Textbook of Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine
This is an essential volume for all child psychiatrists, pediatricians, and other health professionals who treat children or adolescents. Drs. Shaw and Demaso edit a volume that offers a remarkable compendium of essential clinical topics. Beginning with general assessment guidelines, the book reviews basic diagnostic categories and then provides detailed descriptions of psychiatric issues in a variety of discrete medical and surgical disorders. Evidence-based treatments are outlined throughout its pages. This textbook will be the standard by which all other volumes that cover this clinical population will be judged. --Thomas N. Wise, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicinCongratulations to all the authors and the two editors for this definitive and timely textbook on pediatric psychosomatic medicine. It fills a much needed gap in the field. Comprehensive, practical, and evidence-based, this new work is a must read for all practitioners who care about children's physical and mental health. --Thomas F. Anders, M.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, Past President, American Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryPsychosomatic pediatric psychiatry is one of the most complex specialties of medicine. This textbook manages to provide practitioners with all the necessary tools to successfully operate in this domain and provide children, parents, and pediatricians with much needed support and assistance in managing the overlap between psychiatric and pediatric illness. The authors are to be congratulated on an excellent contribution. --Hans Steiner, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Stanford University, School of Medicine