Child and adolescent psychiatry
Subtitle: the essentials
By: [edited by] Keith Cheng, Kathleen Myers.
Contributors: Cheng, Keith.; Myers, Kathleen M.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
Subjects: Child psychiatry; Adolescent psychiatry; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Adolescent; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Child
Description: Provides the essential information that residents and general psychiatrists need to evaluate and treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Clinical case studies reinforce the major points in each chapter and tables present at-a-glance information on psychotropic drugs for various disorders. Coverage includes a supplementary treatment section addressing a broad spectrum of clinical situations and a section on special issues such as violence, suicide, abuse, and custody.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychiatric assessment of children and adolescents / Winters & Tsai; title: Psychiatric rating scales: theory and practice / Collett & Myers; title: Psychological assessment / Reed; title: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Stubbe; title: Oppositional defiant disorder & conduct disorder / Perepletchikova & Kazdin; title: Substance use disorders / Cheng; title: Anxiety disorders / Bryant & Cheng; title: Obsessive compulsive disorder / Snyder; title: Tourette's disorder / Jetmalani; title: Depressive disorders / Jeffery, Winters, Sava; title: Early onset bipolar disorder / Rockhill, Hlastala & Myers; title: Early onset schizophrenia / Hlastala & Mcclellan; title: Autism spectrum disorders / Stubbs & Cheng; title: Eating disorders / Mayaan & Woolston; title: Pediatric sleep disorders / Johnson; title: Learning disorders / Jensen & Breiger; title: Youth suicidality / Collett & Myers; title: Violence by children and adolescents / Reichlin; title: Trauma in children / Lubit; title: Child maltreatment / Childers; title: Child custody evaluations / Lubit; title: Psychopharmacology / Hamer; title: Behavioral interventions / Catlow; title: Psychotherapeutic interventions / Cheng; title: Family process and interventions / Garner & Garner; title: Idea serving children / Childers; title: Levels of care / Marx.