This book is a practical manual for primary healthcare professionals, teachers and anyone who works with children - especially in places where specialist psychiatric care is not available. After giving an overview of child mental health problems, the manual goes on to deal with the various developmental, behavioural and emotional problems that arise in as many as 10% of the youth population.

This practical manual offers health workers without specialist training a basic understanding of mental illness, by guiding them through the assessment and management of more than 30 clinical problems, enabling them to draw on their resources to be able to address mental health issues that arise in their communities. This product is also available as Open Access.