Experts explain the apparent epidemic of psychological disorders among our children and teenagers presenting insights to the causes, displays, repercussions, and potential cures.
A recent report to the nation from the Commission on Children at Risk warned that rising rates of mental and emotional problems among U.S. children and teenagers signal a crisis for the country. Depression, anxiety, attention deficit, conduct disorders, suicidal thinking, and other serious psychological problems are striking more and more children and youths. In these volumes, dozens of experts describe in clear language what the maladies are, how they develop, what fuels them, and what can be done to stem the tide or eradicate these disorders. Particular situations are examined, and the roles of parents, family, peers, childcare leaders, school personnel and programs, as well as pediatricians are discussed.
A recent report to the nation from the Commission on Children at Risk warned that rising rates of mental and emotional problems among U.S. children and teenagers signal a crisis for the country. Depression, anxiety, attention deficit, conduct disorders, suicidal thinking, and other serious psychological problems are striking more and more children and youths. Conservative estimates say one in every ten children and adolescents now suffers from mental illness severe enough to cause impairment. Fewer than one in five ever gets treatment.
In these volumes, dozens of experts from across the nation, including a Nobel Prize winner and researchers from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, describe in clear language what the maladies are, how they develop, what fuels them and what can be done to stem the tide or eradicate these disorders. Included are chapters on attachment disorders, aggression and antisocial behaviors, learning disabilities, suicidal behavior, and autistic spectrum disorders, among others. Particular situations examined include the mental health crisis for abused children, for immigrant, foster, African American, Latino, Indian and Alaskan children, for those living in poverty, and for teenagers among the sexual minority. The roles of parents, family, peers, childcare leaders, school personnel and programs, as well as pediatricians are discussed.
Volume 1
Foreword
Special Commentary, by Lou Anna Kimsey Simon
Transgenerational and Life Course Perspectives on Stress and the Development of Self Regulatory Processes, by Kevin Everhart and Robert N. Emde
Substance Use During Pregnancy, by Barry M. Lester, Lynne Andreozzi, and Lindsey Appiah
Reactive Attachment Disorders in Parent-Child Relationships, by Brian Stafford
Learning Disabilities and Children's Mental Health, by Bernard Karmel and Judy Gardner
Early Intervention Programs and Policies for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, by Natacha A. Alshoomoff and Aubyn Stahmer
Emotion and Behavior Regulation, by Nancy Eisenberg
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, by Joel T. Nigg
Aggression and Antisocial Behavior, by Daniel S. Shaw
Child Abuse and Neglect: The Consequences of Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse of Children, by Ellen A. Whipple
Depression, Poverty and Children's Mental Health, by Pamela A. Morris
Mental Health Issues Among American Indian Children and Families, by Paul Spicer
Are There Socioeconomic Disparities in Children's Mental Health? by Nikika Tolani, Jeanne Brooks Gunn
The Relation of Service Delivery Model to Program Effectiveness in a State-Sponsored Universal Services Program for Parents of Very Young Children, by Celeste Sturdevant Reed, and et al.
