Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Practice and Advocacy

Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Practice and Advocacy

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Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Practice and Advocacy

 This ground-breaking resource focuses on primary and secondary prevention, guiding pediatric care clinicians in incorporating mental health screening and surveillance into well child visits and provides evidence-based interventions to care for children and adolescents with mental health issues.Gain in-depth guidance on the care of special populations of children who may be at increased risk for mental health problems: those exposed to adverse childhood experiences; children in military families; lesbian, gay and bisexual youth; children with gender expression and identity issues; children affected by racism; adolescents who are pregnant or parenting, and much more.TOPICS INCLUDE

  • Promoting healthy child development
  • Children exposed to adverse childhood experiences
  • Caring for families new to the United States
  • Violence prevention
  • Healthy sleep, weight, use of media, and active living
  • Children in foster or kinship care or involved with child welfare
  • Children of divorce
  • Adopted children
  • Children with chronic medical conditions
  • And more…

 

PAGES: 722

YEAR: 2018

PUBLICATION:  American Academy of Pediatrics

LANGUAGE: English

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