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Mental health interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people

This book provides a model which offers guidance on effective and appropriate therapeutic interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people (commonly children who have experienced trauma, abuse, domestic violence or neglect). By addressing practice, theory and policy, the book enables professionals working with vulnerable children to choose the right intervention for each individual child. Contributors examine best practice across the UK, the US and Europe and compile the findings in a way that can be incorporated into everyday practice. Mental Health Interventions and Servic
eBook, English, 2008
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, 2008
1 online resource
9781843104896, 9781846427220, 9781281733825, 9786611733827, 184310489X, 1846427223, 1281733822, 6611733825
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Developing a policy framework for vulnerable children with mental health needs: challenges and possibilities / Miranda Wolpert
Vulnerable children's rights to services / Maria Stuttaford
Ethical issues in working therapeutically with vulnerable children / Sharon Leighton
Tackling the stigma of mental health in vulnerable children and young people / Fiona Gale
Interventions for foster carers and adoptive parents of children who have experienced abuse and trauma / Jeanette Allen
Therapeutic issues in working individually with vulnerable children and young people / Vicki Edwards
Cognitive-behavioural interventions for young offenders / Ellen Townsend
Working systemically with vulnerable children and their parents or carers / Maeve Mccolgan. Interventions and services for refugee and asylum-seeking children and families / Viki Elliott
Therapeutic services for homeless families and young people / Panos Vostanis
Helping families who are victims of domestic abuse / Rachel Brooks and Elspeth Webb
Mental health services for children with an intellectual disability / Helen Pote
Children with physical illness / Khalid Karim
The identification, prevention and treatment of vulnerabilities among children of alcohol or drug dependent parents / Jeffrey J. Wilson, Lacey Beckmann and Edward Nunes
Cultural diversity issues in working with vulnerable children / Nisha Dogra
US perspectives on interventions for vulnerable and undeserved youth / Niranjan Karnik [and others]
Service models and policies in European countries / Vaya Papageorgiou
Mental health interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people: the way forward / Panos Vostanis
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