Helping Your Depressed Teenager: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Author: Gerald D Oster
"The authors have produced a very readable, extremely well informed and comprehensive book that will add greatly to the knowledge base of interested parents. This book is strongly recommended." —Stewart Gable, MD Chairman, Department of Psychiatry The Children’s Hospital, Denver, Colorado You supported and encouraged them as they grew from toddlers to teens. Now you are confronted with one of the toughest challenges you and they will ever face … teenage depression. Adolescence is a period of peaks and valleys. Most teens negotiate these years with relative ease; yet for some these times are treacherous with countless pitfalls. When depression ensues, it can interfere with much of your child’s potential. Clinical depression is now epidemic among American teens, and teen suicide can be a deadly consequence. Helping Your Depressed Teenager is a practical guide offering family solutions to a family problem. This book will sensitize you to the hidden struggles of adolescents and assist you in understanding their multifaceted problems. The authors are experts in this field and have helped countless youngsters confront and overcome their depressed mood. In a highly readable and gentle manner, they help you see behind the "masks" of troubled teens who attempt to hide their true feelings. They help you distinguish the subtle and sometimes not so subtle signs that something is seriously wrong. And they help you provide the loving support and assistance teenagers need to make it through this difficult life passage. Some of the useful information provided:
• What families can do to prevent teen depression
• How to tell thedifference between moodiness and depression
• How to read the warning signs of a troubled teenager
• How to know when professional help is needed and where to find it
• How to choose the right treatment options for your teen
Table of Contents:
| 1 | On Becoming a Teenager | 3 |
| 2 | Today's Teenagers: Is There Something Wrong? | 11 |
| 3 | The Early Teen Years: Are They Truly a Wonder? | 19 |
| 4 | Graduation and Beyond | 29 |
| 5 | Understanding Clinical Depression | 41 |
| 6 | Is Your Teenager Depressed? | 59 |
| 7 | Teenage Suicide: A Not-So-Secret Killer | 77 |
| 8 | Suicide: Intervention and Prevention | 87 |
| 9 | The Family's Influence on Depression and Suicide | 93 |
| 10 | Evaluating the Depressed Teenager | 111 |
| 11 | Bringing Teenagers to Counseling | 121 |
| 12 | Seeking Counseling as a Family | 129 |
| 13 | The Use of Medication in Treating Teenage Depression | 141 |
| 14 | When Considering Hospitalization for Your Teenager | 153 |
| Concluding Remarks | 171 | |
| Appendix: Organizations and Support Groups | 173 | |
| Selected Bibliography and Resources | 177 | |
| Index | 181 |
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Foundations of Exercise Science
Author: Gary Kamen
This entry-level text provides an overview of the human movement sciences, combining basic science principles with applications in exercise science. Features include complete references to other biological science fields such as biochemistry, biomedical engineering and exercise immunology. Chapter objectives and summaries ensure understanding of the information covered, and application boxes illustrate practical applications related to the material. Topics covered include physiology of exercise, sports medicine prevention and rehabilitation of injuries, biomechanics of human motion, the mind and brain in exercise, and more. Connection Website: connection.LWW.com/go/kamen.
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Description: This is an introduction to the basic subdisciplines of exercise science. The book provides introductory information about exercise physiology, sports medicine, biomechanics, and motor behavior along with chapters on special topics such as nutrition, equipment design, and sport psychology.
Purpose: The authors seek to provide an overview of the scientific discipline of exercise science for undergraduate students from a variety of majors with the ultimate goal of stimulating interest in advanced study. Although the editors succeed in providing a useful compilation, which is very appropriate for an introductory course in exercise science, adoptability of the text outside the discipline seems improbable.
Audience: According to the editor, the book is written for all undergraduate students. The editor and authors are respected authorities in the various subdisciplines. The chapters are written for a broad audience and can be understood at the freshman level with no exercise science background.
Features: The authors do an excellent job of explaining the basics of exercise science to the nonscientist. In addition to summarizing some of the traditional topics, such training effects, Newton's laws, and visual tracking, the book also addresses several hot topics including the effects of the environment, exercise addiction, and clothing design. One unique feature is the use of a series of application boxes, short highlighted paragraphs about interesting topics such as delayed onset muscle soreness, guidelines for quick replenishment of fluid after exercise, and the psychology of warm-up. Topics that come up in daily conversation will likely increase the interest of the target audience. Each chapter is referenced and an impressive subject index allows the reader to find information regarding specific topics.
Assessment: This book is perfect for an introductory course in exercise science. However, exercise science programs that also serve students preparing for teaching careers will be better served by a book that introduces physical education in addition to exercise science (Wuest and Bucher, Foundations of Physical Education and Sport, 13th edition (Wm C. Brown Co
Rating
3 Stars from Doody
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