Mental Health for the Whole Child: Moving Young Clients from

Mental Health for the Whole Child: Moving Young Clients from Disease & Disorder to Balance & Wellness
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A leading pediatric psychiatrist shows clinicians a holistic, full-spectrum approach to childrenâ€™s well-being.
Every child possesses enormous untapped potential, and yet the number of kids suffering from mental illness today seems to creep ever upward. Depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, oppositional defiant disorder, anger issuesâ€•you name itâ€•are increasingly prevalent, leaving clinicianâ€™s offices packed with worried parents and caregivers, wondering how they can help their children.

In this book, child psychiatrist Scott Shannon offers a refreshing new path for practitioners who are eager for a more optimistic view of childrenâ€™s mental health, one that emphasizes a childâ€™s inherent resilience and resources over pathology and prescriptions.

â€œWhat is mental health?â€ Shannon explores the fundamental question, showing that an innate desire for balanceâ€•a wholenessâ€•between brain-body-mind lies at the heart of wellness. Such a balance canâ€™t be achieved by medication alone, but requires a broad, full-spectrum understanding of childrenâ€™s lives: their diet, social skills, sleep habits, their ability to self-regulate, to find meaning and purpose in life, and their family relationships. Stress, trauma, and poor nutrition are some of the most common barriers to wholeness in kidsâ€™ lives, and Shannon carefully examines these and other barriers, and what the latest discoveries in neuroplasticity and epigenetics tell us about their ability to overcome them. Readers will learn how to perform a different sort of assessmentâ€•one that identifies patterns of imbalance and obstacles to health in a childâ€™s lifeâ€•as well as how to build a meaningful, effective treatment plan around these deficits, and how clinicians can best position themselves to respond effectively.

The second part of the book looks at eight of the most common childhood mental health issuesâ€•ADHD, depression, behavioral problems, anxiety and OCD, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, autism spectrum disorders, and trauma and PTSDâ€•and a variety of effective complementary treatment tools for each, including dietary changes, nutritional supplements, specific cognitive or behavioral therapies, parenting interventions, medications, and more. Step-by-step treatment plans are included to guide clinicians on how best to approach each presenting problem.

Mental Health for the Whole Child combines modern science, cutting-edge psychology, integrative medicine, and clinical wisdom to offer all professionals who work with kids a new, more hopeful way forward.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780393707977
ReleaseDate 2013-07-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393707977

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780393707977
ReleaseDate	2013-07-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780393707977

Mental Health for the Whole Child: Moving Young Clients from Disease & Disorder to Balance & Wellness

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