The Palgrave handbook of child mental health : discourse and conversation studies / edited by Michelle O'Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester
- Additional Titles
- Handbook of child mental health
- Published
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Physical Description
- lii, 647 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Additional Creators
- O'Reilly, Michelle and Lester, Jessica Nina
- Contents
- Part I. The place of conversation/discourse analysis in child mental health -- Part II. A critical approach to child mental health -- Part III. The social construction of normal/abnormal -- Part IV. Situating and exploring child mental health difficulties -- Part V. Managing problem behaviour -- Part VI. Child mental health practice.
- Summary
- "This Handbook illustrates the importance of examining child mental health from a different perspective, one that assumes that psychiatric categories are made real in and through both written and spoken language. It gathers a range of applied and theoretical analyses from leading scholars and clinicians in order to examine the conversational practices of children diagnosed with mental health disorders alongside those of their parents, families and practitioners. The contributors move away from viewing mental illness as an objective truth; instead reintroducing the relevance of language in constructing and deconstructing the assumptions that surround the diagnosis and treatment of childhood mental health disorders. Including chapters on ADHD, autism, depression, eating disorders and trauma, this collection addresses the diversity involved in discussing child mental health.Divided into six parts: the place of conversation/discourse analysis; critical approaches; social constructions of normal/abnormal; situating and exploring the difficulties involved; managing problem behaviour and discussing different practices involved; this Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of child mental health. It is an essential reference resource for all those involved or interested in child mental health"--
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781137428301 hardcover
1137428309 hardcover - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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