Chinese Medicine for Childhood Anxiety and Depression : a Practical Guide for Practitioners and Parents / Rebecca Avern ; foreword by Elisa Rossi ; illustrated by Sarah Hoyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avern, Rebecca, author.

Contributor:

Rossi, Elisa, writer of foreword.

Hoyle, Sarah, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety in children--Alternative treatment.

Anxiety in children.

Depression in children--Alternative treatment.

Depression in children.

Medicine, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Singing Dragon, an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

Tackling mental-emotional health problems in young people from a Chinese medicine perspective, this book shows how a child's mental-emotional health is intrinsically connected with core elements of their everyday life. It suggests an approach to preventing and healing anxiety and depression that involves neither medication nor costs anything. Part One of the book explains Chinese medicine concepts related to mental-emotional health in a way that is accessible for those with no prior knowledge. It includes chapters on how to recognise a child's Five Element imbalance and how children of each element type need a different kind of nurture and lifestyle in order to remain mentally-emotionally healthy. Each chapter in Part Two examines a particular pillar of mental-emotional health such as connection, family life, emotions, and diet through a Chinese medicine lens. Each chapter is full of practical tips. Throughout, there is an emphasis on guiding parents and practitioners to discern what is right for a particular child, and that each child will need something different. Addressing childhood anxiety and depression using a unique, accessible, and practical perspective, Chinese Medicine for Childhood Anxiety and Depression is an invaluable book for practitioners and parents alike.

Contents:

Intro

Chinese madicine for childhood anxiety and depression

Cover

Of related interest

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword by Elisa Rossi

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 Understanding

1. Setting the Scene

2. What Children Are Made of: Qi, Shen, Essence and Blood

3. The Nature of Children and Childhood

4. Nature: Five Element Constitution

5. Nurture: What the Five Element Types Need to Flourish

6. The Five Types of Anxiety and Depression

7. The Yin/Yang of Anxiety and Depression

Part 2 Helping

8. Emotions

9. Connection

10. Family

11. Times of Change

12. The Yin and Yang of Daily Life

13. Exercise

14. Breathing

15. The Art of Eating

16. What to Eat

17. Sleep

18. What Else Can We Do to Help?

Appendix 1 Paediatric Tui Na

Appendix 2 Head, Neck and Face Massages

Appendix 3 Auriculotherapy

Appendix 4 Dissipating Stuck Emotions

Appendix 5 Finding a Paediatric Acupuncturist

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781787757820

178775782X

OCLC:

1273980535