An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Name: An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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ISBN: 9781529603859

Maddie Burton, Clive Sealey

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English

SAGE Publications Ltd
03 November 2025

Care of the mentally ill; Educational psychology; Paediatric nursing; Psychiatric nursing; Medical counselling

Are you looking to develop your expertise in child and adolescent mental health?

This comprehensive guide is updated to help you:

1) understand the current social, political and ideological contexts of child and adolescent mental health

2) develop an understanding of child and adolescent development and mental health conditions

3) identify appropriate mental health promotion strategies and mental health interventions for working with children and adolescents

4) assess appropriate group work and communication strategies for improving the mental health of children and adolescents

5) improve knowledge and practice of child and adolescent safeguarding, rights and culture

Written by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate experts, this book introduces important theories while showing how they can be applied to real world practice. Packed with examples and activities to get you thinking and learning, it is an essential introduction for anyone interested in or working to improve child and adolescent mental health.

Edited by: Maddie Burton, Clive Sealey
Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 170mm,
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9781529603859
ISBN 10: 1529603854
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 03 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Madeleine Burton is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and for several years worked in both inpatient and community CAMHS. Maddie is currently Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the University of Worcester. Maddie continues to maintain close links with CAMHS practice and works with schools from a CAMH perspective. She holds membership of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and the Association for Infant Mental Health. Maddie’s research interests include suicide and self-harm in children and young people, infant, maternal and parental mental health.