Susan G. Forman

Mental Health Strategies for Pediatric Care (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This new guide will help clinicians recognize and manage emerging mental health issues using interventions that are designed for the primary care setting.Mental Health Strategies for Pediatric Care provides a framework for identifying and understanding the common factors and common elements of mental health care and, as a natural outgrowth, incorporating the following considerations into daily practice: Eliciting patient and family social and mental health concerns Increasing patient and family understanding of social and mental health problems Managing mental health issues that have resulted in functional problems but not reached the level of a diagnosable disorder Using therapeutic strategies that are an early, first-line approach to common mental health concerns Developing positive patient and family attitudes about seeking treatment from social service or mental health specialists Supporting the patient and family in maintaining emotional and behavioral change that results from mental health specialty treatment And more!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Seitenzahl: 271
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610025492
• Artikelnr.: 65965323

Autorenporträt

Susan G. Forman, PhD, is a professor at Rutgers University. She has served as Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology, and Director of Clinical Training for the School Psychology Program in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, and as Vice President for Undergraduate Education. Prior to coming to Rutgers, she was Professor of Psychology and also served as Associate Provost at the University of South Carolina. Her research and scholarship focus on implementation of interprofessional collaborative approaches to pediatric behavioral healthcare, factors that influence intervention implementation, and the effectiveness of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral interventions in educational settings. Her publications include over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and books. Her work has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, and the American Psychological Association, as well as a number of corporate and family foundations. Dr Forman has served on the executive boards of the School Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association and the National Association of School Psychologists and has served as Chair of the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and has been elected to membership in the Society for the Study of School Psychology based on her scientific contributions to the field.