
Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health DisordersWhat We Know and What We Don't Know. A Research Agenda for Improving the Mental Health of Our Youth
Dwight L. Evans, Edna B. Foa, Raquel E. Gur, Herbert Hendin, Charles P. O'Brien, Martin E. P. Seligman, and B. Timothy Walsh
Print publication date: Aug 2005
ISBN: 9780195173642
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Abstract
This title, which is the very first to disseminate the findings of the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative sponsored by the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania, addresses the current state of our knowledge about various mental health disorders in the teenage years, a developmental period when behavior and the brain are still "plastic." Here, six commissions established by the Sunnylands Trust and APPC pool their expertise on adolescent anxiety, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, depression and bipolar disorders, eating disorders, and suicide in sections that thoroughly define each disorder, outline and assess available treatments, discuss prevention strategies, and suggest a research agenda based on what we know and don't yet know about these various conditions. The resource also incorporates the latest research on how we can fully prepare young people to be happy and successful throughout their lives. Concluding chapters discuss other critical issues of particular relevance including the stigma of mental illness, the role of primary-care doctors and school-based mental health professionals in the detection and treatment of adolescent mental health problems, and the research, policy, and practice context for the delivery of evidence-based treatments.
Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Part I Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Commission on Adolescent Depression and Bipolar Disorder
- Part II Schizophrenia: Commission on Adolescent Schizophrenia
- Part III Anxiety Disorders: Commission on Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
- Part IV Eating Disorders: Commission on Adolescent Eating Disorders
- Part V Substance Use Disorders: Commission on Adolescent Substance and Alcohol Abuse
- Part VI Youth Suicide: Commission on Adolescent Suicide Prevention
- Part VII Beyond Disorder: Commission on Positive Youth Development
- Part VIII Summary of Conclusions, Recommendations, Priorities
- Chapter 27 Stigma
- Chapter 28 The Research, Policy, and Practice Context for Delivery of Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatments for Adolescents: A Systems Perspective
- Chapter 29 The American Treatment System for Adolescent Substance Abuse: Formidable Challenges, Fundamental Revisions, and Mechanisms for Improvements
- Chapter 30 The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Detection and Treatment of Adolescent Mental Health Problems
- Chapter 31 The Roles and Perspectives of School Mental Health Professionals in Promoting Adolescent Mental Health
- Chapter 32 A Call to Action on Adolescent Mental Health
- End Matter