Promoting Psychological Well-Being in Children with Acute and Chronic Illness

Melinda Edwards and Penny Titman

Paperback: £19.99 / $34.95

2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-967-9, BIC 2: MBNH9 JKSN MMJ MQCL3 JMC

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List of tables. List of figures. 1. Introduction. 2. Assessment. 3. Promoting adaptation: the experience of the child. 4. Promoting adaptation: the experience of parents, siblings and families. 5. Management of procedural distress. 6. Assessment and management of chronic pain and medically unexplained symptoms. 7. Promoting adherence to treatment. 8. Education, school and peer relationships. 9. Empowering young people – involvement in decision-making and developing health care services. 10. Transition to adult care. 11. Bereavement and palliative care. 12. Supporting staff and caring for the carers. Appendix 1. Resources. Appendix 2. Books for children. References. Index.

Author information

• Melinda Edwards
• Penny Titman

Subject areas

• Health, Social Work and Social Care
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• adolescence,
• advocacy,
• cancer,
• carers,
• cerebral palsy,
• child development,
• child protection,
• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• children's rights,
• cognitive behavioural therapy,
• communication,
• counselling,
• creative therapies,
• creative writing as therapy,
• depression,
• diet,
• disability,
• educational psychology,
• emotions,
• epilepsy,
• expressive therapies,
• families,
• grief,
• health care,
• joint working,
• mental health,
• mental illness,
• nursing,
• occupational therapy,
• palliative care,
• play therapy,
• psychiatry,
• psychology,
• psychotherapy,
• relationships,
• resilience,
• safeguarding children,
• seizures,
• self esteem,
• social care,
• social work,
• speech and language therapy,
• teenagers,
• transitions

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