Promoting Psychological Well-Being in Children and Families
[Book]
edited by Bruce Kirkcaldy.
London Palgrave Macmillan UK
2015
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1.Introduction 2. Lay People's Knowledge of Mental and Physical Illness; Adrian Furnham and Bruce Kirkcaldy 3. A Paradigm Shift: Social Functioning Rather Than Symptom Reduction; Ahmed Hankir and Dinesh Bhugra 4. Mental Health Promotion in School: An Integrated, School-Based, Whole School; Carmel Cefai and Valeria Cavioni 5. Understanding and Overcoming Guilt, Shame and Anxiety: Based on the Theory of Negative Legacy Emotions; Peter R. Breggin 6. Understanding and Enhancing the Subjective Wellbeing of Children; Mark D Holder and Robyn L Weninger 7. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Help Young People Develop and Grow into their Full Potential; Louise Hayes and Joseph Ciarrochi 8. Child Well-Being: Indicators and Measurement; Axel Scholmerich, Alexandru Agache and Birgit Leyendecker 9. Child Mental Health and Risk Behavior Over Time; Kathleen Ares, Lisa Kuhns, Nisha Dogra and Niranjan Karnik 10. Psychosocial Factors and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents; Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, Eftyhia Mitsopoulou and George Chrousos 11. It Takes a Global Village: Internet-Delivered Interventions Supporting Children and their Families; Nicole Pugh, Kathy Chan and Christine Korol 12. Becoming Invisible: The Effect of Triangulation on Children's Well-Being; Rudi Dallos 13. Special Education in the Complex Institutional Environment of Healthcare and Social Work - Structural Frame and Empirical Reality; Peter Nenniger and Mathias Mejeh 14. Parental Acceptance and Children's Psychological Adjustment; Abdul Khaleque 15. Rehearsals for Growth: enhancing Family Wellbeing through Dramatic Play; Daniel J. Wiener 16. Trauma and Development: Holistic/Systems-Developmental Theory and Practice; Jack Demick 17. Relationships Between Grandparents and their Grandchildren: An Applied Dyadic Perspective; Bert Hayslip Jr, Robert J. Maiden and Megan L Dolbin-MacNab 18. The Psychology of Possibilities: Extending the Limits of Human Functioning; Ellen Langer and Christelle Ngnoumen
Psychology's contribution to health research and clinical practice continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In this book a global and multidisciplinary selection of outstanding academics and clinicians focus on the psychological well-being and positive health of both children and families in order to 'depathologise' mental disorders.