The Crisis in Youth Mental Health [Four Volumes] Critical Issues and Effective Programs

Subjects:

• Psychology » Child Psychology
• Psychology » Adolescent Psychology
• Psychology » Developmental Psychology
• Psychology » Psychology (General)

Reviews:

• 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 October 2006
• 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 August 25, 2007
• [A] worthy addition to this growing literature ... Clinical medical and nursing libraries should consider buying this...
  —Reference Reviews September 2006
• 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 March 2006

• Endorsement From 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): 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.

Table of Contents:

• 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