Teen Substance Use, Mental Health and Body Image: Practical Strategies for Support
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- Synopsis
- This practical resource looks at the relationship between mental illness and substance use disorders in young people. While studies show the link between the two, drug use is often mistakenly viewed as 'deviant' behaviour rather than as a coping mechanism for unmet needs. This book offers schools and youth settings a different approach to both supporting young people and implementing preventative measures. The concept of risk taking in young people is explored, as well as how stress, low self-esteem and body image issues can lead to substance use, including performance enhancing drugs and high caffeine drinks. Examples of how to address these issues through PSHE are addressed in each chapter, as well as tips for supporting individual pupils from expert practitioners and researchers in the field.
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 144 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781785928680
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781785928673
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 06/21/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Ian Macdonald
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Education
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.