Mental Health Handbook for Schools

This handbook is a practical, accessible guide to the promotion of good mental health in schools. It provides teachers with up-to-date information on childhood and adolescent mental health problems commonly encountered in schools, and offers practical suggestions for identifying and supporting pupils with specific mental health difficulties. The book focuses on a range of childhood and adolescent mental health problems and the circumstances which can lead to these difficulties, including: AD/HD suicidal behaviour and deliberate self-harm eating disorders obsessive-compulsive disorder anxiety disorders autism substance abuse parental separation and divorce depression bullying schizophrenia bereavement The handbook is an invaluable resource for all schools. It includes essential information about child and adolescent mental health services and outlines a whole-school approach to the promotion of good mental health. It will prove indispensable for all teachers, special educational needs co-ordinators and educational psychologistsAtkinson, Mary is the author of 'Mental Health Handbook for Schools', published 2002 under ISBN 9780415208291 and ISBN 0415208297.