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 developmentalstage of the patient.
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;
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