Parenting a daughter with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is no easy path—especially because of the myth that the disorder is rare to nonexistent in girls. Pioneering researcher Stephen P. Hinshaw provides parents of preschool through high school age girls with vital information and advice in this empathic, empowering guide. Dr. ......
Is medication the right choice for treating your child's emotional or behavioral problems? How can you be confident that he or she has been properly diagnosed? What do you need to know to get the most benefits from medication treatment, with the least risk? From leading child psychiatrists Timothy Wilens and Paul Hammerness, this book has already ......
Is medication the right choice for treating your child's emotional or behavioral problems? How can you be confident that he or she has been properly diagnosed? What do you need to know to get the most benefits from medication treatment, with the least risk? From leading child psychiatrists Timothy Wilens and Paul Hammerness, this book has already ......
Provides advice and strategies for child welfare professionals working with transgender and gender expansive youth and their families, including social workers, youth workers and students, among others. This guide offers practical skills to implement into practice and is supported by case studies throughout.
As it stands, the DSM fails to address important sources of strength and resiliency that can significantly affect diagnosis and treatment. The authors of this transformative volume propose enhancements to the current diagnostic and classification system that encompass the biopsychosocial, cultural, and spiritual milieus of individuals and ......
Incorporating Intersectionality, Resilience, and Cultural Competence
By demonstrating how to integrate diversity and intersectionality into the diagnostic process rather than limiting assessment to a purely problem-focused diagnostic label, this book strengthens the DSM for mental health practitioners by promoting the inclusion of intersectionality, resiliency, culture, spirituality, and community into practice.
Offers readers different ways to approach intervention with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) offenders, one based on strengths rather than deficits. This title includes positive psychology, strengths-based theory, solution-focused practice, narrative practice, and motivational interviewing.
This work makes the daily challenges, joys and frustrations of police work come alive. The realities of "keeping the peace" reveal sources of sustenance and stress that are often contrary to popular wisdom. Also, race and gender issues are shown to be a source of stress.
