Is it "Just a Phase"?: How to Tell Common Childhood Phases from More Serious Problems - Softcover

Swedo, Susan Anderson; Leonard Dr., Henrietta L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767903919 ISBN 13: 9780767903912

Publisher: Harmony/Rodale, 1999

Synopsis

When your daughter sprains her ankle playing softball, you know when and where to get help. But what about bed-wetting, or trouble in school? For trickier problems like these, Is It "Just a Phase"? has all the answers.

Uniquely combining the expertise of a pediatrician with that of a child and adolescent psychiatrist, this crucial guide gives practical advice for distinguishing between causes for concern and mere developmental phases. Topics include thumb sucking, separation problems, shyness, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), school avoidance, misbehavior, eating disorders, and much more. With thorough, accessible explanations, diagnostic sections, and checklists, Is It "Just a Phase"? shares the latest physical and psychiatric research and helps parents make confident, informed decisions for the well-being of their child.

About this title

Review:

"This book will bring comfort to parents who are simply perplexed by their child and helpful strategies for parents confronted with more serious problems."
--Judith Rapoport, M.D., author of The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing

"A must book for parents and anyone who wants to understand children."
--John J. Ratey, M.D., author of Driven to Distraction and Shadow Syndromes

"Parents concerned by the behavior of an overactive, shy, or disobedient child, or troubled by their child's bedwetting or eating problems, can find reassuring, practical advice in this accessible handbook."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Dr. Susan Anderson Swedo is a pediatrician, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the head of behavioral pediatrics at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). She lives near Washington, D.C., with her husband and three daughters.

Dr. Henrietta L. Leonard is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in practice at Rhode Island Hospital and the training director of the child psychiatry program at Brown University School of Medicine. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her husband and two sons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0767903919
• ISBN 13: 9780767903912
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372