This core textbook for trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry has been extensively updated and extended, with a number of new chapters covering the major disorders and the range of service provision. From assessment to outcome, from normal development to unusual syndromes, from theoretical perspectives to treatment, the reader will find this a clear, concise and invaluable overview of the field. This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of the specialty of child and adolescent psychiatry. It leads the reader succinctly from theory to clinical practice, and considers the full range of theoretical and management approaches.
List of tables, boxes and figures; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. A brief history of child and adolescent psychiatry Dora Black and Simon G. Gowers; 2. Normal development and developmental theories Latha Hackett; 3. Influences on development David M. Kingsley and Simon G. Gowers; 4. Continuities and discontinuities from childhood to adult life Ian M. Goodyer; 5. Classification and epidemiology Simon G. Gowers and Robin Glaze; 6. The law in relation to children David M. Foreman; 7. Assessment in child and adolescent psychiatry Mary Eminson; 8. Developmental disorders Paul Tiffin and Ann Le Couteur; 9. Disorders of conduct Paul McArdle; 10. Disorders of attachment, anxiety and adjustment Judith Trowell; 11. Depression and self-harm Andrew J. Cotgrove; 12. Psychosis Clare Lamb; 13. Substance misuse Clare Lamb; 14. Eating disorders Simon G. Gowers; 15. Biological factors Lindsey Kent; 16. Psychosocial factors Tim Morris; 17. Disorders of parenting and child abuse Stephen Earnshaw; 18. Principles of treatment, service delivery and psychopharmacology Bobby Smyth and Simon G. Gowers; 19. Psychosocial approaches and psychotherapies Alison Wood and Steve Hughes; 20. Liaison approaches Andrew Weaver; 21. Forensic services Sue Bailey; 22. In-patient units Sean Maskey; Index.
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