Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens [Paperback]

Cynthia S Kaplan (Author), Blaise Aguirre (Author), Michael Rater (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2007

The first "adolescent primer" on the market

Destructive trends among today's youth are growing, making life very different from when their parents were growing up. The primary four self-destructive behaviors in adolescence today are excessive alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self mutilation (ie: cutting and burning), and eating disorders. These will be covered in detail, along with other issues like Internet addiction and suicide. These problems are not only detrimental to teens' mental and physical health, but the legal consequences for injurious behavior have also changed. Identification and prevention are the most important aspects in stopping teenage self-destructive behavior. This book offers a comprehensive look at teens self destructive behavior and gives parents solutions for dealing with it. Helping Your Troubled Teen instructs parents on how to identify an at-risk adolescent and discuss warning signs of injurious behavior, before the problem(s) become severe enough that a child is in crisis and/or legal actions are taken against them. Personal anecdotes and testimonials from both parents and their teenagers who have been confronted with and have engaged in self-destructive behavior are also included.

McLean Hospital is the largest psychiatric teaching facility of Harvard Medical School. Founded in 1811 as the original psychiatric department of the MGH, it moved to Belmont in 1895. McLean Hospital operates the largest psychiatric neuroscience research program of any Harvard University-affiliated facility and of any private psychiatric hospital in the country. The Child and Adolescent Program at McLean Hospital is one of the foremost clinical programs for helping young people and their families cope with psychiatric illness and the challenges it often brings. There are extensive ties with community services, and each therapeutic program of children and adolescents in inpatient, residential and outpatient services is tailored to the specific needs of the child and family.

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About the Author

Cynthia S Kaplan, Ph.D., received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Fordham University in New York. Dr. Kaplan did her internship at Bronx State Hospital in New York and post-graduate studies at New York University. She practiced in New York for ten years, primarily seeing children and adolescents and working in the Albert Einstein and Montefiore hospital systems. After moving to Massachusetts in 1986, Dr. Kaplan worked at Charles River and Boston Regional Hospitals and has worked for more than fifteen years at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, where she is currently the administrative director of child and adolescent psychiatry, program director of the adolescent acute residential treatment programs, and a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press; 1 edition (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592332625
• ISBN-13: 978-1592332625
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a manual for parents of teenagers, July 9, 2007

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Steven Edmunds "Steve" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens (Paperback)

At last, a book written to help parents and those who work with TEENAGERS understand what is going on in those adolescent brains. I now have a much better understanding of what emotional changes my two teenagers are going through, what behavior I can expect, and what to do if some of the trouble signs clearly outlined in the book start to appear in their behavior. I know that this book has helped me understand them and relate to them with new insight that can only help. Thanks for writing this!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!!, June 23, 2007

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Jane Rovslovsky - See all my reviews

This review is from: Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens (Paperback)

A beautifully written book that allows you to truly understand the perspective of those struggling with adolescence in our present age. Necessary for all who wish to further understand the psychology behind troubled teens and how to prevent their rebellious nature.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Parents of Teens!, September 26, 2007

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Sue Scheff "Sue Scheff" (Florida and New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens (Paperback)

As a Parent Advocate, this book has extremely valuable information for any parent that may be struggling with their teen. The authors take an approach that is easy to understand and offers insights to today's generation of teenagers.