The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) recognized the best nursing and
healthcare publications of 2008 with an announcement today of its Book of the Year Award recipients. Winners in 15 separate
categories appear in the journal’s January issue. Many of the winning
publications address a variety of controversial consumer health topics and
nursing industry issues that span medical-surgical nursing, psychiatric-mental
health nursing, maternal and child health, and other areas. Two of the top
three consumer health books awarded by the AJN were about mental health issues: Helping Teens Who Cut: Understanding and Ending Self-Injury, by Michael Hollander, which brings to
light the serious and potentially devastating issue of self injury which
affects the quality of life of teens and their parents. The author suggests
interventions for families to use.
What Works for Bipolar Kids: Help and Hope for Parents, by Mani Pavuluri, takes an optimistic, evidence-based "how to" approach to help parents and children manage a bipolar child's behavior, understand medications and therapies and reduce family stress
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