Promoting Psychological Wellbeing in Children and Families, 1st ed. 2015

Psychology's contribution to health research and clinical practice continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In this book a global and multidisciplinary selection of outstanding academics and clinicians focus on the psychological well-being and positive health of both children and families in order to 'depathologise' mental disorders.

"1.Introduction
2. Lay People '' ''s Knowledge of Mental and Physical Illness; Adrian Furnham and Bruce Kirkcaldy
3. A Paradigm Shift: Social Functioning Rather Than Symptom Reduction; Ahmed Hankir and Dinesh Bhugra
4. Mental Health Promotion in School: An Integrated, School-Based, Whole School; Carmel Cefai and Valeria Cavioni
5. Understanding and Overcoming Guilt, Shame and Anxiety: Based on the Theory of Negative Legacy Emotions; Peter R. Breggin
6. Understanding and Enhancing the Subjective Wellbeing of Children; Mark D Holder and Robyn L Weninger
7. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Help Young People Develop and Grow into their Full Potential; Louise Hayes and Joseph Ciarrochi
8. Child Well-Being: Indicators and Measurement; Axel Schölmerich, Alexandru Agache and Birgit Leyendecker
9. Child Mental Health and Risk Behavior Over Time; Kathleen Ares, Lisa Kuhns, Nisha Dogra and Niranjan Karnik
10. Psychosocial Factors and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents; Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, Eftyhia Mitsopoulou and George Chrousos
11. It Takes a Global Village: Internet-Delivered Interventions Supporting Children and their Families; Nicole Pugh, Kathy Chan and Christine Korol
12. Becoming Invisible: The Effect of Triangulation on Children '' ''s Well-Being; Rudi Dallos
13. Special Education in the Complex Institutional Environment of Healthcare and Social Work - Structural Frame and Empirical Reality; Peter Nenniger and Mathias Mejeh
14. Parental Acceptance and Children '' ''s Psychological Adjustment; Abdul Khaleque
15. Rehearsals for Growth: enhancing Family Wellbeing through Dramatic Play; Daniel J. Wiener
16. Trauma and Development: Holistic/Systems-Developmental Theory and Practice; Jack Demick
17. Relationships Between Grandparents and their Grandchildren: An Applied Dyadic Perspective; Bert Hayslip Jr, Robert J. Maiden and Megan L Dolbin-MacNab
18. The Psychology of Possibilities: Extending the Limits of Human Functioning; Ellen Langer and Christelle Ngnoumen"                                                                               

Alexandru Agache, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, University of Athens, Greece Kathleen Ares, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA Dinesh Bhugra, King's College London, UK Peter R. Breggin, Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, USA Valeria Cavioni, University of Pavia, Italy Carmel Cefai, University of Malta, Malta Kathy Chan, University of Ottawa, Canada George p. Chrousos, University of Athens, Greece Joseph Ciarrochi, Australian Catholic University, Australia Rudi Dallos, University of Plymouth, UK Jack Demick, Harvard University, USA Nisha Dogra, University of Leicester, UK Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab, Virginia Tech, USA Adrian Furnham, University College London, UK Ahmed Hankir, Manchester University, UK Louise Hayes, University of Melbourne, Australia Bert Hayslip Jr, University of North Texas, USA Mark D Holder, University of British Columbia, Canada Niranjan Karnik, University of Chicago Abdul Khaleque, University of Connecticut, USA Bruce Kirkcaldy, International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health, Germany Christine Korol, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada Lisa M. Kuhns, Northwestern University, USA Ellen Langer, Harvard University, USA Birgit Leyendecker, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Robert J. Maiden, Alfred University, USA Mathias Mejeh, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Eftychia Mitsopoulou, Faculty of Primary Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Peter Nenniger, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Christelle Ngnoumen, Harvard University, USA Nicole Pugh, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada Axel Schölmerich, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Robyn L. Weninger, University of British Columbia, Canada Daniel J. Wiener, Central Connecticut State University, USA