Adolescence, Risk and Resilience: Against the Odds

The teenage years, according to popular culture, are a time of experimentation and risk–taking.  Certainly, all young people have a number of transitions to negotiate and some who face adversity are more vulnerable during this time than at others. Despite this, many young people do exceptionally well, even though the odds are stacked against them. 
In this volume, Ann Hagell and John Coleman have gathered together internationally renowned experts to consider a range of disadvantages that may impact on adolescents, and suggest ways to help overcome them.  Adolescence, Risk and Resilience is concerned with demonstrating a positive approach to young people and their circumstances, and shows how the concepts of risk and resilience are related.
Contributors examine a range of issues including: families and the risks they pose, mental ill–health, offending behaviour, sexual risk, disability, being in care, and social exclusion.  All students and practitioners working with adolescents will find this up to date and thorough review invaluable, but especially in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and social work.
Contributors: John Coleman, Nick Frost, Ann Hagell, Robert Macdonald, Sue Mills, Catherine O‘Brien, Jennifer Pearce, Jacqueline Scott, Kirsten Stalker, Panos Vostanis.

Spis treści:
Chapter 1. The Nature of Risk and Resilience in Adolescence (John Coleman and Ann Hagell)
Chapter 2. The Role of the Family (Catherine O′Brien and Jacqueline Scott)
Chapter 3. Growing Up in Substitute Care: Risk and Resilience Factors for Looked–after Young People and Care Leavers (Sue Mills and Nick Frost)
Chapter 4. Sex and Risk ( Jennifer J. Pearce)
Chapter 5. Mental Health and Mental Disorders (Panos Vostanis)]
Chapter 6. Young Disabled Peopel ( Kirsten Stalker)
Chapter 7. Anti–social Behaviour (Ann Hagell)
Chapter 8. Social  Exclusion, Risk and Yo ung Adulthood (Robert MacDonald)
Chapter 9. Adolescence, Risk and Resilience: A Conclusion (John Coleman and Ann Hagell)
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Dr John Coleman O.B.E is Founder of the Trust for the Study of Adolescence. He has written widely in this field, and is the former editor of the Journal of Adolescence. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford.
Dr Ann Hagell is Co–Director of the Policy Research Bureau, an independent social policy centre focusing children, families and at–risk adolescents.


Okładka tylna:
The teenage years, according to popular culture, are a time of experimentation and risk–taking.  Certainly, all young people have a number of transitions to negotiate and some who face adversity are more vulnerable during this time than at others. Despite this, many young people do exceptionally well, even though the odds are stacked against them. 
In this volume, Ann Hagell and John Coleman have gathered together internationally renowned experts to consider a range of disadvantages that may impact on adolescents, and suggest ways to help overcome them.  Adolescence, Risk and Resilience is concerned with demonstrating a positive approach to young people and their circumstances, and shows how the concepts of risk and resilience are related.
Contributors examine a range of issues including: families and the risks they pose, mental ill–health, offending behaviour, sexual risk, disability, being in care, and social exclusion.  All students and practitioners working with adolescents will find this up to date and thorough review invaluable, but especially in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and social work.
Contributors: John Coleman, Nick Frost, Ann Hagell, Robert Macdonald, Sue Mills, Catherine O‘Brien, Jennifer Pearce, Jacqueline Scott, Ki rsten Stalker, Panos Vostanis.