Written for practitioners and policymakers, this book will help professionals across health, education, social care and juvenile justice services to understand the needs of young offenders and adolescents at risk of entering the criminal justice system. Developmental in approach, the textbook provides a comprehensive overview of forensic child and adolescent mental health, using cases to help clinicians link theoretical principles to practice and understand how mental health and neurodevelopmental impairment can relate to offending behaviour. With an emphasis on preventive initiatives, early intervention and the building of psycho-social resilience through the delivery of values based practice, this book highlights the need for comprehensive assessment for young people across multiple domains of their lives. This book is of interest to all clinicians working within mental health teams, practitioners working with children and adolescents, professionals involved with youth justice and medico-legal issues, and politicians responsible for establishing health and social policy.

An overview of forensic child and adolescent mental health for professionals in mental health, social care, education, law and policy.

About the Author
Susan Bailey is Chair of the Children and Young Peoples' Mental Health Coalition, Vice Chair of the Centre for Mental Health and Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Paul Tarbuck is Head of Healthcare Inspection at Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons, having retired from the NHS in 2015 after forty-two years of nursing practice in general and mental health settings in clinical, managerial, university and research roles. Prathiba Chitsabesan is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Director for CAMHS at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester.


Book Information
ISBN 9781107003644
Author Susan Bailey
Format Hardback
Page Count 346
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 900g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 194mm * 20mm