Student Depression - A Silent Crisis in Our Schools and Communities

Student Depression is a guide for educators dealing with an increasing amount of depressed students. This book offers solutions to promote awareness of and sensitivity to the issues surrounding childhood and adolescent depression; includes tips for recognizing depression; describes the contributing factors of depression, medications and treatment plans; and provides suggestions to help readers empathize with those who have suffered or are suffering.

Sommario

Chapter 1 Introduction: Who Are These Individuals?
Chapter 2 Depression Unmasked: A Look Into Their Inner World
Chapter 3 Causes of Depression
Chapter 4 Observations, Symptoms, and Checklists
Chapter 5 Prevalence: What Do the Statistics Say?
Chapter 6 Assessments: How Is Depression Measured and Reported?
Chapter 7 What Is Influencing Youth Today?
Chapter 8 Sexual Orientation and Depression
Chapter 9 Personnel Needed for Support
Chapter 10 What Teachers Can Do
Chapter 11 What Parents Can Do
Chapter 12 Strategies to Consider for Depression in the Classroom
Chapter 13 Relationship of Depression to Other Disorders
Chapter 14 Self-Help Measures for Depressed Students
Chapter 15 Medications and Therapies
Chapter 16 Online Depression, Warning Signs, and Interventions
Chapter 17 Suicide: Warning Signs and Interventions
Chapter 18 Thirteen Guidelines to Success
Chapter 19 A Personal View of Depression
Chapter 20 Epilogue: Looking to the Future
Chapter 21 References

Info autore

Marcel Lebrun

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marcel Lebrun, Lebrun Marcel
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.12.2006
• EAN: 9781578865536
• ISBN: 978-1-57886-553-6
• Pagine: 226
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Clinical psychology