Young adult mental health

Grant, Jon E. (Added Author). Potenza, Marc N., 1965- (Added Author).

Summary: "Young Adult Mental Health will provide researchers and clinicians with a clear understanding of the developmental, clinical, and socio-cultural features of mental health unique to young adults, and how this developmental period influences critical assessment and treatment. The book surveys how major developmental milestones such as marriage and childrearing influence mental health and well-being among young adults, and the ways in which psychiatric disorders may present differently in this age group. It also reviews the conceptual and assessment challenges, phenomenology, and appropriate pharmacological and behavioral treatments of the many psychiatric difficulties faced by young adults. Finally, it examines current research on mental health issues in young adults and reviews the strengths of the evidence, providing mental health professionals with a thorough grasp of mental health issues that will allow them to talk intelligently and informatively with young adults and to make well-informed assessment and treatment decisions based on the unique needs of this age group." --publisher's website

Record details

ISBN: 9780195332711 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0195332717 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
x, 448 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Jon E. Grant and Marc N. Potenza -- 1. Development in the Transition to Adulthood: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities / Keith B. Burt and Ann S. Masten -- 2. Adolescence: On the Neural Path to Adulthood / Monique Ernst and Julie Fudge -- 3. Risk-taking Behaviors Across the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood / Elizabeth K. Reynolds, Jessica Magidson, Linda Mayes, and C.W. Lejuez -- 4. Impact of Childhood Mental Health Problems / Leslie A. Hulvershorn, Craig A. Erickson, and R. Andrew Chambers -- 5. College and Career / Jessica M. Cronce and William R. Corbin -- 6. Gender issues : modern models of young male resilient mental health / William S. Pollack -- 7. Cultural and Ethnic Considerations in Young Adult Mental Health / Declan T. Barry and Mark Beitel -- 8. Body Image / Jennifer L. Greenberg, Sherrie S. Delinsky, Hannah E. Reese, Ulrike Buhlmann, and Sabine Wilhelm -- 9. Coping with Stress and Trauma in Young Adulthood / Scott M. Hyman, Steven N. Gold, and Rajita Sinha -- 10. Intimate Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood: A Bio-developmental Perspective / Beth A. Auslander and Susan L. Rosenthal -- 11. Marriage in Young Adulthood / Hui Liu, Sinikka Elliott, and Debra Umberson -- 12. Developmental Pathways to Parenting / Thomas J. McMahon --