Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: The Essentials, Second Edition presents comprehensive yet practical information about psychiatric problems in children and adolescents that can be used in a wide variety of clinical settings. Written by both psychiatrists and primary care providers, this concise and readable text is divided into four sections on evaluation, specific disorders, special issues, and treatment. Clinical case studies reinforce the major points in each chapter and tables present at-a-glance information on psychotropic drugs for various disorders. This edition has fifty percent new contributing authors, more information on evaluating polypharmaceutic approaches, and new chapters on fetal alcohol syndrome, nutritional psychiatry, and evidence-based psychotherapies.
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Section I: EVALUATION Chapter 1: Psychiatric Assessment of Children and Adolescents Nancy C. Winters and Jenny Tsai Chapter 2: Psychological Assessment Norm Reed Chapter 3: Rating Scales Andrea K. Maikovich-Fong, Alison Leary, Brent Collett, and Kathleen M. Myers Section II: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Chapter 4: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Dorothy E. Stubbe Chapter 5: Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder Francheska Perepletchikova Chapter 6: Adolescent Substance-Use Disorders Oscar G. Bukstein Chapter 7: Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Gail A. Bernstein and Andrea M. Victor Chapter 8: Trauma and Associated Disorders Toi Blakley Harris and John Sargent Chapter 9: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Jamie Snyder Chapter 10: Tourette's Syndrome Ajit N. Jetmalani Chapter 11: Child and Adolescent Depressive Disorders Elizabeth McCauley, Gretchen R. Gudmundsen, Carol Rockhill, and My Banh Chapter 12: Early Onset Bipolar Disorder Gretchen R. Gudmundsen, Stefanie A. Hlastala, and Kathleen M. Myers Chapter 13: Eating Disorders Rosemary Calderon Chapter 14: Elimination Disorders: Enuresis and Encopresis Joan M. Daughton Chapter 15: Early Onset Schizophrenia and Related Psychotic Disorders Stefanie A. Hlastala, Ian Kodish, and Jon M. McClellan Chapter 16: Autism Spectrum Disorders Karen Toth and Bryan H. King Chapter 17: Learning Disabilities David Breiger and Jenise Jensen Section III: SPECIAL ISSUES Chapter 18: Early Childhood Mental Health in Clinical Practice Mary Margaret Gleason and Chia Granda Chapter 19: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Stephanie King and Heather Carmichael Olson Chapter 20: Pediatric Sleep Problems Elizabeth Super and Kyle P. Johnson Chapter 21: Suicidality and Youth: Identification, Treatment and Prevention Kelly Schloredt, Cynthia Flynn, Brent Collett, and Kathleen M. Myers Chapter 22: Aggression by Children and Adolescents Robert J. Hilt and William P. French Chapter 23: Nutritional Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders Ann Childers Chapter 24: Caring for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems in the General Health Setting Rebecca A. Baum and Kelly J. Kelleher Section IV: TREATMENT Chapter 25: Psychopharmacology Ajit N. Jetmalani Chapter 26: Evidence-Based Psychotherapies Keith Cheng and Cindy Smith Chapter 27: Community-Based Systems of Care Nancy C. Winters Index
