Handbook of Preschool Mental Health
Subtitle: Development, Disorders, and Treatment
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: July 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9781593853136
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; physiopathology; Mental Health; Child Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Mental Disorders; Psychopathology - General; Preschool children; Developmental - Child; Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology; Child psychiatry; Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description: This volume explores the development of psychiatric disorders in 2- to 6-year-olds, detailing how the growing empirical knowledge base may lead to improved interventions for young children and their families. Leading contributors examine advances in the conceptualization and diagnosis of early-onset disruptive disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, eating and sleeping disorders, autism, and other clinical problems. Treatment strategies are described, including developmentally specific behavioral and play therapies, and available evidence for their effectiveness is presented. The literature on preschool psychopharmacology is also reviewed. Throughout, the discussion is grounded in the many recent advances on normative developmental processes in the preschool period.