Resources
Some recommended books for parents helping a child or adolescent overcome mental health problems include:
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J. Treasure: Skill based approach to helping with Eating Disorders
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D. Huebner: What to do When your Brain Gets Stuck: A kid's guide to overcoming OCD
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J. Lock and D Le Grange: Help Your Teenager Beat An Eating Disorder
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S. Rayner: Making Friends With Anxiety
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D. Huebner: What To Do When You Worry Too Much
Some recommended books for raising children generally include
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S. Biddulph: Raising Boys
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C. Webster Stratton: The Incredible Years
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E. Hallowell: The Childhood Roots Of Adult Happiness
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A Faber & E Mazlish: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk
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R. Simmons: Odd Girl Out
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R. Wiseman: Queen Bees And Wannabes
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M. Levine: The Price Of Privilege
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L. Damour: Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
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L. Damour: Untangled (great book for parents of teenage girls)
Books recommended for adults with mental health difficulties include:
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C. Fairburn Overcoming Binge Eating
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M Haig: Reasons To Stay Alive
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U. Schmidt: Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e)
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J.Young & J.Klosko: Reinventing Your Life
Books and articles for those interested in the debate about the impact of social media and screen use on children and adolescents:
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S.Greenfield Mind Change
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S. Palmer et al Letter to the Guardian (25/12/16) and reply by P. Etchells et al (6/1/17)
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V. Bell et al (12/8/15) BMJ editorial and reply by S. Greenfield same date.