Children in Mind – Their mental health in today′s world and what we can do to h…

Name: Children in Mind – Their mental health in today′s world and what we can do to h…
Brand: Wits University Press

Wits University Press

Children in MindTheir Mental Health in Today's World and What We Can Do to Help Them\nAuthor(s): Jenny Perkel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Wits University Press, South Africa\nImprint: Wits University Press\nISBN-13: 9781776147472, 978-1776147472\nSynopsis\nA psychologist's guide for parents, care-givers and health care practitioners to the emotional challenges facing children and their parents today\n Current research shows that certain childhood mental disorders are diagnosed more frequently today than in previous generations. Many of today's children and teenagers are more unhappy, anxious and distressed than young people used to be. In this highly informative book, child psychologist Jenny Perkel explores in depth why this might be so, highlighting what modern-day South African children and adolescents are experiencing and the environment in which they are being raised.\n Children in Mind presents a broad range of up-to-date findings from psychological, neurobiological, genetic.