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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Girl Power? Understanding Girls' Socialization Through the Lens of Popular Culture; Pressure One: Look Hot, Sexy, and Older Than You Are; Pressure Two: Be a Diva; Pressure Three: Who Are You?: Find Out by Plastering Yourself Online; Pressure Four: You Can Have It All, and Do It All Perfectly; Consequences of Current Trends for Girls' Development and Mental Health; Harms to Academic Performance; Harms to Mental Health; Conclusion; Resources. |
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Chapter 2: My World Is Spinning Upside Down: Family, Peer, School, and Developmental UpheavalsA Time of Flux for Adolescent Girls: Family, Peers, and Schools; Current Trends in Family Structure; Peer Group Transitions; School Transitions; Developmental Tasks of Adolescence; Task 1: Adjust to Sexually Maturing Bodies and Feelings; Task 2: Develop and Apply Abstract Thinking Skills; Task 3: Develop and Apply a More Complex Level of Perspective Taking; Task 4: Develop and Apply New Cognitive Skills Such as Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Conflict Resolution. |
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Task 5: Identify Meaningful Moral Standards, Values, and Belief SystemsTask 6: Understand and Express More Complex Emotional Experiences; Emotion Identification; Emotion Expression; Emotion Regulation; Task 7: Form Friendships That Are Mutually Close and Supportive; Task 8: Establish Key Aspects of Identity; Task 9: Meet Demands of Increasingly Mature Roles and Responsibilities; Task 10: Renegotiate Relationships With Adults in Parenting Roles; Developmentally Based Counseling Strategies; Developmentally Based Counseling Strategies for Parents; Parenting Task 1: Love and Connect. |
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Parenting Task 2: Guide and LimitParenting Task 3: Monitor and Observe; Parenting Task 4: Model and Consult; Parenting Task 5: Provide and Advocate; Conclusion; Resources; Sites for Information About Girls' Puberty; Sites for Promoting Girls' Positive Development; Chapter 3: A Cloud of Hopelessness: Adolescent Girls and Depression; Conceptualization of Adolescent Girls' Depression; Diagnostic Features; Girls' Sociocultural Context; Gender Differences; Girls and Life Stressors; Interpersonal Vulnerability; Ethnicity and Culture; Family Influences. |
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Mental Health Treatment Approaches for Adolescent DepressionCBT Approaches for Depression in Adolescent Girls; General Components of CBT Treatment; Interpersonal Therapy for Adolescents; Theoretical Conceptualization of IPT-A; IPT-A Treatment Approach; Adaptations of IPT-A; Antidepressant Medications and Psychotherapy; Prevention of Adolescent Depression; Interpersonal Therapy: Adolescent Skills Training; Conclusion; Resources; Chapter 4: Weighted Down: Disordered Eating in Adolescent Girls; Risk Factors for Disordered Eating Onset; Sociocultural Theory; Social Comparison. |
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""Contemporary culture promotes a 'hot and sexy' diva image to girls, encouraging inner emptiness, depression, and even risk for self-injury, but Adolescent Girls in Distress is exactly 'what the doctor ordered'- a well-researched, thoughtful, and systematic antidote empowering professionals to create the resilience, resourcefulness, and resistance needed to navigate and thrive in this girl-toxic culture. A must-read for anyone concerned about today's girls.""--Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS, . Eating Disorder Specialist and Author. Cultural stressors are affecting girls at increasingly younger. |
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Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Adolescent psychology.
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Mental illness -- Prevention.
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Mental illness -- Treatment.
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Psychology, Adolescent |
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Female |
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Mental Disorders -- prevention & control |
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Mental Disorders -- therapy |
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Preventive Psychiatry |
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Adolescents -- Psychologie.
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Maladies mentales -- Prévention.
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Maladies mentales -- Traitement.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child & Adolescent.
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Mental illness -- Treatment
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Adolescent psychology
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Mental illness -- Prevention
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Choate, Laura. Adolescent Girls in Distress : A Guide for Mental Health Treatment and Prevention. New York : Springer Publishing Company, ©2013 9780826109545 |
| ISBN |
9780826109552 |
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0826109551 |
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9780826109545 (electronic bk.) |
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0826109543 (electronic bk.) |
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AU@ 000053742075 |
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AU@ 000059221574 |
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DEBBG BV041292254 |
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DEBBG BV043033168 |
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DEBBG BV044189342 |
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DEBSZ 421246227 |
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NZ1 15181027 |
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