Intervening in Childrens Lives
Subtitle: An Ecological, Family-centered Approach to Mental Health Care
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); American Psychological Association
Published: August 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781591474289
Subjects: Child welfare; Mental health services; Mental health; Developmental - Child; Psychology; Medical / Nursing; Psychotherapy - Couples & Family; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Pediatrics; Children; Child mental health services; Family psychotherapy
Description: "In this book, Thomas J. Dishion and Elizabeth A. Stormshak describe their family-centered, ecological approach, which may be used as an intensive intervention or as a periodic preventive check up. To have the greatest public health impact, the approach can also be delivered in community settings such as schools." "The authors demonstrate how they examine psychopathology in children and adolescents in the context of the ecology (families, peer groups, communities, and schools) in which they live. They present their empirically derived approach and illustrate how developmentally and culturally relevant interventions are shaped."--Jacket.