Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Adolescent Identities: A Collection of Readings
"Adolescent Identities" draws the reader into the inner world of the adolescent to examine the process of identity formation through the various lenses of history, anthropology, sociology,... (more)
Art Therapy with Children: From Infancy to Adolescence
XThis passionate and exciting book demonstrates the wide theoretical base of art therapy presenting new areas of clinical practice. New to the literature is innovative work with mothers and babies, a... (more)
Family Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents
This book describes a blend of insight-oriented, behavioral, and strategic family therapy, which the author has developed over thirty-four years of dealing with suicidal adolescents. It aims not to... (more)
Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse: Feminist Revolutions in Theory, Research and Practice
Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls. As such, it has long been of concern to feminists, and more recently mental health activists. This book draws on... (more)
Child Abuse and Stress Disorders
This book examines major stressful events along with several stress disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. It also contains chapters that deal with various types of child abuse and... (more)
Behavior Therapy with Children
This consummately well-organized survey brings together the latest and most meaningful writings in behavior therapy with children. Dealing with a variety of childhood behavior problems, it includes... (more)
Developmental Disorders of Language, Learning and Cognition
This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders. The book also highlights key research on normal and typical development.... (more)
Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development
This Handbook presents a comprehensive summary of research into child development from age two to seven. Comprising thirty contributions from both established scholars and emerging leaders in the... (more)
Raising Kids in the 21st Century: lth for Children The Science of Psychological Health for Children
An easy-to-read guide on raising emotionally healthy children that is based on sound psychological research. The book's format makes it a good choice for students, parents, or practitioners. Key... (more)
Children and Play
Play is an important part of children's development, and of great interest to professionals and the wider public. There are continuing debates about the role of play in development, especially in... (more)
Children and Bullying: How Parents and Educators Can Reduce Bullying at School
Hardly a day goes by without reports of incidents of school bullying or recommendations for quick fixes to the problem. Parents and educators are often left trying to solve a difficult problem... (more)
Interviewing Children About Sexual Abuse: Controversies and Best Practice
Interviewing children who may been sexually abused is a daunting task fraught with far-reaching consequences for the children, families, institutions, and professionals involved. With no room for... (more)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Social Phobia in Adolescents: Stand Up, Speak Out: Therapist Guide
Shyness and social anxiety are common emotions experienced by children and teenagers. When intense, they often result in the avoidance of social situations and can significantly impair a child's... (more)
Sextuplets: Study of a Sibling Group
'This unique and fascinating book carefully traces aspects of the personality of sextuplets which persist from birth onwards. The way in which the personal characteristics of both the mother and her... (more)
The Psychoanalytic Work of Hansi Kennedy: From War Nurseries to the Anna Freud Centre (1940-1993)
This book presents a selection of the works of Hansi Kennedy, pre-eminent child psychoanalyst, whose career began with Anna Freud in the Hampstead War Nurseries and continued at the Hampstead Child... (more)
The Silent Child: Communication without Words
The Silent Child: Communication without Words describes a way of understanding and communicating with children who are not speaking, but rather using their bodies and somatic symptoms to express... (more)
Lives Across Time/Growing Up: Paths to Emotional Health and Emotional Illness from Birth to 30 in 76 People
Follow seventy-six children from birth to thirty to learn about their various developmental life paths and their influences. Children traverse continuous or discontinuous courses. This book describes... (more)
Chronic Illness in Children and Adolescents
Management of chronic illness in children and adolescents often is a multifaceted challenge that requires the attention and expertise of individuals from a variety of disciplines that include... (more)
Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science
Divided into 5 parts, this book talks about: biological and social universals in development; characteristics of brain and behaviour in development; and effects of early maltreatment and stress on... (more)
Reaching the Hard to Reach: Evidence-based Funding Priorities for Intervention and Research
Social inequality and social disadvantage provide an all too fertile soil that sustains the majority of the serious mental health problems suffered by children in our society. The complexity of the... (more)
Children's Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 by C. G. Jung
In the 1930s C.G. Jung embarked upon a bold investigation into childhood dreams as remembered by adults to better understand their significance to the lives of the dreamers. Jung presented his... (more)
Understanding Adoption: Clinical Work with Adults, Children, and Parents
Adoption has become widely practiced, accepted, and accessible, and has greatly changed the composition of families making it a timely subject for study. The authors of Understanding Adoption... (more)
Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around
The question, "Why and how does child psychotherapy work?" underlies everything in this book. To answer this fundamental question, Lenore Terr contacted leading child and adolescent psychiatrists... (more)
Adolescent Girls in Crisis Intervention and Hope
From anorexia to sex to depression and pregnancy, the lives of teen girls are often awash in rage and despair. Martha B. Straus, a seasoned therapist, describes how to reach the children behind these... (more)
Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Family-Based, Attachment-Focused Therapy
Prevailing taboos about sex and the misconception that sexually inappropriate touching, language, and other actions by children are always signs of sexual abuse lead families to hide problems.... (more)
The Amazing Infant
For years parents and professionals marveled at the complexity of infants, but it was not until the 21st century, when explosive advancements in neuroscience began taking place, that sophisticated... (more)
Child Sexual Abuse: Disclosure, Delay, and Denial
This volume provides the first rigorous assessment of the research relating to the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse, along with the practical and policy implications of the findings. Leading... (more)