Clinical Child Psychiatry

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W.B. Saunders Company, 1998 - Medical - 544 pages
Heres a practical, accessible guide to child and adolescent psychiatry. 30 leading authorities describe their most effective clinical approaches and offer advice on effective treatment planning. They comprehensively cover everything from fundamental pediatric psychiatric principles and common pediatric disorders through complex developmental disorders and special therapeutic challenges.
  • Combines clinical focus with a broad biopsychosocial approach to create a comprehensive source for everyday practice.
  • Arranges disorders according to epidemiology and presents them in order of incidence, from most common through least, to promote easy reading and referencing.
  • Facilitates collaboration with other disciplines through chapters on Psychological Assessment, Educational Assessment, Developmental Disabilities, and Forensic/Legal Issues.
  • Emphasizes the most commonly encountered problems, including attention deficit, disruptive behaviour, mood and anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and childhood trauma.
  • Provides an abundance of detailed figures and tables to give the reader a fuller understanding of each concept.
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