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.Preface PART I: THE PLACE OF CONVERSATION/DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN CHILD MENTAL HEALTH 1. The Value of Conversation Analysis for Child 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 ASD; Paul Dickerson and Ben Robins 5. ADHD: The Discursive Implications; 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 Liz DePoy 8. The Social Construction of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Sami Timimi and Lewis Timimi 9. Moral Evaluations in Repertoires of ADHD; Mary Horton-Salway and Alison Davies 10. Leaving Melancholia: Disruptive Mood Dsyregulation 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 Sympton; David 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 Lester 15. Subjectivity in Autistic Language: A Reapprasial of Pronoun Avoidance and Reversal; Laura Sterponi, Kenton de Kirby and Jennifer Shankey 16. Normal€