Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Guide for Practice (Electronic book text)

This text examines an area of practice that will appeal to a broad range of mental health professionals working in any context with children, adolescents and young people who have or are at risk of developing mental health problems. It covers the wider policy and legal context of child and adolescent mental health problems, incorporating up to date information on the organisation and delivery of services for this group of young people. Definitions and prevalence of various mental health problems will be elucidated and underpinned by contemporary quantitative data concerning signs, symptoms and resilience factors.