Auteur : Cheng, Keith / Myers, Kathleen M.

Édition : 2nd edition

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

Date de publication : 2011

Collation : xi, 548 p.

ISBN : 9781605474434

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Section I : Evaluation
1. Psychaitric assessment of children and adolescents -- 2. Psychological assessment -- 3. Rating scales
Section II : Psychiatric disorders
4. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- 5. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder -- 6. Adolescent substance-use disorders -- 7. Pediatric anxiety disorders -- 8. Trauma and associated disorders -- 9. Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- 10. Tourette syndrome -- 11. Child and adolescent depressive disorders -- 12. Early-onset bipolar disorder -- 13. Eating disorders -- 14. Elimiation disorders : enuresis and encopresis -- 15. Early-onset schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders -- 16. Autism spectrum disorders -- 17. Learning disabilities
Section III : Special issues
18. Early childhood mental health in clinical practice -- 19. Fetal alcolhol spectrum disorders -- 20. Pediatric sleep problems -- 21. Suicidality and youth : identification, treatment, and prevention -- 22. Aggression by children and adolescents -- 23. Nutritional aspects of psychiatric disorders -- 24. Caring for children and aodlcents with mental health problems in the general health setting
Section IV : Treatment
25. Psychopharmacology -- 26. Evidence-based psychotherapies -- 27. Community-based systems of care

Résumé : Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: The Essentials, Second Edition presents comprehensive yet practical information about psychiatric problems in children and adolescents that can be used in a wide variety of clinical settings. Written by both psychiatrists and primary care providers, this concise and readable text is divided into four sections on evaluation, specific disorders, special issues, and treatment. Clinical case studies reinforce the major points in each chapter and tables present at-a-glance information on psychotropic drugs for various disorders. This edition has fifty percent new contributing authors, more information on evaluating polypharmaceutic approaches, and new chapters on fetal alcohol syndrome, nutritional psychiatry, and evidence-based psychotherapies.

Mots-clés : Adolescents - Psychiatrie / Enfants - Psychiatrie

Cote : WS 350 C518c 2011