Complex Disorders in Pediatric Psychiatry: A Clinician's Guide

by David I Driver MD, Shari Thomas MD

Overview

Get a quick, expert overview of complex childhood psychiatric disorders from Drs. David I. Driver and Shari Thomas of Healthy Foundations Group. This practical resource presents a summary of today’s current knowledge and best approaches to topics from gender dysphoria to childhood onset schizophrenia and other complex psychiatric disorders.

• Comprehensive guide for any professional working with children.
• Consolidates today’s evidence-based information on complex childhood psychiatric disorders into one convenient resource.
• Provides must-know information on evaluation and management.
• Covers a range of psychiatric disorders of children including drug-induced mania and psychosis, concussions, ADHD, technology addiction, sleep disorders, and eating disorders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323511728
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	03/27/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	6 MB

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Gender Dysphoria in Childhood and Adolescence

2. School Refusal

3. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Anxiety

4. Tourette Syndrome

5. Management of ADHD in Youth with Comorbid Epilepsy

6. The evolution from feeding disorders to restrictive/avoidant food intake disorder

7. Eating Disorders

8. Childhood Stress and Trauma

9. Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another

10. Pediatric Sleep Disorders

11. Concussion in Children and Adolescents

12. Pediatric Delirium

13. Pediatric Catatonia

14. Pediatric Inflammatory Brain Disease

15. Disruptive Mood Regulation Disorder

16. Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

17. Childhood Onset Schizophrenia

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Stay up to date with recent advances in one of psychiatry’s most challenging areas – quickly and easily