 | The Troubled Adolescent: Challenges and Resilience within Family and Multicultural Contexts Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Education; Social Sciences; Psychological Science; Mental Health; Educational Psychology; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology; Psychological Disorders - Children and Adolescents; Clinical Social Work; Counselling; Delinquency; Developmental Psychology; Social Psychology; Psychotherapy; Marriage Family & Sex Therapy; Counseling; This book is written for students and clinicians who want to learn about adolescent behavioral health and psychosocial development. It focuses on the experiences of culturally diverse adolescents and families including, but not limited to, diversity based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality, ability/disability status, age, nationality, language, and socioeconomic status. Written from a bioecological and strength-based perspective, it views adolescents as having the power to initiate growth and recover from setbacks. Dr. Jennifer Lovell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB). Dr. Lovell completed her Ph.D. in child clinical psychology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and later specialized in paediatric psychology and infant mental health during postdoctoral training at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. |
