Handbook of developmental psychiatry / edited by Hans Steiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steiner, Hans.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychiatry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Child psychiatry.

Adolescent psychiatry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Adolescent psychiatry.

Psychodiagnostics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Psychodiagnostics.

Developmental psychology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Developmental psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (589 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mental disorders in children and adolescents have gained prominence in recent years, and clinicians in the field are increasingly on the lookout for new methods in diagnosis and treatment. In the last 25 years, the Stanford Division of Child Psychiatry has become one of the premier clinical, research, and educational facilities in child and adolescent psychiatry, both nationally and internationally. Its faculty has distinguished itself in several key domains of psychopathology in both basic and clinical research. This handbook provides a detailed description of unique diagnostic and treatment

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction Hans Steiner and Alan Schatzberg; The Structure of this Volume; References; Chapter 2 The Development of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Brief History Claire Remy, Julia Huemer, Charles O. Walton, and George Hexter; References; Chapter 3 Psychiatric Diagnosis, Case Formulation, and Treatment Planning Along the Principles of Developmental Psychiatry Hans Steiner, Julia Huemer, Pascale G. Stemmle, Rebecca E. Hall, and R. Chris Hayward; 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions; 3. Using Developmental Theory to Expand the Phenomenology of Mental Disorders

3.1. Change3.2. Continuity or discontinuity?; 3.3. History: Pathways into and out of disorder; 3.4. Complexity: From simplicity to complexity with increasing age; 3.5. Context; 3.6. Adaptation; 3.7. Synthesis; 4. Establishing a Developmentally Informed Diagnosis; 4.1. What are the sources of information?; 4.2. Descriptive phenomenology, symptoms, signs, and tests; 4.3. Developmental history; 5. Special Consideration of the Conscious/Unconscious Mind and its Relationship to Symptoms, Syndromes, and Clinical Practice; 6. Social Environment; 7. Dysfunction Beyond Syndromes

8. Case Formulation: A Brief History9. Components of the Developmental Assessment; 10. A Concrete Example of the Developmental Diagnostic and Treatment Planning Process; 11. Outcomes of Patients Treated in an Academic Practice with the Developmental Psychiatry Approach; References; Chapter 4 Attachment and Related Psychopathology Marina Zelenko and Sarah J. Erickson; 1. Introduction; 2. Epidemiology of Attachment Disorders; 3. Diagnosis of Attachment Disorder; 3.1. DSM criteria for reactive attachment disorder; 3.2. Alternative diagnostic criteria for attachment disorders

3.3. Clinical assessment of attachmentAttachment history; Observation in attachment assessment; 3.4. Differential diagnosis; 3.5. Comorbidity; 4. Pathogenesis of Attachment-Related Psychopathology; 5. Relevance to Primary Care; 6. Interventions for Attachment Disorders; 6.1. Social interventions; 6.2. Caregiver education; 6.3. Psychotherapy; 6.4. Biological interventions; 7. Course and Outcome of Attachment Disorders; 8. Clinical Practice; 8.1. Case vignette; 8.2. Attachment-related therapeutic issues; Identification of a new caregiver and formation of the new attachment bond

New caregiver's understanding of the process of separation and loss in young childrenReorganization of the child's life; New caregiver's awareness of the child's heightened anxiety regarding separation experiences; Acceptance of the loss through continuous maternal presence in the child's life; 9. Areas for Future Investigations; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 5 Anxiety and Special Impulse Control Disorders Margo Thienemann, Kyle Hinman, Michael Bloch, and James Leckman; A Clinician's View: Case 1; 1. Introduction; 2. A Neuropsychological Model of Anxiety; 3. Childhood Fears

4. Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613433527

9781283433525

1283433524

9789814324823

9814324825

OCLC:

858228240