Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Developing a policy framework for vulnerable children with mental health needs: challenges and possibilities / Miranda Wolpert -- Vulnerable children's rights to services / Maria Stuttaford -- Ethical issues in working therapeutically with vulnerable children / Sharon Leighton -- Tackling the stigma of mental health in vulnerable children and young people / Fiona Gale -- Interventions for foster carers and adoptive parents of children who have experienced abuse and trauma / Jeanette Allen -- Therapeutic issues in working individually with vulnerable children and young people / Vicki Edwards -- Cognitive-behavioural interventions for young offenders / Ellen Townsend -- Working systemically with vulnerable children and their parents or carers / Maeve Mccolgan --

Interventions and services for refugee and asylum-seeking children and families / Viki Elliott -- Therapeutic services for homeless families and young people / Panos Vostanis -- Helping families who are victims of domestic abuse / Rachel Brooks and Elspeth Webb -- Mental health services for children with an intellectual disability / Helen Pote -- Children with physical illness / Khalid Karim -- The identification, prevention and treatment of vulnerabilities among children of alcohol or drug dependent parents / Jeffrey J. Wilson, Lacey Beckmann and Edward Nunes -- Cultural diversity issues in working with vulnerable children / Nisha Dogra -- US perspectives on interventions for vulnerable and undeserved youth / Niranjan Karnik ... [et al.] -- Service models and policies in European countries / Vaya Papageorgiou -- Mental health interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people: the way forward / Panos Vostanis.

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