Family Guide to Emotional Wellness: Proven Self-Help Techniques and Excersises for Dealing With Common Problems and Building Crucial Life Skills

Best-selling authors of numerous self-help titles (Self-Esteem, Couple Skills), Fanning and McKay attempt to fill the need for a readable, authoritative guide to emotional well-being. This book summarizes their work over the past 20 years and includes excerpts and adaptations from additional sources on topics such as interpersonal skills and parenting, relatively new pathologies like gambling and Internet addiction, and traditional psychiatric maladies like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The chapters vary in depth from "pep talks" to detailed exercises, self-questionnaires, and reviews of standard treatment protocols. The coverage of psychiatric medications may date quickly, but the well-written text is relatively jargon-free, so readers can apply the knowledge directly or use it to prepare for professional consultations. This unique, research-based compendium is highly recommended for consumer health collections, where it should be a worthy complement to similar works on physical illness.DAntoinette Brinkman, M.L.S., formerly with Southwest Indiana Mental Health Ctr., Evansville

Book Description
This invaluable guide is designed to help parents raise children who are able to handle their emotions, cope with stress, and take on new challenges. It also provides information about common problems, such as eating disorders and anxiety, aiding parents in recognizing troublesome symptoms and deciding when professional help is necessary.