Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Children and Young People’s Mental Health is a comprehensive guide for nurses and healthcare professionals, providing the knowledge and skills necessary to assess, treat, and support children and adolescents experiencing mental health problems. Drawing on established frameworks like McDougall’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing, the Cavendish Report, and the Willis Commission, this textbook emphasizes evidence-based practice across a variety of care settings. It highlights the involvement of young people in shaping services, ensuring that care is relevant, effective, and responsive to their needs.

Key Features:

• Covers a broad range of mental health issues including eating disorders, self-harm, ADHD, substance misuse, and forensic mental health.
• Discusses child protection, safeguarding, clinical governance, and legal requirements in mental health practice.
• Integrates perspectives of young people in service planning, delivery, and evaluation.
• Provides practical guidance for best practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) settings.
• Designed for healthcare and social care professionals, as well as students working with children and young people.