Auteur : Volkmar, Fred R. / Martin, Andrés / Lewis, Melvin 1926-2007

Maison d'édition : Wolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Date de publication : 2011

Collation : vii, 391 p. : ill.

ISBN : 9780781775021

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Section I : Introduction
1. An introduction to child psychiatry : history, theory, and methods
Section II : Normal development
2. Normal child development
Section III : Clinical disorders
3. Classification and assessment -- 4. Autism and related disorders -- 5. Intellectual disability (mental retardation) --- 6. Learning disabilities and developmental coordination disorder -- 7. Disorders of communication -- 8. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- 9. Oppositional defiant and conduct disorders -- 10. Childhood schizophrenia and childhood psychosis -- 11. Mood disorders -- 12. Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder -- 13. Tic disorders -- 14. Eating and feeding disorders -- 15. Substance abuse disorders -- 16. Sleep and sleep disorders -- 17. Somatoform disorders -- 18. Elimination disorders : enuresis and encopresis -- 19. Gender identity disorder -- 20. Abuse, neglact, and the effects of trauma
Section IV : Treatment
21. Pediatric psychopharmacology -- 2. Psychotherapies -- 23. Treatment programs : a continuum of approaches -- 24. Psychiatric emergencies
Section V : Special issues
25. Consultation liaison : consultation in pediatrics -- 26. Child psychiatry and the law

Résumé : Carefully distilled from the authoritative resource in the field, Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 4th Edition, Essentials presents the most practical and clinically relevant information in a smaller, accessible text for all those involved with mental health care for children and adolescents. Chapters focus on specific disorders and syndromes and their diagnosis and treatment, as well as areas of interface such as pediatrics and the law. Compiled by Fred R. Volkmar and Andres Martin of the Yale Child Study Center, Essentials should be in the library of all those who care for these young patients.

Mots-clés : Enfants - Psychiatrie / Adolescents - Psychiatrie

Cote : WS 350 V919e 2011