Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Group counselling and psychotherapy with adolescents:
This handbook offers an overview of group dynamic theory and the essentials for adolescent group work in a variety of locations, including schools, clinics and family violence programmes. The text... (more)
Ritalin Nation: Rapid-fire culture and the transformation of human conciousness
A critical investigation into the epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder and its most widely prescribed treatment, Ritalin. (more)
The psychological assessment of abused and traumatized children:
This text offers a clinical paradigm for the personality assessment of abused or traumatized children via projective instruments - the TAT and Rorschach. It also draws on both theory and clinical... (more)
Infant development: essential readings: The essential readings
This work provides students with a selection of some of the key articles by researchers in this area of developmental psychology. (more)
Psychoses of the schizophrenic spectrum in twins: A discussion on the nature-nurture debate in the etiology of endogenous psychoses
Contradictory results in schizophrenia research are due to genetic heterogeneity and multiple factor heredity in relationship to environmental factors. This text examines twin studies on... (more)
Psychotherapy of sexually abused children and their families:
A guide to the evaluation and treatment of sexually abused children. Starting with a broad theoretical basis, this book assesses the affect of abuse on the children's cognitive, behavioural and... (more)
Touch in early development
This volume features presentations made at a "Touch In Infancy" symposium which focussed on infant development. Designed to conduct basic research on touch and on the skin, topics include massage... (more)
On playing a poor hand well: Insights from the lives of those who have overcome childhood risks and adversities
Postulating the premise that many happy and productive adults grew up under difficult conditions, this book draws upon research examining life's trajectories. It identifies the sources of strength... (more)
Object Relations in Severe Trauma: Psychotherapy of the Sexually Abused Child
The role of childhood sexual abuse in the development of adult psychological disorders has been confirmed clinically and epidemiologically. This text seeks to provide both an integrated theory and a... (more)
Strong at the broken places: Overcoming the trauma of childhood abuse
This challenges the idea that childhood victims are caught forever in the vicious circle of abuse. In 17 years of working with victims and survivors, the author discovered that most survivors break... (more)
Frontiers of developmental psychopathology:
Developmental psychopathology is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of process mechanisms involved in the emergence of psychopathology. This volume explores current research in schizophrenia,... (more)
Developmental psychopathology and family process: Theory, research, and clinical implications
Reviewing current research in such areas as attachment and parenting styles, marital functioning, and parental depression, the volume examines how these variables may influence developmental... (more)
Children talk about the mind:
The text charts the early developmental stages in children's growing awareness and understanding of mind. More than 12,000 conversations by children between the ages of one and a half and six have... (more)
Handbook of psychological services for children and adolescents:
Provides key elements which should be part of any successful programme tailored to the needs of children with mental, behavioural, or emotional disorders. This text aims to provide an overview of the... (more)
Children, family and the state: Decision-making and child-participation
This study of children's participation in decisions about their care draws on recent work in sociology and anthropology, psychology and legal philosophy in order to understand this challenging area... (more)
The body, childhood and society:
This work examines how children's bodies are constructed in schools, families, courts, hospitals and in film. Recognizing that children's bodies are a target for adult practices of social regulation,... (more)
Progress in infancy research:
This volume presents the syntheses of theory and research on infants development, both human and animal, for researchers in developmental psychology and neuroscience. (more)
Developmental Health
Probing the effects of the social environment upon human development, this volume asks how one can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and... (more)
Promoting children's emotional well-being:
This text is about strategies to ensure that children maximize their potential and increase the quality of their lives by fostering well-being as a concept inclusive of confidence, empathy,... (more)
The tender years: Toward developmentally sensitive child welfare services for very young children
This work offers an overview of child welfare systems. It examines child abuse reporting patterns and discusses placement in foster care, reunification, and adoption. It also looks at public child... (more)