Children and Young People's Mental Health Essentials for Nurses and Other Professionals

Children and Young People?s Mental Health equips nurses and healthcare professionals with the essential skills and competencies needed to deliver effective assessment, treatment and support to children and young people with mental health problems and disorders, and their families. Drawing on McDougall?s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing and taking the Cavendish Report and Willis Commission into account, this new textbook has been designed to ensure those working in CAMHS can continue to provide a high quality, evidence-based service.

The book explores best practice in a variety of settings and addresses issues such as eating disorders, self?harm, ADHD, forensic mental health issues and misuse of drugs and alcohol in children and young people, as well as child protection, clinical governance, safeguarding and legal requirements. Furthermore, with young people contributing directly to several chapters, the book reflects the importance of involving them in planning, delivering and evaluating CAMHS services.

It is essential reading for all health and social care professionals and students working with children and young people, particularly those working in specialist child and adolescent mental health settings.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Changing roles in changing times Chapter 3 Increasing access to psychological therapies Chapter 4 Mental health for school nurses Chapter 5 Nursing children and young people who self-harmChapter 6 Nursing children and young people with eating disordersChapter 7 Nursing children and young people with ADHD Chapter 8 Nursing in CAMHS inpatient settings Chapter 9 Nursing Children in Secure and Forensic SettingsChapter 10 Tackling Stigma Chapter 11 Increasing Participation and Involvement Chapter 12 Safeguarding for CAMHS nurses Chapter 13 Nurse Education and Training Chapter 14 New and Extended Roles for CAMHS Nurses Chapter 15 CAMHS Nurses as Entrepreneurs

Tim McDougall is Deputy Director of Nursing at Greater Manchester West NHS Foundation Trust, UK. He has over 100 journal and book publications in relation to child and adolescent mental health and nursing practice.