Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements

pp viii-viii

Introduction

pp 1-10

Part One - The Clinical Picture of Childhood Mental Distress

pp 11-12

1 - What Brings Today’s Children to Psychotherapy?

pp 13-23

2 - Childhood Psychiatric Diagnosis Today

pp 24-40

3 - Scared, Sad Children and Their Self-Protective Defences

pp 41-54

4 - Treating Today’s Troubled Children: Paradigm Clashes

pp 55-64

5 - New Findings about Nature versus Nurture

pp 65-72

Part Two - The Impact of Modern Life on Child Mental Health

pp 73-74

6 - The Internet and Today’s Children

pp 75-89

7 - Childhood Adversity Today

pp 90-97

8 - Socio-economic Considerations: The Gap between Rich and Poor Children

pp 98-104

9 - Children of the Pandemic

pp 105-118

10 - When Children Don’t Go Outside and Play

pp 119-125

11 - Today’s Parents in Mind

pp 126-138

12 - Modern Families

pp 139-153

Conclusion

pp 154-158

Notes

pp 159-174

Bibliography

pp 175-190

Index

pp 191-200