Starting at the Beginning: Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Mental Health

By Matthew Hodes (Author), this book coincides with the 24th International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAPA) Congress in Singapore, June 2020. It delves into the determinates of individual differences in children and young people, along with the origins of maladjustment and psychiatric disorders. The book also addresses the ways in which interventions and mental health services can be developed and shaped to address individual differences among children.

Environmental Hazards and Mental Health

Chapters dive deeper into anxiety disorders in infants, gaming disorder, the pitfalls of treatment in OCD, and ADHD developmental neuropsychiatry. Another targeted section focuses on policies for child and adolescent mental health, including a review of mental health services in China, Oceania, and East Asia.

Social and Environmental Influences

The book emphasizes social and environmental influences, focusing on early developmental and infancy processes. It also addresses the training of child and adolescent psychiatrists across Europe, covering a range of illustrative psychiatric disorders and problems. The goal is to produce a mental health workforce with internationally recognized competencies.

Key Features

• Emphasizes social and environmental influences
• Focuses on early developmental and infancy processes
• Covers a range of illustrative psychiatric disorders and problems
• Works toward the goal of producing a mental health workforce with internationally recognized competencies

Publication Details

Publisher: Elsevier Science; July 15, 2020
Language: English
ISBN: 9780128197493, 9780128223963