Kaplan and Sadock's Concise Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009 - Medical - 236 pages

This book presents updated clinical material on child and adolescent psychiatry from the best-selling Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, Tenth Edition. Coverage includes clinically relevant information on normal and abnormal development; examination; neuroimaging; learning, communication and behavioral disorders; adolescent substance abuse; forensic issues; and the spectrum of psychiatric problems such as depression and bipolar disorders. Treatment chapters include a broad range of psychopharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic techniques, and the many controversies related to appropriate use of medication in children are addressed. The book is DSM-IV-TR compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including DSM-IV-TR tables.

 

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Contents

Assessment Examination
1
Mental Retardation
13
Elimination Disorders
117
Reactive Attachment Disorder
123
Mood Disorders and Suicide
132
Communication Disorders
147
Pervasive Developmental
157
Disruptive Behavior Disorders
166
Tic Disorders
177
Psychiatric Treatment
184
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Bibliographic information

TitleKaplan and Sadock's Concise Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
AuthorsBenjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock, Harold I. Kaplan
Editionillustrated
PublisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009
ISBN0781793874, 9780781793872
Length236 pages
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Medical / Family & General Practice
Medical / Pediatrics
Medical / Psychiatry / General
  
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