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This book is a practical foundation for social workers, parents, teachers, counsellors and all the people engaged in childcare to enable them to analyse the psychosocial problems in children and adolescents with confidence and clarity in understanding social pathology. The book will surely help to see that the majority of problems in society have social determinants and the disease or problems have social causes, social consequences and social therapy. Its focus is on the health of the community as a whole and on the social and behavioural aspects of an individual. Spread over 25 chapters, it touches all aspects of children and adolescent’s life and also highlight the importance of family as the first point of contact at the time of birth, and in the care received while growing-up. It explores the social and cultural aspects of health and disease by reviewing how parenting and attachment styles of parents and family affects psychosocial health of children by emphasising the recognition of family as the focal point of healthcare and the right place for integrating preventive, promotive and curative services.