Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides the essential information that residents and general psychiatrists need to evaluate and treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry features:

• Clinical case studies that emphasize the major points in each chapter
• Appendices with rating and movement scales
• Tables featuring key information about psychotropic drugs for a variety of disorders
• Supplementary treatment section addressing a broader spectrum of situations
• Section on "Special Issues" such a violence, abuse, custody, and suicide

Contents

Section I: Evaluation

1. Psychiatric Assessment of Children and Adolescents
2. Psychiatric Rating Scales: Theory and Practice
3. Psychological Assessment

Section II: Psychiatric Disorders

4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
5. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
6. Substance Use Disorders
7. Anxiety Disorders
8. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
9. Tourette Disorder
10. Depressive Disorders
11. Early Onset Bipolar Disorder
12. Early Onset Schizophrenia and Related Psychotic Disorders
13. Autism Spectrum Disorders
14. Eating Disorders
15. Pediatric Sleep Disorders
16. Learning Disorders

Section III: Special Issues

17. Suicidality and Youth: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention
18. Violence by Children and Adolescents
19. Diagnosis and Treatment of Trauma in Children
20. Child Maltreatment
21. Child Custody Evaluations

Section IV: Treatment

22. Psychopharmacology
23. Behavioral Interventions
24. Psychotherapeutic Interventions
25. Family Process and Interventions
26. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Serving Infants, Children, and Adolescents with Special Needs
27. Levels of Mental Health Care in Community Settings

Index

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