Nurturing Young Minds: Mental Wellbeing in the Digital Age (Generation Next) - Softcover

Manocha, Ramesh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472141962 ISBN 13: 9781472141965

Verlag: Robinson, 2018

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This is the most authoritative and up-to-date collection of information about a range of issues affecting young people in the digital age, including online behaviour management, cyberbullying, mental health and making good choices.

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Dr Ramesh Manocha is an Australian GP and researcher based at the Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Sydney University, where he coordinates the Meditation Research Programme. For the past 15 years he has conducted clinical trials and scientific investigations into the practical applications of meditation. As a result he is now recognised as a leading authority in this field. Recently, Dr Manocha founded Generation Next a national education programme aimed at educating professionals and parents about the mental health crisis facing our young people and how it to deal with it. He is also recognised as a leading developer of professional education resources in the field of women's and children's health, mental health and adolescent medicine. For more information visit: http://www.beyondthemind.com

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Being a teenager has never been easy, but the digital age has brought with it unique challenges for young people and the adults in their lives. Nurturing Young Minds: Mental Wellbeing in the Digital Age collects expert advice on how to tackle the terrors of the twenty-first century and is a companion to Growing Happy, Healthy Young Minds.

Clearly organised and easily accessible, this book contains important advice for parents, teachers, counsellors and health care professionals.

This volume includes up-to-date information on:
· Teen sleep
· The teenage brain
· Dyslexia and learning difficulties
· Friendship and social skills
· Healthy habits for a digital life
· Computer game addiction
· Sexting
· Cyberbullying
· Talking to young people about porn
· Understanding and managing anger and aggression
· Understanding boys' health
· Violent videogames and violent behaviour

Dr Ramesh Manocha is an Australian GP and researcher based at the Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Sydney University, where he coordinates the Meditation Research Programme. Recently, Dr Manocha founded Generation Next, an education programme aimed at educating professionals and parents about the mental health crisis facing our young people and how it to deal with it. He is also recognised as a leading developer of professional education resources in the field of women's and children's health, mental health and adolescent medicine.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Robinson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1472141962
• ISBN 13: 9781472141965
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Robinson; biuro@robinson.pl; ; Lajkonika 34; Bielsko-Bia?a; 43-382; Polen