Behaviour Problems in Children and Adolescents

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The book â€œBehaviour Problems in Children and Adolescents-A guide to Parents, Teachers and Mental Health Professionalsâ€ is a sequel to â€œTeenage Bluesâ€ written by the author and Dr. Shalini Singh which was published by Mosaic in the year 2000. The present book deals with some of the more serious behaviour problems coming under the category of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. For example this book deals with these commonly observed but relatively more serious problems which include anxiety disorders, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders, conduct disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, depression, stammering etc. The book emphasizes on a thorough assessment through correct diagnosis and effective management. This book attempts to help parents and teachers identify symptoms of the various disorders, so that the same could be handled right at the onset and effectively. â€œTips to parentsâ€ draws attention towards not only easily identifying the symptoms but highlights comprehensive assessment, treatment as well as prevention. The cases presented as vignettes give a peep into the gamut of treatment available for these disorders and how children in the present day can be helped to come back to normalcy. The book will be of value to parents, teachers and counselors. It would also be useful to school social workers, school psychologists, child mental health specialists, students of clinical psychology, child guidance workers, and other who are working in the field of children and adolescents, who all are referred children with different types of behaviour problems.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vimala Veeraraghavan

Professor Dr. Vimala Veeraraghavan is presently Director General of Amity Institute of Behavioural Health and Allied Sciences, amity University, Noida. She is a trained certified clinical psychologist practitioner who has been a professor and Head of Departments of Psychology and Applied Psychology, Delhi University. She has written books in the field of mental health and social sciences and has 14 books to her credit. Her books on Suicides and Attempted suicides, Treatment of Anxiety Disorders and Teenage Blues are amongst the very well received books at professional and layman audience. She has attended national and international conferences both within India and other countries such as the USA, UK, Norway, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, etc. She has been a visiting professor to Thammassat University, Bangkok Thailand. She was the recipient of Teacher fellowship of the Indian Council of Social Science Research and more recently was awarded the National Fellowship of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. She has served as President of Behavioural Medicine Society of India and is a Life Fellow of the same. She has served as Editor-in-chief of Behaviour Medicine Journal and is on the editorial board of many national journals. She established the Amity Institute of Behavioural Health and Allied Sciences which conducts graduate and post graduate courses in psychology and forensic sciences.