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Brought to you by Penguin. More and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD and autism. More and more people are being diagnosed with mental disorders. Young people are being medicalised for behaviours that might be explained as entirely normal in other parts of the world. Distress has been...

A veteran clinical psychologist exposes why doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnose healthy American children with serious psychiatric conditions. In recent years there has been an alarming rise in the number of American children and youth assigned a mental health diagnosis. Current data from the Centers for Disease Control reveal a 41 percent increase in rates of ADHD diagnoses over the past decade and a forty-fold spike in bipolar disorder diagnoses. Similarly, diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder has increased by 78 percent since 2002.

A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents. The chapters take the listener through the physical, social, and identity developments occurring at each age, explaining how each stage of development is closely linked to mental health and how that is revealed in therapy. This ideal guide for students, as well as early and experienced professionals, will also give listeners the tools to communicate successfully with the child’s guardians or teachers.

In den ersten drei Jahren mit Baby und Kleinkind stellen sich viele Eltern immer wieder ähnliche Fragen zur Gesundheit und Entwicklung. Erstaunlicherweise sind die Antworten oft gar nicht so leicht zu finden. In der Kinderarztpraxis ist wenig Zeit, im Internet wimmelt es von verwirrenden, teils widersprüchlichen Aussagen und wen fragt man, wenn das Baby ausgerechnet Samstagnacht zum ersten Mal hoch fiebert? Neben dieser gibt es viele weitere Fragen, die gerade bei Ersteltern im täglichen Leben auftauchen.