About the Book

The book is an anthology of fourteen research articles and perspective papers in the discipline of mental health. It aims to dispel the misconception that issues of mental health are clinical in nature and are only relevant to the discipline of psychology. The articles attempt to connect the practice of Mental Health to everyday life and not restrict Guidance, Counselling and Psychotherapy to clinical settings. A strong introduction and some conclusive ideas for educators have been woven in to this end. After reading the book, the reader will be able to construct a more expansive notion about what guidance and counseling are and understand how they naturally constitute the core of Education for Mental Health. The book re-defines guidance and counseling and concludes by presenting a framework to schools for organizing mental health services. It is hoped that the anthology will make informative and insightful reading for all those interested in children, education and society.

About Author

Namita Ranganathan is a Professor at the Central Institute of Education, Department of Education, University of Delhi. She has been teaching courses in Educational Psychology, Personality Studies, Child and Adolescent Development and Education for Mental Health at the B.Ed, M.Ed, M.Phil and PhD levels since the last twenty five years. She is a Consultant to different National bodies, Voluntary Agencies and Non-Governmental Agencies. She conducts a number of workshops in schools on different dimensions of understanding and knowing children and adolescents, training teachers to be counselors and sensitizing different stakeholder groups to issues related to emotional well being. The spectrum of her published writings include a book, research papers, chapters in books, training modules and action programmes for field implementation.

Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Stress and Burnout: Promoting Resilience Among School Teachers
Ambika Bhatia
2. Mental Health Concerns of School Children: A Psycho-Educational Perspective
Anita Vaidyanathan
3. Understanding Children's Play at Pre-Primary Level: A Psychosocial Perspective
Anshika Gupta
4. Locating Children's Well-Being in National Policies on Mental Health and Education
Dinkar Saxena
5. Psychological Stress: The Experience of the Science Student
Gagandeep Bajaj
6. Adolescence in India: Issues and Concerns
Kavita Vasudev
7. School Life Experiences of Children with Learning Disabilities as Reflected in their Classroom Interaction and Social Adjustment in Schools
Ravneet Kaur
8. Deconstructing Harry Potter: A Psycho-Educational Perspective
Shefali Srivastava
9. Towards Better Interpersonal Relationships during Adolescence: A Life Skills Approach
Shivani Arora
10. Stress Management: A Life Skills Approach
Sujata Lakhani
11. Gender Issues in Mental Health
Toolika Wadhwa
12. Exploring the Gender and Class Contours of Adolescent Identity
Vandana Siddharth Grover
13. Lifting the Veil off a Dark Childhood Secret: A Study of Child Sexual Abuse
Vertika Chowdhary
14. Development of Self and Identity through Schooling Processes: A Case Study of Mirambika
Vikas Beniwal
On a Concluding Note…
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