Clinical Manual of Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine
Subtitle: Mental Health Consultation With Physically Ill Children And Adolescents
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Published: September 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781585621873
Subjects: Clinical psychology; Paediatric medicine; Psychotherapy; Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent; Medicine, Psychosomatic; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Pediatrics; complications; Mental Disorders
Description: Complete text on the subject, describing an integrative approach to behavioral health problems in children and adolescents who are physically ill, have emotional illness masquerading as physical illness, and have comorbid emotional and physical conditions that complicate the management of each. It brings together information regarding consultation-liaison or psychosomatic work with children into a succinct guide that provides the practitioner with pragmatic ways of organizing the key issues that arise in psychiatric consultation with physically ill children, and it features a set of unique templates to help guide clinical assessment and management.