Children and Young People’s Mental Health: Early Intervention, Ongoing Support and Flexible Evidence-Based Care

This long-awaited successor to Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health Today (2008) updates and expands the content to offer a contemporary look at the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people across the whole age range from 0 to 25. With over 40 expert contributors drawn from psychiatry, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, education, nursing, social work, education, public health, paediatrics, policy and research, it provides an up-to-date overview of prevalence, risk and preventative factors, policy context and practice. It includes new chapters about current and emerging issues, such as values-based practice, adverse childhood experiences (ACE), the impact of social media, the mental health of LGBT children and young people, and how physical health impacts on mental health and vice versa.