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From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health demonstrates how research data can be concretely applied in various cultural contexts around the world. This book has been shaped to reflect the mental health needs of children and adolescents in Low and Middle Income Countries (LAMIC). It also includes chapters on topics based on research and practice in high income countries, which may have lessons and implications universally.
List of contents
List of Tables and Figures Editorial Introduction Jean-Philippe Raynaud, Susan Shur-Fen Gau and Matthew Hodes Part I: Mental Health Services Perspectives and Epidemiology 1: Mental Health and the Global Agenda Anne E. Becker and Arthur Kleinman 2: Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Background and U.S. Studies Kathleen Ries Merikangas and Jianping He Part II: Problems and Disorders 3: Findings and Concepts from Children at Genetic Risk that May Transform Prevention Research and Practice in Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders Maziade M., Gilbert E., Berthelot N. and Paccalet T. 4: Sleep Schedule, Patterns and Problems of Children and Adolescents Seen in Child Mental Health Practice Susan Shur-Fen Gau and Huey-Ling Chiang Part III: Interventions and Practice 5: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Low and Middle Income Countries: the Role of Task Shifting Marguerite Marlow and Mark Tomlinson 6: What works where? A Systematic Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Interventions for Low and Middle Income Countries Henrikje Klasen, Anne-Claire Crombag and Koen Stolk 7: Addressing the Consequences of Violence and Adversity: The Development of a Group Mental Health Intervention for War-Affected Youth in Sierra Leone Theresa S. Betancourt, Elizabeth A. Newnham, Katrina Hann, Ryan K. McBain, Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, John Weisz, Grace M. Lilienthal and Nathan Hansen 8: Present Status of ASD from Childhood to Adulthood and an Intervention Initiativefor Adults with ASD in Japan Hideki Yokoi, Soo-Yung Kim, Miki Igarashi, Yoko Komine and Nobumasa Kato 9: Why Should Cultural Factors Be Taken into Account in Child and Adolescent Development and Mental Health Care? Marie-Rose Moro, Jordan Sibeoni and Rahmethnissah Radjack 10: Digital Horizons: Using Information Technology Based Interventions in Preventing and Managing Mental Health Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence James Woollard and Tami Kramer Index About the Contributors
About the author
Jean-Philippe Raynaud, MD, is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Toulouse University and head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Toulouse University Hospital.
Matthew Hodes, PhD, is senior lecturer in child & adolescent psychiatry at Imperial College London.
Susan Shur-Fen Gau, PhD, is chair of the Department of Psychiatry at National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine.
