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Sign up todayA Guide to the Mental Health of Children and Young People
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Learn moreSupporting the mental health and well-being of children and young people is a top priority for parents, caregivers, and teachers, but it can be tricky to find reliable and evidence-based information. Written by an experienced child and adolescent psychiatrist, in a user-friendly question and answer format, this book outlines the mental health challenges facing our children and young people and offers practical advice on how to best support them. The book covers a wide range of topics, including how biological factors and lifestyle factors affect mental health, parenting strategies, managing school, building networks of support, and connecting with children and young people. It gives a broad overview of the most common mental health difficulties and disorders and considers how they can be managed. A must-listen for anyone looking to understand what a child or young person may be experiencing and why, and the practical ways in which to effectively support them.
Dr. Meinou Simmons is an experienced consultant NHS child and adolescent psychiatrist working in Oxford, United Kingdom, and training program director in child and adolescent psychiatry for Thames Valley, as well as a parent of three. Dr. Simmons qualified as a doctor from the University of Cambridge in 2004, then specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry and has worked with many hundreds of families with a broad range of mental health difficulties. She has a special interest in medical education and training and has taught and published on a range of topics. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of children and young people's mental health.
Polly Lee is an award-winning actress best known for her recurring roles on The Americans (FX) and Younger (Showtime). On stage, she has worked in NYC and across the country for almost twenty years. Ms. Lee has narrated over fifty nonfiction and young adult fiction books and has received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for her work. In addition, she has narrated over sixty romance novels under the name Ashford McNab/MacNab, receiving multiple Audie nominations for her work on Elizabeth Hoyt's Maiden Lane series. Raised in the UK, she is a dual-national and has lived in the US for twenty years, working equally in both her British (all the various regional dialects) and American dialects.