Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Contributors: Bishop, Dorothy; Pine, Daniel
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 1256
ISBN-13: 9781444300901
Subjects: Child psychiatry; Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Developmental disabilities; Mental illness; Child; Adolescent psychiatry; Pathological Psychology
Description: Rutters Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Fifth Edition has become an established and accepted textbook of child psychiatry. Now completely revised and updated, the fifth edition provides a coherent appraisal of the current state of the field to help trainee and practising clinicians in their daily work. It is distinctive in being both interdisciplinary and international, in its integration of science and clinical practice, and in its practical discussion of how researchers and practitioners need to think about conflicting or uncertain findings. This new edition now offers an entirely new sec.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Contents; Contributors; Preface to the Fifth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; I Conceptual Approaches; 2 Developments in Child and AdolescentPsychiatry Over the Last 50 Years; 2 Classification; 3 Neurodevelopmental Disorders:Conceptual Issues; 4 Clinical Assessment and DiagnosticFormulation; 5 Using Epidemiological andLongitudinal Approaches to StudyCausal Hypotheses; 6 Using Epidemiology to Plan Services:A Conceptual Approach; 7 Children's Testimony; 8 Legal Issues in the Care and Treatment of Children with Mental Health Problems.