Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Thom, Robyn; Mcdougle, Christopher

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Part of the What Do I Do Now? Psychiatry series, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides a practical biopsychosocial approach to assessing and treating psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Case studies covered include neurodevelopmental disorders, schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, factitious disorder imposed on another, feeding and eating disorders, encopresis, gender dysphoria, substance-related and addictive disorders, and delirium. Each chapter includes an overview of the epidemiology of the disorder, common signs and symptoms, key aspects of the clinical assessment, and a biopsychosocial treatment approach with considerations based upon the age and developmental stage of the patient.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197577486
• Artikelnr.: 62172547

Autorenporträt

Robyn Thom, MD, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital. Christopher McDougle, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Director of the Lurie Center for Autism at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Young boy with social impairment and repetitive behaviors
* 2. Persistent reading difficulty despite improved focus on a
stimulant medication
* 3. Below average intellectual and adaptive functioning
* 4. A child with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
* 5. Repetitive throat clearing, blinking, and grimacing
* 6. Teenager with paranoia and hallucinations preceded by a decline in
academic and social functioning
* 7. Several weeks of low mood, decreased appetite, and poor sleep
after changing schools
* 8. An episode of giddy, irritable mood with increased energy and
goal-directed activity
* 9. Chronically irritable mood with frequent temper outbursts
* 10. Limited speech outside the home in a young girl who speaks
normally at home
* 11. A fear of dogs
* 12. Trouble being away from mother
* 13. Worries about being embarrassed in front of classmates
* 14. Recurrent episodes of intense fear, shortness of breath, racing
heart, and sweating
* 15. Excessive, uncontrollable worries
* 16. A teenager who spends hours scrutinizing her skin
* 17. Repeating, counting, and touching to prevent harm
* 18. A girl without stranger danger
* 19. A boy who could not be comforted
* 20. Sad mood and changes in behavior after exposure to a traumatic
reminder
* 21. A child whose parent insists on recurrent medical admissions
* 22. Decreased food intake after a choking incident
* 23. A teenage girl with low body mass index due to restricting food
intake
* 24. Recurrent episodes of binging and purging
* 25. A young boy with stool soiling
* 26. An adolescent requesting to pause puberty
* 27. An adolescent with binge drinking
* 28. An adolescent with new onset inattention
* 29. Confusion and mental status changes in a medically ill child