Essentials of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry

by Mina K. Dulcan (Editor)

More and more often, emotional and behavioral problems in the young are being evaluated and treated by professionals other than child and adolescent psychiatrists—busy clinicians who may not struggle to keep abreast of the rapid changes in this challenging field. This book can help those nonspecialists better understand the problems of young patients by presenting specific guidance on more than a dozen commonly seen conditions, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, eating disorders, and tic disorders—all in concise chapters written by leading experts on these disorders.
Essentials of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry distills the authoritative advice found in the third edition of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry . Updating and pruning that volume's detailed and comprehensive content, Essentials omits those chapters directed primarily toward subspecialists and retains what is immediately useful to general psychiatrists, pediatricians, neurologists, and nonphysician mental health clinicians such as nurses, psychologists, social workers, and family therapists. It offers an overview of child and adolescent psychiatric problems; practical guidance in the use of interviews, rating scales, and laboratory and diagnostic testing with young patients; and targeted information on a wide range of often-perplexing disorders,

363 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2006

About the author

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and Pediatrics

Reviews

[Toby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again, not a whole lot to say about this since it is a textbook, but even though I have no med school background, this was a very readable book on child & adolescent psychiatry. Some of the brain chemistry stuff I had to skim over since I didn't understand 100% of it, but overall, I was quite surprised at how easily I understood the majority of what I read.

Each chapter is written by a different author (or pair of authors) so the writing style changes per chapter, a little, although the format of the chapters remains the same. The tables/charts are all very handy (i.e., diagnostic criteria, assessment tools, etc.).

My favorite part? I didn't have to buy this textbook - it's free for current students at my university's library (online!!). XD