Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: The Essentials - Hardcover

Keith Cheng; Kathleen Myers

9780781751872: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: The Essentials

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078175187X ISBN 13: 9780781751872

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,US, 2004

This concise and readable text provides the essential information that residents and general psychiatrists need to evaluate and treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Clinical case studies reinforce the major points in each chapter and tables present at-a-glance information on psychotropic drugs for various disorders. Coverage includes a supplementary treatment section addressing a broad spectrum of clinical situations and a section on special issues such as violence, suicide, abuse, and custody.

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Review:

Psychiatric Times, 01-JAN-07 -- "This books finds a place in this special niche by providing comprehensive yet practical information that can be used n a variety of settings. This textbook is relevant, up-to-date, and concise. It is an essential addition to the library of any primary care clinician or psychiatrist who treats children and adolescents with mental illnesses. This textbook would also serve as a wonderful review for a child psychiatrist who is preparing for the boards. Chapter 2, "Psychiatric Rating Scales: Theory and Practice," is particularly helpful because it succinctly reviews rating scales from a variety of symptom categories without getting excessively technical. Other noteworthy features are clinical vignettes that appear in most chapters, suggested readings (including websites), and practical easy-to-read medication reference tables. The book does the job it set out to do, which is to help educate and perhaps empower those poised to treat this challenging yet rewarding population."

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