Family-Focused Treatment for Child and Adolescent Mental Health - A New Paradigm

This book is designed as a treatment manual for using family-based treatments with children struggling with mental illness, supporting both family therapists and the families they are helping.

List of contents

Part I: What In the World is Going On and Where Does Change Begin?
Chapter 1: Causes and Known Contributors to the Rise in Childhood Mental Illness
Chapter 2: Lesser Known But Likely More Impactful Causes and Contributors
Chapter 3: Righting the Ship: Getting Families Back on Course
Chapter 4: The Case for Family-Focused Treatment
Chapter 5: Intensive Family-Focused Therapy (IFFT)
Part II: Treating Suicide and Self-Harm
Chapter 6: Suicide and Self-Harm: Prevalence, Evidence-Based Treatments, and the Role of Family and Situations
Chapter 7: The Treatment of Suicide and Self-Harm from a Family-Focused Perspective
Chapter 8: Case Example of Treating Self-Harm: The Girl Who Wouldn’t Stop Hurting Herself
Part III: Treating Social Isolation and Anxious Avoidance
Chapter 9: Anxious Avoidance: Prevalence, Evidence-Based Treatments, and the Role of Family and Situations
Chapter 10: The Treatment of Anxious Avoidance from a Family-Focused Perspective
Chapter 11: Case Example of Treating Anxious Avoidance: The Boy Who Disappeared
Part IV: Directions for the Future
Chapter 12: An 18-Item, Research-Informed Plan for Reversing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis

About the author

Paul Sunseri, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who treats children and adolescents with serious mental health conditions. He has conducted research demonstrating the important role that families play in treating childhood mental illness. Dr. Sunseri is the developer of Intensive Family-Focused Therapy (IFFT), a family-based form of mental health care, in the United States.

Summary

This book is designed as a treatment manual for using family-based treatments with children struggling with mental illness, supporting both family therapists and the families they are helping.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Sunseri
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032501994
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250199-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Family psychology, Psychotherapy, Abnormal psychology, Psychotherapy: couples and families, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, Couple and Family psychology