When to Really Worry - Michael Carr-Gregg New softcover book Mental Health Problems Teenagers

WHEN TO REALLY WORRY

Mental Health Problems in Teenagers and What to do about them

by MICHAEL CARR-GREGG

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New softcover book, 248 pages, published 2010.

When does normal teenage behaviour become something you really need to worry about?

In this insightful book, one of Australia's leading authorities on adolescent mental health, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, offers practical information on the symptoms, causes and treatment for everything from ADHD and eating disorders to anxiety and depression.

Michael also includes tips on:

• detecting early warning signs
• encouraging your teenager to visit a doctor
• finding a youth-friendly GP, counsellor or therapist
• navigating the public mental health system

Chapters include:

• What to expect from teenagers
• Is my teenager at risk?
• Depression
• What can I do?
• An overview of treatments
• Anxiety disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• ADHD
• Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
• Eating disorders
• Self-harm
• Psychosis
• Youth suicide
• Plus conclusion, resources, references and further reading

When to Really Worry is an essential reference for parents, teachers, coaches or anyone who works with young people.

About the Author:

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg was educated in Kenya, England, New Zealand and Australia. In 1985, he founded the world's first national teenage cancer patients support group, CanTeen - The Australian Teenage Cancer Patient's Society. Michael has worked in private practice as a family therapist, child psychologist and clinical psychologist, as an academic, researcher and he spent 4 years working as a political lobbyist. Michael is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists. He is the consultant psychologist to many schools and national organisations, an official ambassador for the federal government's youth suicide prevention programs beyondblue and Mindmatters, and the resident psychologist with Channel Nine's Today Show. He has written several books on parenting adolescents and is a columnist for Girlfriend and Australian Doctor magazines. He has won many awards for his work. He is one of Australia's leading authorities on teenage behaviour, and as a practising psychologist specialises in the area of parenting adolescents and adolescent mental health. His other books include Adolescence - A Guide for Parents, The Princess Bitchface Syndrome, Real Wired Child, Surviving Adolescents and Surviving Year 12.

Most importantly, Michael is married and has two children, supports Hawthorn in the AFL and South Sydney in the NRL. In 2000, he was the subject of a This Is Your Life program on Channel 9. He works in private practice in Melbourne.

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When to Really Worry: Mental Health Problems in Teenagers and What to do about them by Michael Carr-Gregg