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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry A Developmental Approach

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ISBN-10: 0198526121

ISBN-13: 9780198526124

Edition: 4th 2007

Authors: Jeremy Turk, Philip Graham, Frank Verhulst

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This is one of the standard international textbooks on child and adolescent mental health. Its strengths lie in its up-to-date, evidence-based approach to practical clinical issues and its comprehensive multidisciplinary perspective. A well-established and popular comprehensive textbook, it combines the shared knowledge, experience and expertise of three major, internationally recognised, academic and clinical practitioners in this field. It covers all aspects of developmentalpsychology, behavioural and emotional disorders, types of therapy and prevention, with a special emphasis on developmental considerations and on ways in which physical health and psychological problems interact. The…    
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Book details

List price: $87.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.65" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Philip Graham (1894–1967) was Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.

Introduction
Overview
Theories of development and its disorders
Family influences
Classification and prevalence of psychiatric disorders
Assessment and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders
Psychological assessment
Familial influences
Familial roles and responsibilities
Physical abuse
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Neglect
Emotional abuse
Sexual abuse
Outcome following child maltreatment
Neurodevelopment and neuropsychiatric disorders
Motor development and disorders of movement
Normal language and speech development
Intelligence and learning disorders
Social development and antisocial behaviour
Attention and attention deficit hyperactivity (hyperkinetic) disorder
Pervasive developmental disorders
Sensory development
Chromosomal abnormalities
Disorders of the central nervous system and muscle
Metabolic disorders: neurodevelopmental aspects
Developmental psychopathology
Pregnancy and delivery
Attachment and attachment disorders
Feeding, feeding problems, and disorders of growth
Sleep and its disorders
Emotional development and disorders of mood
Bowel and bladder control
Prepubertal sexual development
Adolescence and psychiatric disorders often beginning in adolescence
Adolescence
Sexual development in adolescence
Early pregnancy
Anorexia nervosa
Adult-type psychiatric disorders
Psychoses
Drug use and abuse
Personality disorders
Child-adult continuities in psychiatric disorders
Introduction and definitions
Findings
Psychosocial aspects of physical disorders
Links between psychological factors and chronic physical disease
Prevalence of chronic disorders
The child with a physical disorder
Impact on parents
Impact on the siblings
Principles of psychosocial management
Hospitalization
Care of the child with a terminal illness
Psychological aspects of specific physical conditions
Perinatal loss
Sudden infant death syndrome (cot death)
Injuries to children
Infections and immunodeficiency disorders
Physical malformations
Metabolic and endocrine disorders: psychosocial aspects
Blood disorders
Leukaemia and other childhood cancers
Respiratory disorders
Genitourinary disorders
Gastrointestinal disorders
Congenital heart disease
Skin disorders
Juvenile chronic arthritis
Prevention and treatment
Preventive approaches
Treatment
Services
The estimation of service needs
Health services for children with mental health problems
Social services and child protection
School influences and special education
References
Index