Auteur : Skuse, David / Bruce, Helen / Dowdney, Linda / Mrazek, David

Édition : 2nd edition

Maison d'édition : Wiley-Blackwell

Date de publication : 2011

Collation : xii, 306 p. : ill.

ISBN : 9780470973820

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Section 1 : Developing competencies
1a : contextual influences upon social and emotional development
1. Family and systemic influences -- 2. Culture and child development -- 4. Neurobehavioural development in infancy -- 5. Genetic and biological influences
1b : General patterns of development
6. Clinical evaluation of development from birth to five years -- 7. Early social and emotional experience matters : the first year of life -- 8. Language development -- 9. Development of social cognition -- 10. Social and emotional development in middle childhood -- 11. Social-cognitive development during adolescence
Section 2 : Promoting well-being
12. Promoting infant mental health -- 13. Promoting children's well-being -- 14. Fostering resilience in adolescents
Section 3 : Attachment and separation
15. Attachment theory : research and clinical implications -- 16. Children bereaved by parent or sibling death -- 17. Adoption and fostering
Section 4 : The impact of trauma and maltreatment
18. Stress and reactions to stress in children -- 19. Child maltreatment -- 20. The neuroscience and genetics of childhood maltreatment
Section 5 : Atypical development
5a : Infancy and early childhood
21. Feeding and eating disorders i infancy and childhood -- 22. Literacy disorders
5b : Middle childhood
23. Autism spectrum disorders -- 24. Somatization and somatoform disorders -- 25. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- 26. Challenges in child and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder -- 27. Anxiety disorders in children -- 28. Childhood behavioural disorders -- 29. Specific language impairment
5c : Adolescence
30. Depression and suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents -- 31. Eating disorders in adolescence -- 32. Substance misuse in young people -- 33. Early-onset bipolar disorder -- 34. Emerging personality disorder
Section 6 : Assessment
35. Diagnostic classification : current dilemmas and possible solutions -- 36. Paediatric neuropsychological assessment I : an assessment framework -- 37. Paediatric neuropsychological assessment II : domains for assessment -- 38. Assessment of child psychiatric disorders -- 39. Psychological assessment -- 40. Family therapy assessment
Section 7 : Approaches to intervention
41. Discovering psychiatric pharmacogenomics -- 42. Cognitive-behavioural therapy for children and adolescents -- 43. Parenting programmes for conduct problems -- 44. Systemic and family approaches to intervention -- 45. Psychotherapeutic approaches : a psychodynamic perspective -- 46. Paediatric psychopharmacology : special considerations

Résumé : Written by leading clinicians and research experts in the fields of child development and psychopathology, this book is an authoritative and up to date guide for psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians and other professionals working with vulnerable children. The opening chapters outline neurobiological, genetic, familial and cultural influences upon child development, especially those fostering children's resilience and emotional wellbeing. Discussion of the acquisition of social and emotional developmental competencies leads on to reviews of child psychopathology, clinical diagnoses, assessment and intervention.
Developed with busy professionals and trainees in mind, it is comprehensively yet concisely written, using visual aids to help the reader absorb information rapidly and easily. This book is an essential purchase for those working or training in all clinical and community child settings.

Mots-clés : Enfants - Psychologie / Enfants - Psychiatrie

Cote : BF 721 S629c 2011