Full Description
This companion handbook to the Fourth Edition of the renowned Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers 26 chapters of essential information, distilled from the larger text. Essentials of Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry features clinically relevant information on commonly seen disorders and includes key clinical points in expository format, supported by bulleted lists and tables. The early chapters focus on history, theory, and research methods along with normal development of children from infancy through adolescence. Table listings of disorders and drugs used to treat them allow quick and authoritative reference.
Contents
SECTION I1History, Theory, and MethodsSECTION IIDEVELOPMENT2SECTION IIIDISORDERS345Retardation)6Developmental CoordinationDisorder78Disorder9Disorders10Childhood Psychosis1112Compulsive Disorder131415161718Encopresis1920TraumaSECTION IV212223Approaches24SECTION V25Pediatrics26| INTRODUCTIONAn Introduction to Child Psychiatry:1| NORMALNormal Child Development 13| CLINICALClassification and Assessment 37Autism and Related Disorders 58Intellectual Disability (Mental78Learning Disabilities and89Disorders of Communication 98Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity109Oppositional Defiant and Conduct120Childhood Schizophrenia and132Mood Disorders 139Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-154Tic Disorders 172Eating and Feeding Disorders 181Substance Abuse Disorders 198Sleep and Sleep Disorders 210Somatoform Disorders 221Elimination Disorders: Enuresis and231Gender Identity Disorder 239Abuse, Neglect, and the Effects of245| TREATMENTPediatric Psychopharmacology 261Psychotherapies 284Treatment Programs: A Continuum of304Psychiatric Emergencies 316| SPECIAL ISSUESConsultation Liaison: Consultation in333Child Psychiatry and the Law 358Index 379
