So Young, So Sad, So Listen (second edition)
Philip Graham and Carol Hughes
Has your daughter lost her sparkle?
Has everyday life become a trial for your son? As a teacher, do you
think that difficult, aggressive 11-year-old boy has other problems
and wonder why that 14-year-old girl is so withdrawn? The problem
could be childhood depression, a common but often treatable
condition.
Illustrated by cartoons, this book
is intended to help parents and teachers of depressed children and
teenagers. Young people themselves will also find it useful. As
should school nurses, social workers, health visitors, family
doctors and anyone who works with children. This second edition
contains a foreword by multi-award-winning author Philip
Pullman.
The aim is to help those involved to
recognise the signs of depression in children and to understand the
possible causes. The authors provide practical advice and
information about the support and help you can give. Above all,
they show that we can help and that, given the chance,
that spark may well return!
“Full of helpful information which
young people experiencing depression and their friends will find
valuable. …A great deal can be done by parents, teachers and others
to help depressed children, and the book explores positive ways to
help through listening, offering hope, helping to challenge
negative thought patterns, and offers of practical help and
support.”
NIMHE Mental Health
Promotion Update
Contents
Foreword by Philip Pullman
Introduction
- What is depression?
- Signs of depression
- How common is depression in
children and young people?
- What causes depression in
children and young people?
- Helping a depressed child -
what you (parents, teachers, children) can do
- The child and adolescent mental
health clinic
- What happens to depressed
children and young people?
Further reading
Useful organisations
Index
"A valuable book that is likely to
have a considerable impact on the recognition and treatment of
childhood depression. ...An essential resource for anyone
involved."
The Pharmaceutical
Journal