school-based mental health professionals is vital. This book provides practical information about psychiatric diagnoses and medications, as well…
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Children in Difficulty

A guide to understanding and helping

• By Julian Elliott, and Maurice Place.

Published December 2011

Written by two leading experts in the field, this welcome third edition of Children in Difficulty: A guide to understanding and helping discusses some of the most common, yet incapacitating, difficulties that are frequently encountered by young children and adolescents. This includes such topics as…
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Research in Practice for Forensic Professionals

• Edited by Kerry Sheldon, Jason Davies and Kevin Howells.

Published November 2011

This book explores applied research methods used in forensic settings – prisons, the probation service, courts and forensic mental health establishments – and provides a comprehensive 'how-to' guide for forensic practitioners and researchers.It provides practitioners and researchers with grounding…
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Deprivation and Delinquency

• By D. W. Winnicott.
• Edited by Clare Winnicott, Ray Shepherd and Madeleine Davis.
• Foreword by Jan Abram.

Published September 2011

"Winnicott was a healer with the qualities of a parent, a magician, a teacher, a poet and a friend. The editors of this book have done a great service in collecting and arranging papers dating from the experiences of the evacuation in the Second World War up to some of Winnicott’s continued…
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Supervision and Clinical Psychology

Theory, Practice and Perspectives

• Edited by Ian Fleming, and Linda Steen.

Published August 2011

What are the developments influencing supervision in clinical psychology? Supervision is crucial to good professional practice and an essential part of training and continuing professional development. This second edition of Supervision and Clinical Psychology has been fully updated to include the…
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