Children in Mind: Their mental health in today's world and what we can do to help them

Child psychologist Jenny Perkel's book "Children in Mind" explores the emotional challenges facing children and their parents today, highlighting the prevalence of mental disorders and the impact of modern-day South African society on their well-being. It offers up-to-date findings from psychological, neurobiological, genetic, psychiatric, sociological, and epidemiological research, and provides practical guidance for professionals and parents to help troubled children and adolescents navigate complex issues and make positive changes in their behavior.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2022
Publisher: Wits University Press

A psychologist's guide for parents, caregivers, and healthcare practitioners to the emotional challenges facing children and their parents today:
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.

Children in Mind presents a broad range of up-to-date findings from psychological, neurobiological, genetic, psychiatric, sociological, and epidemiological research related to the diagnosis and treatment of children's mental health problems. Theoretically informed but not theoretically dense, the book cites both local and international studies to increase awareness and understanding of children's mental health.

Perkel discusses a broad spectrum of issues faced by today's children and adolescents: the Covid-19 pandemic, the influence of electronic media, diverse family structures, stress and trauma, and difficult socio-economic circumstances. While offering no easy answers or formulaic solutions to the problems of troubled children, she shows how to think about children's mental well-being in today's South Africa.

Children in Mind is an invaluable resource for all those who work with troubled children and adolescents: psychologists, social workers, counselors, educators, and parents. The author's informed and compassionate approach will help equip professionals and parents to help young people navigate complex issues and make adjustments in their behavior.

Weight: 326g
Dimension: 152 x 227 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781776147472