The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Steven Walker
Foreword by Stephen Briggs

Paperback: £22.99 / $39.95

2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-122-4, BIC 2: JKSB1 MBPK JKSN

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'There are many publications on this engaging topic but what set this one apart is that it proves to be a comprehensive guide with a far-reaching examination of a subject that continues to be amongst the most challenging areas of social work.'

- Seen and Heard

'I would recommend this book to all who work with children and adolescents and especially those who are keen to develop their knowledge around the complex area that is "mental health"... This is a key book for this field of practice and one that I will share with my colleagues at CAFS, and utilise both in my practice and with fieldwork students.'

- Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work

`For me, and I am sure for others in my profession, some action or level of understanding is better than nothing? The caveat to this is that the aim should be to gain a basic understanding so as to ultimately direct or signpost to the most appropriate supportive service. It is in this regard that this book is a welcome addition to any caring and empathetic professional, since child and adolescent health can bring with it many frightening challenges to social work practitioners...At the start of each chapter are learning objectives which, having read the book, I can state with every confidence are met at every juncture and in every section.`

- Professional Social Work, Carolyn Taylor-Score, Family Court Advisor, CAFCASS Bolton

'At a time when the criticism is that social workers hold too many eggs in their basket, the title of Steven Walker's The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) speaks for itself. There are no shortage of books on mental health generally or young people in particular but Walker's is very unusual in focussing on the needs of this professional group. It looks at the role of social work with mentally ill young people, while also examining key ideas like attachment, emotional development and common and complex mental health problems. Its value really is in showing how social work skills and methods can apply rather than borrowing from other professions.'

- Young Minds, Terry Philpot

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Author information

• Steven Walker

Subject areas

• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• ADD,
• addiction,
• adolescence,
• anxiety,
• Asperger syndrome,
• attachment,
• autism,
• bipolar disorder,
• child development,
• child protection,
• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• children's rights,
• counselling,
• depression,
• drugs,
• early intervention,
• ethnicity,
• families,
• joint working,
• mental health,
• mental illness,
• obsessive compulsive disorder,
• risk assessment,
• safeguarding children,
• self harm,
• social care,
• social policy,
• social work,
• substance abuse,
• teenagers,
• trauma

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