Depressive disorders can produce dramatic and frightening changes in young peoples' behaviour, but while parents may suspect something is wrong, they are often at a loss to know what. This book shows parents how to tell the difference between the ordinary ups and downs and true depression, helping them better understand clinical warning signs and the various approaches to treatment. Dealing sensitively with how depression sometimes manifests itself in ways such as self harm, alcohol and drug abuse, and suicide attempts. The book offers parents practical guidance on how they can reach out to their children and find professional assistance.
Professor Carol Fitzpatrick is Professor of Child Psychiatry at University College Dublin and a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital and The Children s Hospital, Temple Street, in Dublin. She is author of many research papers about mental health in young people and has a particular interest in depression and self harm in young people. Dr John Sharry is Principal Social Worker at the Mater Hospital and is a Director of The Brief Therapy Group in Dublin. He is the author of four self help books for parents, including Parent Power: Bringing up Responsible Children and Teenagers (John Wiley & Sons, 2003) and When Parents Separate: Helping Children Cope (Veritas, 2001). He is also the author of three psychotherapy books: Solution focused Groupwork (Sage, 2001), Becoming a Solution Detective: A strengths based Guide to Brief Therapy (BT Press, 2001) and the forthcoming Counselling Children, Adolescents and Families (Sage, 2004). Both authors are experienced clinicians who have worked with many young people and their families coping with depression. They are joint authors of The Parents Plus Programmes, video based courses for parents coping with a variety of emotional and behavioural difficulties in their children and teenagers, which are widely used in the UK and Ireland. See www.parentsplus.ie
Title: Coping with Depression in Young People: A Guide for Parents (Family Matters): 3
Author: Fitzpatrick, Carol
ISBN: 9780470857557
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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2004-01-27
Number of Pages: 160
Weight: 0.2632 kg
a guide for parents, a book long overdue and one which will be of enormous help is especially valuable (Familyonwards.com, 19 February 2004) ...concise ...useful to anyone working with children and young people experiencing depression... (Child Right, May 2004) The strength of the book lies in it accessible style and numerous practical suggestions. (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol.10, No.2, May 2005)
