A landmark publication in the field, this state of the art reference work includes contributions from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines on topics including ADHD, autism, depression, eating disorders and trauma. It is an essential resource for all those involved or interested in child mental health.

Table of Contents

• List of Tables and Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Abbreviations
• Part I The Place of Conversation/Discourse Analysis in Child Mental Health
• 1 The Value of Conversation Analysis for the Study of Children's Mental Health - Alessandra Fasulo
• 2 The Value of Conversation Analysis: A Child Psychiatrist's Perspective - Khalid Karim
• 3 The Value of Discourse Analysis: A Clinical Psychologist's View - Nikki Kiyimba
• 4 Looking or Spotting: A Conversation Analytic Perspective on Interaction between a Humanoid Robot, a Co-present Adult, and a Child with an ASC - Paul Dickerson and Ben Robins
• 5 ADHD: Three Competing Discourses - Adam Rafalovich
• Part II A Critical Approach to Child Mental Health
• 6 Discourses on Children's Mental Health: A Critical Review - Tom Strong and Monica Sesma-Vazquez
• 7 Child Mental Health: A Discourse Community - Stephen Gilson and Elizabeth DePoy
• 8 The Social Construction of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Sami Timimi and Lewis Timimi
• 9 Moral Evaluations in Repertoires of ADHD - Mary Horton-Salway and Alison Davies
• 10 Leaving Melancholia: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder - Valerie Harwood
• 11 Why Does a Systemic Psychotherapy ‘Work’? - Sim Roy-Chowdhury
• Part III The Social Construction of Normal/Abnormal
• 12 Red Flags: The Social Construction of a Symptom - David C. Giles
• 13 The Production of the ‘Normal Child’: Exploring Co-constructions of Parents, Children, and Therapists - Charlotte Brownlow and Andrea Lamont-Mills
• 14 Should Autism Be Classified as a Mental Illness/Disability? Evidence from Empirical Work - Michelle O'Reilly, Khalid Karim, and Jessica Nina Lester
• 15 Subjectivity in Autistic Language: Insights on Pronoun Atypicality from Three Case Studies - Laura Sterponi, Kenton de Kirby, and Jennifer Shankey
• 16 Normative Development and the Autistic Child - Lindsay O'Dell and Charlotte Brownlow
• Part IV Situating and Exploring Child Mental Health Difficulties
• 17 A Conversation Analysis of the Problem Presentation Phase of Initial Assessment Appointments in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service - Victoria Stafford and Khalid Karim
• 18 The Discursive Construction of Problem Behaviours of Children with Autism in Therapy - Jessica Nina Lester and Michelle O'Reilly
• 19 Name-Calling by a Child with Asperger's Syndrome - Johanna Rendle-Short, Ray Wilkinson, and Susan Danby
• 20 Attachment Processes and Eating Disorders in Families: Research and Clinical Implications - Rudi Dallos and Sarah Pitt
• 21 Using Discourse Analysis to Study Online Forums for Young People Who Self-Harm - Janet Smithson
• 22 Using Conversation Analysis for Understanding Children's Talk about Traumatic Events - Amanda Bateman, Susan Danby, and Justine Howard
• 23 Food, Eating, and ‘Eating Disorders’: Analysing Adolescents’ Discourse - Maxine Woolhouse and Katy Day
• Part V Managing Problem Behaviour
• 24 Presuming Communicative Competence with Children with Autism: A Discourse Analysis of the Rhetoric of Communication Privilege - Jessica Nina Lester
• 25 Parents’ Resources for Facilitating the Activities of Children with Autism at Home - Monica Ramey and John Rae
• 26 Managing and Normalising Emotions and Behaviour: A Conversation Analytic Study of ADHD Coaching - Louise Bradley and Carly W. Butler
• 27 Interlocutor Influence on the Communication Behaviours Associated with Selective Mutism - Hanna Schäfer and Tom Muskett
• 28 ‘I'm Happy with Who I Am’: A Discursive Analysis of the Self-Characterisation Practices of Boys in ‘Behaviour’ Schools - Linda J. Graham
• Part VI Child Mental Health Practice
• 29 Therapeutic Vision: Eliciting Talk about Feelings in Child Counselling for Family Separation - Ian Hutchby
• 30 Parents’ Resistance of Anticipated Blame through Alignment Strategies: A Discursive Argument for Temporary Exclusion of Children from Family Therapy - Nikki Kiyimba and Michelle O'Reilly
• 31 Parentification: Counselling Talk on a Helpline for Children and Young People - Susan Danby, Jakob Cromdal, Johanna Rendle-Short, Carly W. Butler, Karin Osvaldsson, and Michael Emmison
• 32 ‘And You? What Do You Think Then?’ Taking Care of Thought and Reasoning in Intellectual Disability - Marilena Fatigante, Saverio Bafaro, and Margherita Orsolini
• 33 ‘You Just Have to Be Cheerful Really’: Children's Accounts of Ordinariness in Trauma Recovery Talk - Joyce Lamerichs, Eva Alisic, and Marca Schasfoort
• Glossary
• References