Occupational Therapy for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

• Other Authors: Lougher, Lesley (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh New York Churchill Livingstone 2001
• Subjects: Occupational Therapy; Youth with mental disabilities; Children with mental disabilities; Child Development; Occupational therapy for children
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Occupational Therapy for Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a practical textbook which provides occupational therapists working in this area with a theoretical framework for practice. It outlines the work of the occupational therapist in this area of mental health and introduces a variety of theo...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. Introduction
• 1. Introduction to child and adolescent mental health
• 2. Occupational therapy in child and adolescent mental health
• 3. Problems and disorders found in child and adolescent mental health
• Section 2. Frames of reference used in CAMHS
• 4. Aspects of child development
• 5. Attachment theory
• 6. The therapeutic use of play
• 7. Family therapy, systems theory and the model of human occupation
• 8. Psychodynamic theories
• Section 3. Occupational therapy appropriate to age
• 9. Infants and young children
• 10. Occupational therapy with school-aged children
• 11. Occupational therapy with adolescents
• Section 4. Occupational therapy in CAMHS internationally
• 12. Child psychiatry in the USA
• 13. Child, adolescent and family occupational therapy serices in New Zealand
• Section 5. Factors affecting occupational therapy practice
• 14. Keeping safe: supervision and support
• 15. Protective legislation for children.