Overcoming anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders in children and adults
Subtitle: a new roadmap for families and a new roadmap for families and professionals
By: Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.
Publisher: Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL)
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bethesda, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780976775881
Subjects: Anxiety; Mental Depression; Asperger's syndrome; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavior modification
Description: Based on new research into human development and the author's own clinical observations, Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adults describes a new roadmap. This roadmap reveals strategies for family members as well as professionals from different disciplines to help both children and adults. The most common mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive patterns, ADD/ADHD, borderline states, and others, are discussed from a new perspective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: The interaction of biology and environment : the DIR model; title: Environments that support emotional development; title: Environments that support higher levels of thinking; title: The importance of non-verbal communication; title: Anxiety disorders; title: Overcoming depression; title: Attentional problems, including ADD and ADHD; title: Obsessive compulsive patterns; title: Behavioral disorders; title: Borderline personality disorders; title: Severe personality disoreders; title: Bipolar disorders; title: Addictive behaviors and substance abuse; title: The effects of trauma; title: Memory loss; title: Asperger's syndrome.