Broschiertes Buch

Adolescent Addiction

Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment

Herausgegeben: Essau, Cecilia A.; Delfabbro, Paul

Beschreibung

Adolescent Addiction, Second Edition, offers researchers and clinicians a single-volume resource on the nature, extent and treatment of addictive problems in adolescents. The book is divided into three main parts. Part one addresses the foundations of addictive problems, including developmental, social, and neurobiologicl factors. Part two addresses common addictions among adolescents. New chapters include e-cigarette, smartphone, social networking, and exercise addiction. Part three discusses challenges and recommendations for future research in adolescent addiction. All chapters in part two follow a similar format to introduction and clinical characteristics, screening and clinical assessment methods, epidemiology, cormorbidity, course and outcome, protective and risk factors, evidence-based clinical strategies for prevention and treatment, and a concise summary of key clinical points.

Autor

Cecilia A. Essau is a Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Roehampton, UK where she is Director of Centre for Applied Research and Assessment in Child and Adolescent Wellbeing (CARACAW). She received her PhD from the University of Konstanz (Germany), and her "Habilitation? in Psychology (qualification for tenure-track professorships in Germany) from the University of Bremen (Germany). She is the first Iban woman to have received a PhD.

Professor Essau has Visiting Chairs at numerous universities, including the Norman Munn Distinguished Visiting Scholar from Flinders University, and the Florey Medical Research Foundation Mental Health Visiting Professor from the University of Adelaide, Australia. In 2011, she was made Fellow of the British Psychological Society in recognition of her contribution to the field of Psychology. She is also Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Her research focuses on understanding factors tha

t can lead young people to have serious emotional and behavioural problems and using this research to both enhance the assessment of childhood and adolescent psychopathology, and design more effective interventions to prevent and treat such problems. She is the author of 222 articles, and is the author/editor of 20 books in the area of youth mental health.

Produktdetails

• Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional
• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2018-0-04203-6
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 168mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780128186268
• ISBN-10: 0128186267
• Artikelnr.: 57979046