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Psychology's contribution to health research and clinical practice continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In this book a global and multidisciplinary selection of outstanding academics and clinicians focus on the psychological well-being and positive health of both children and families in order to 'depathologise' mental disorders.
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Keywords
- Physical health
- psychological health
- medicine
- well-being
- children
- families
- epidemiology
- psychotherapy
- adolescence
- biopsychosocial model
- paradigm shift
- health promotion
- biological evolution
- positive psychology
- happiness
- life satisfaction
- acceptance and commitment therapy
- cognitive behavior therapy
- resources
- strengths
- acceptance
- behavior
- education
- emotion
- health
- intervention
- psychology
- social work
- therapy
- Trauma
Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
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Alexandru Agache, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, University of Athens, Greece
Kathleen Ares, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA
Dinesh Bhugra, King's College London, UK
Peter R. Breggin, Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, USA
Valeria Cavioni, University of Pavia, Italy
Carmel Cefai, University of Malta, Malta
Kathy Chan, University of Ottawa, Canada
George p. Chrousos, University of Athens, Greece
Joseph Ciarrochi, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Rudi Dallos, University of Plymouth, UK
Jack Demick, Harvard University, USA
Nisha Dogra, University of Leicester, UK
Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab, Virginia Tech, USA
Adrian Furnham, University College London, UK
Ahmed Hankir, Manchester University, UK
Louise Hayes, University of Melbourne, Australia
Bert Hayslip Jr, University of North Texas, USA
Mark D Holder, University of British Columbia, Canada
Niranjan Karnik, University of Chicago
Abdul Khaleque, University of Connecticut, USA
Bruce Kirkcaldy, International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health, Germany
Christine Korol, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada
Lisa M. Kuhns, Northwestern University, USA
Ellen Langer, Harvard University, USA
Birgit Leyendecker, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Robert J. Maiden, Alfred University, USA
Mathias Mejeh, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
Eftychia Mitsopoulou, Faculty of Primary Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Peter Nenniger, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Christelle Ngnoumen, Harvard University, USA
Nicole Pugh, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada
Axel Schölmerich, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Robyn L. Weninger, University of British Columbia, Canada
Daniel J. Wiener, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Promoting Psychological Wellbeing in Children and Families
Editors: Bruce Kirkcaldy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137479969
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-47995-2Published: 27 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-47996-9Published: 30 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 315
Topics: Clinical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Social Work, Psychotherapy, Popular Science in Education, Popular Science in Psychology