{"product_id":"mind-over-monsters-supporting-youth-mental-health-with-compassionate-challenge-hardcover","title":"Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Rose Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into the mental health crisis affecting young adults today, and an impassioned argument for creating learning environments characterized both by compassion and challenge\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlarming statistics in recent years indicate that mental health problems like depression and anxiety have been skyrocketing among youth. To identify solutions, psychologist and professor Sarah Rose Cavanagh interviews a roster of experts across the country who are dedicating their lives to working with young people to help them actualize their goals, and highlights voices of college students from a range of diverse backgrounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCavanagh also brings the reader on an invigorating tour of pedagogical, neuroscientific, and psychological research on mental health--one that involves her own personal journey from panic to equilibrium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result of these combined sources of inquiry indicates that to support youth mental health, we must create what Cavanagh calls compassionate challenge--first, we need to cultivate learning and living environments characterized by compassion, and then, we need to guide our youth into practices that encourage challenge, helping them face their fears in an encouraging, safe, and even playful way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMind over Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for teachers, administrators, parents, and young people themselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Rose Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e is the senior associate director for teaching and learning at the Center for Faculty Excellence and an associate professor of practice in psychology at Simmons University. Her research considers whether the strategies people choose to regulate their emotions and the degree to which they successfully accomplish this regulation can predict trajectories of psychological functioning over time. Sarah's books include \u003ci\u003eThe Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e HIVEMIND: The New Science of Tribalism in Our Divided World\u003c\/i\u003e. Connect with her on Twitter @SaRoseCav.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766254010656,"sku":"9780807007570","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/16a988a9319d914315b21a47eb575c70.webp?v=1780288381","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mind-over-monsters-supporting-youth-mental-health-with-compassionate-challenge-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}