Contributing Authors
Subject Index
Author Index
Volume 2
Foreword by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Susanne Ayres Denham
Special Commentary, by Lou Anna Kimsey Simon
The Role of the Family in Promoting Adolescent Health and Development: Critical Questions and New Understandings, by Steven Small and Brandon Covalt
Risk and Resilience, by Tom Luster, Laura Bates, and Deborah J. Johnson
The Well-Being of Immigrant Adolescents: A Longitudinal Prospective on Risk and Protective Factors, by Carola Suarez-Orozco, Irena Todorova, and Desiree Bvaolian Qin
Life with No Home, by Mary Martinez
Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Foster Youth: Early Findings of a Longitudinal Study, by Mark E. Courtney, and Sherri Teerao
Internalized Issues, by Dan Lynam
Youth Suicidal Behavior: A Crisis in Need of Attention, by James J. Mazza
Adjudicated Youth by Marc Schindler
Ethnic Indentity among U.S. Latino Adolescents: Theory, Measurement, and Implications for Well-Being, by Arriana J. Umana-Taylor
Critical Mental Health Issues for Sexual Minority Adolescents, by Stephen T. Russell and Jennifer McGuire
Competitve Sports Pressures and Out of School Learning Experiences, by Daniel F. Perkins and Lynne M. Borden
Developmental and Ecological Perspectives on Youth Dating and Sexual Violence, by Stephen J. Korzeniewski, Christopher Maxwell, Patricia K. Smith, and Lori Post
The Importance of Peers: The Role of Peer Relations in Adolescent Mental Health, by Darrell Meece and Robert D. Laird
Contributing Authors
Subject Index
Author Index
Volume 3
Foreword by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Susanne Ayres Denham
Special Commentary: by Lou Anna Kimsey Simon, Ph.D., President, Michigan State University
Domestic Violence and Infantcy by Alytia A. Levendosky, and G. Anne Bogat
Pediatricians--Are They Part of the Child Mental Health System in the U.S.? by Sheila Gahagan and Alane Gahagan
Childhood Obesity Prevention: Responsibilities of the Family, Schools, and Community by Julie Lumeng
Family and School Support for Healthy Racial Identity Development in African American Youth by Stephanie J. Rowley, Shauna M. Cooper, and Yvette C. Clinton
Understanding the Psychological Development of African American Children: The Impact of Race Class and Social Inequality, by Jonathan Livingston
Adoption and Youth: Creative, Strengths-Based Programming to Explore Identity, by Kristine Freeark
Asset Strategies for Community Youth Development: Lessons from the Yes We Can! Project, by Melissa S. Quon Huber, Laurie A. Van Egeren, Pennie Foster Fishman, and Tara Donahue
School-Based Sexual Violence Prevention Programs: Current Evaluation Findings and Policy Implications, by Stephanie M. Townsend and Rebecca Campbell
Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents: The Role of the Family, Schools, and the Media in Promoting Sexual Health, by Margaret Rosario, and Eric Schrimshaw
Criminalizing Childhood: The Shifting Boundaries of Responsibility in the Justice and School Systems, by Jessica R. Meyer, N. Dickon Reppucci, and Jessie A. Owen
Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family: Pathways of Risk Aggregation for Alcohol Use Disorders, by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Robert A. Zucker
Contributing Authors
Subject Index
Aut
Reviews
"The Crisis in Mental Health: Critical Issues and Effective Programs texts do provide a mass of useful findings that certainly carry important messages for....other countries....These four volumes are persuasive on the reality of at least some of the concerns, they summarise many useful findings, and they provide some useful intervention leads."—The Lancet
"Fitzgerald, Zucker, and Freeark bring considerable combined expertise and skill to this well-edited four-volume set. Together the volumes offer 51 chapters that reflect a diverse set of methodologies dealing with the science and practice underlying issues related to parenting, mental health, child care, and public policy. Cultural factors and formulations are embedded into all four volumes, making this remarkable set a cutting-edge tool. Each chapter includes references, and each of the four volumes includes a subject and author index. This resource will be valuable for psychologists (developmental, clinical, and counseling), social workers, practitioners working with children and youth, and those aspiring to work in these capacities. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals."—Choice
"[A] worthy addition to this growing literature ... Clinical medical and nursing libraries should consider buying this..."—Reference Reviews
"Inspired by a sense of urgency about a rise in the rates of mental and emotional problems among U.S. children and teenagers and a need to make known the crucial importance of early intervention, a varied group of professionals authored and edited this four-volume reference set, which comprises the initial offering in the publisher's series, Child Psychology and Mental Health....Each volume contains between 10 and 15 essays reviewing what is known and what must be done. For policymakers and professionals of all stripes whose work involves children."—SciTech Book News
Endorsements
"Early Intervention Programs and Policies is a state-of-the-art compilation of what makes a difference in the lives of children, written by some of the most influential social scientists in the field, as well as a provocative compendium of the possibilities for smart public policy. It belongs on the bookshelves of everyone--researcher, practitioner and policy analyst alike--whose labor of love is to afford the young a truly meaningful start."—David L. Kirp, Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California-Berkeley and author of Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line:The Marketing of Higher Education and Before School (forthcoming)
