Auteur : Luby, Joan L.

Maison d'édition : Guilford Press

Date de publication : 2006

Collation : xviii, 430 p. : ill.

ISBN : 9781593853136

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Part I : Normative development in the preschool period
1. Social development : psychological understanding, self-understanding, and relationships -- 2. Emotional competence : implications for social functioning -- 3. Cognitive development
Part II : mental disorders arising in the preschool period
4. Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity disorder -- 5. Oppositional defiant disorder -- 6. Eating disorders -- 7. Anxiety disorders -- 8. Posttraumatic stress disorder : clinical guidelines and research findings -- 9. Sleep disorders -- 10. Mood disorders : phenomenology and a developmental emotion reactivity model -- 11. Attachment disorders -- 12. Autism spectrum disorders
Part III : Assessment and intervention in the preschool period
13. Neuropsychological assessment -- 14. Psychopharmacology -- 15. Play therapy : integrating clinical and developmental perspectives -- 16. Using play in child-parent psychotherapy to treat trauma -- 17. Early intervention for autism

Résumé : This important volume comprehensively explores the development of psychiatric disorders in 2- to 6-year-olds, detailing how the growing empirical knowledge base may lead to improved interventions for young children and their families. Leading contributors examine advances in the conceptualization and diagnosis of early-onset disruptive disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, eating and sleeping disorders, autism, and other clinical problems. Promising treatment strategies are described, including developmentally specific behavioral and play therapies, and available evidence for their effectiveness is presented. The literature on preschool psychopharmacology is also reviewed. Throughout, the discussion is grounded in the many recent advances on normative developmental processes in the preschool period.

Mots-clés : Enfants - Psychiatrie / Enfants d'âge préscolaire / Enfants - Développement / Enfants d'âge préscolaire - Santé mentale

Cote : WS 350 L929h 2006