Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada, Second Edition is a relationally focused text that offers practical strategies for working with children, youth, and families who may struggle with mental health concerns. This volume discusses notions of mental health through a decolonized lens and weaves together socio-cultural perspectives for understanding mental health diagnoses and associated behaviours.
Written by scholars and professionals in the field, chapters are written from diverse practice-oriented and theoretical frameworks based on the expertise and life experiences of the contributors. Focusing learning through real-world case studies, the chapters present unique perspectives as they probe into specific concerns and complications observed in different settings of front-line practice. These perspectives illuminate setting-appropriate interventions and activities to meet the needs of practitioners and clients, including the unique needs of immigrant, refugee, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQIA+ children, youth, and their families.
Thoroughly updated to include greater focus on decolonization and updates to statistics, data, special studies, and changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, this foundational new edition is well suited for university-and college-level programs in child and youth care, social work, teaching, and human services.
FEATURES
includes updated literature, a decolonized framework that cautions against the Euro-Western approach to mental health, greater focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion, new class activities, jurisdictional considerations, and a new chapter on working with Northern and rural children and youth
case studies are central to each chapter and include practical strategies for a variety of front-line scenarios
Jason Slemko, Bryan Hume, Roy Bailey, Lorinda Molner, and Patricia Kostouros
Chapter 12: Youth Homelessness and Shelter Services
Kevin St. Louis and Shemine Alnoor Gulamhusein adapted from original chapter by Donna Barker and Brad Pickford
Chapter 13: Youth Criminal Justice
Michelle Briegel and Harpreet Aulakh adapted from original chapter by Kirsten Dubrule and Michelle Briegel
Chapter 14: Youth in Transition
Chelan McCallion
Conclusion
Patricia Kostouros, Shemine Alnoor Gulamhusein, and Brenda Thompson
Biography
Patricia Kostouros is a psychologist and Full Professor in the Department of Child Studies and Social Work at Mount Royal University.
Shemine Alnoor Gulamhusein is an Assistant Professor in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria.
Brenda Thompson was previously an Instructor in both the Bachelor of Child and Youth Care and the Correctional Services diploma programs at MacEwan University.
“The second edition of this text, like the first, offers strengths-focused approaches to child and youth mental health in multiple settings. With updated and timely content, the editors have made a commendable commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout. The lived experience of the authors surfaces in the breadth of the issues discussed and the nature of the case studies presented. The settings-based approach to considering child and youth mental health effectively reinforces common issues and the need for plain language with minimal diagnostic labelling. This text provides readers with overarching frameworks, discusses the critical importance of practitioner wellness and the impact of trauma, and highlights the unique concerns for children and practitioners engaged in various settings.”
—Dr. Carol Stuart, Retired Provost and Vice-President Academic, Vancouver Island University
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