child mental health

Provides basic consumer health information about the causes, warning signs, and symptoms of mental health disorders, along with facts about treatment approaches and tips for teens on coping with stress, building self-esteem, and maintaining mental wellness. Includes a further reading list, a directory of crisis helplines and related organizations, and an index.

An investigation into the collapse of youth mental health, and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. Social psychologist Jonathon Haidt explores how the rise of the "phone-based childhood" has coincided with the rise in rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide in children. He explains how the increase in technology use by children interferes with social and neurlogical development, and proposes four simple rules that might help to stop the epidemic of mental illness in children and restore a more humane childhood.

"A breathing practice book that teaches children breath awareness and how to use breathing in unpleasant situations to help them keep calm, relax[ed], and focused"--Provided by publisher.

Presents information for teenagers on mental health topics including issues and dilemmas teens face; common types of mental illness; suicide; and treatment; and provides contact information for help organizations in mental health, alcoholism, and substance abuse.

Provides basic consumer health information about the causes, warning signs, and symptoms of mental health disorders, along with facts about treatment approaches and tips for teens on coping with stress, building self-esteem, and maintaining mental wellness. Includes a further reading list, a directory of crisis helplines and related organizations, and an index.

Provides parents with guidance on taking care of their child's mental health, explaining how to recognize signs of a problem, what mental issues children face, how they are treated, and how they affect family life.

Explores efforts to understand childhood psychological disorders and spotlights the social, behavioral, and psychological aspects of childhood disability. Details the struggles parents face when a child is diagnosed with such a condition and discusses how these disabilities can be managed.