A Clinician's Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Originally published in 2006, this authoritative clinical handbook provides a detailed overview of the main disorders encountered by child and adolescent psychiatrists in clinical practice, ranging from eating, sleep and affective disorders to substance abuse, gender identity disorder and sexual abuse. The approach is evidence based and emphasis is on good clinical practice and quality control of patient care. In contrast to other books in the field, the authors' intention is not to cover exhaustively all the relevant science, but rather to present in condensed form any research findings that are significant for clinical practice. For coherence, each chapter is constructed in the same way: introduction, definition and classification, epidemiology, the clinical picture, aetiology, treatment and outcome. The disorders covered are based on the ICD- 10 and DSM-IV classifications, and appendices include documents for assessment of intervention planning and evaluation. Table of Contents 1. Brain disorders H. C. Steinhausen and Christopher Gillberg 2. Substance use disorders O. G. Bukstein 3. Schizophrenia A. Clark 4. Affective disorders D. Harrington 5. Anxiety disorders T. H. Ollendick and L. D. Seligmann 6. Obsessive compulsive disorders P. H. Thomsen 7. Adjustment disorders P. Hill 8. Posttraumatic stress disorders P. Stallard 9. Somatoform disorders E. Garralda 10. Eating disorders H. C. Steinhausen 11. Sleep disorders G. Stores 12. Personality disorder J. Hill 13. Mental retardation C. Gillberg 14. Speech and language disorder C. Johnson and J. Beitchman 15. Reading and other learning disabilities M. J. Snowlin and B. Maughan 16. Autism spectrum disorders Christopher Gillberg 17. Hyperkinetic disorders E. Taylor 18. Conduct disorders S. Scott 19. Elective mutism H. C. Steinhausen 20. Attachment disorders P. Hughes and M. Newman 21. Tic disorders A. Rothenberger 22. Elimination disorders A. von Gontard 23. Physical and sexual abuse A. Bentovim 24. Gender identity disorder P. Cohen Kettenis.