Basic child psychiatry / Philip Barker.

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Basic Child Psychiatry has been revised again to reflect advances in the field and to ensure that it remains an up-to-date introduction to the subject. Since the publication of the fifth edition, the tenth edition of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases has appeared. This proposes a number of changes in the classification of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders, and these are fully reflected in this revised edition. Like previous editions, extensive references are provided so that readers can obtain ready access to additional information. An appendix explains the main features of the Children Act for England and Wales 1989.

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• Introduction (p. xi)
• Author's Notes (p. xii)
• 1. Developmental Considerations (p. 1)
• Learning about normal child development (p. 1)
• Development stages (p. 2)
• The development of self-esteem (p. 6)
• Development in adulthood (p. 6)
• Family development (p. 7)
• Further reading (p. 8)
• 2. Causes of Child Psychiatric Disorders (p. 9)
• Genetic factors (p. 9)
• Intra-uterine disease and injury (p. 10)
• Brain disease and injury (p. 11)
• Temperamental factors (p. 11)
• Environmental factors (p. 13)
• Multifactorial causation (p. 15)
• 3. Classification of Child Psychiatric Disorders (p. 16)
• The American Psychiatric Association's scheme (p. 17)
• The World Health Organization's diagnostic scheme (p. 18)
• Summary (p. 20)
• 4. Epidemiology (p. 21)
• A classic study (p. 21)
• Subsequent studies (p. 22)
• Summary (p. 23)
• 5. Assessing Children and Their Families (p. 24)
• Family interviews (p. 24)
• Taking the history (p. 31)
• The developmental history (p. 32)
• Examining the child (p. 33)
• The physical examination (p. 37)
• Other sources of information (p. 37)
• Psychological tests (p. 38)
• Other tests and investigations (p. 40)
• The formulation (p. 41)
• 6. Conduct and Oppositional Disorders (p. 43)
• Definition and classification (p. 43)
• Prevalence (p. 44)
• Causes (p. 44)
• Description (p. 48)
• Specific symptoms (p. 51)
• Juvenile delinquency (p. 53)
• Associated disorders (p. 53)
• Treatment (p. 54)
• Outcome (p. 57)
• 7. Hyperkinetic and Attention-Deficit Disorders (p. 58)
• Definitions and prevalence (p. 58)
• Causes (p. 60)
• Description (p. 60)
• Assessment and treatment (p. 61)
• Outcome (p. 63)
• 8. Anxiety Disorders (p. 64)
• Definition and classification (p. 64)
• Prevalence (p. 65)
• Causes (p. 66)
• Clinical features (p. 68)
• A word of warning (p. 73)
• School refusal (p. 73)
• Other neurotic disorders: Neurasthenia (p. 74)
• Treatment (p. 75)
• Outcome (p. 76)
• 9. Mixed Disorders of Conduct and Emotions (p. 78)
• Clinical features (p. 79)
• Treatment (p. 79)
• Outcome (p. 79)
• 10. Major Affective Disorders, Suicide and Dysthymia (p. 81)
• Classification (p. 81)
• Depression in children and adolescents (p. 82)
• Prevalence (p. 82)
• Causes (p. 82)
• Depression (p. 83)
• Suicide, suicidal behaviour and deliberate self-harm (p. 85)
• Mania and manic states (p. 86)
• Bipolar disorders (p. 87)
• Dysthymia (p. 87)
• Cyclothymia (p. 88)
• Treatment (p. 88)
• Outcome (p. 89)
• 11. Pervasive Developmental Disorders (p. 91)
• Prevalence (p. 92)
• Causes (p. 92)
• Autism (p. 93)
• Atypical autism (p. 95)
• Asperger's disorder (p. 96)
• Rett's syndrome or disorder (p. 97)
• Childhood disintegrative disorder (p. 97)
• Other pervasive developmental disorders (p. 98)
• Non-verbal learning difficulties (p. 98)
• Treatment (p. 99)
• Other treatment possibilities (p. 100)
• Outcome (p. 101)
• 12. Specific Disorders of Development (p. 103)
• Speech and language problems and communication disorders (p. 104)
• Reading and spelling problems (p. 105)
• Problems with mathematics (p. 106)
• Developmental disorders of motor function (p. 106)
• Mixed specific developmental disorders (p. 107)
• 13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses of Childhood (p. 108)
• Childhood-onset schizophrenia (p. 108)
• Outcome (p. 113)
• Schizoaffective disorders (p. 113)
• Acute and transient psychotic disorders and brief psychotic disorder (p. 114)
• Toxic confusional and delirious states (p. 114)
• 14. Enuresis and Encopresis (p. 116)
• Enuresis (p. 116)
• Encopresis (p. 118)
• 15. Reactions to Stress (p. 123)
• Adjustment disorders (p. 123)
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (p. 125)
• Acute stress reaction and acute stress disorder (p. 127)
• 16. Other Psychiatric Syndromes (p. 128)
• Personality disorders (p. 128)
• Psychosexual problems (p. 129)
• Other psychosexual problems (p. 131)
• Tics and Tourette's syndrome (p. 131)
• Stuttering (p. 134)
• Elective mutism/selective mutism (p. 135)
• The Kleine-Levin syndrome (p. 137)
• Episodic dyscontrol syndrome/intermittent explosive disorder (p. 138)
• Factitious illness by proxy (p. 138)
• 17. Mind-Body Relationships (p. 140)
• The influence of the body on the mind (p. 140)
• The effects of the mind on the body (p. 141)
• Psychosomatic considerations in child psychiatry (p. 141)
• Asthma (p. 143)
• Eating disorders (p. 143)
• 18. Infant Psychiatry (p. 148)
• Assessment (p. 149)
• Disorders of infants and young children (p. 150)
• Regulatory disorders (p. 151)
• Sleep disorders (p. 151)
• Feeding difficulties and failure to thrive (p. 154)
• Depression (p. 157)
• Aggressive behaviour disorders (p. 157)
• Treatment in infant psychiatry (p. 158)
• 19. Special Problems of Adolescence (p. 159)
• Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in adolescence (p. 160)
• Unresolved childhood disorders (p. 160)
• Disorders related to puberty and adolescence (p. 162)
• Adult-type disorders arising in adolescence (p. 169)
• Suicidal behaviour in adolescence (p. 169)
• Treatment approaches (p. 172)
• Outcome (p. 172)
• 20. Psychiatric Disorders in Mentally Retarded Children (p. 174)
• Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the mentally retarded (p. 174)
• Clinical associations and causes of mental retardation (p. 175)
• Types of mental retardation (p. 176)
• Clinical management (p. 178)
• Treatment approaches (p. 179)
• Some other points about management (p. 180)
• Outcome (p. 181)
• 21. Child Abuse and Neglect (p. 182)
• Background (p. 182)
• Incidence (p. 183)
• Causes (p. 184)
• Other associations of abuse and neglect (p. 185)
• Clinical considerations (p. 186)
• The role of psychiatrists (p. 188)
• Some points about managing abusive and neglectful families (p. 189)
• Outcome (p. 190)
• 22. Treatment Approaches (p. 191)
• Treatment goals (p. 191)
• Individual psychotherapy (p. 192)
• Therapy and counselling with parents (p. 194)
• Family therapy (p. 195)
• Group therapy (p. 196)
• Behaviour therapy (p. 196)
• Pharmacotherapy (p. 198)
• Hypnosis and hypnotherapy (p. 204)
• Day treatment (p. 205)
• Inpatient and residential treatment (p. 206)
• Educational measures (p. 207)
• Speech and language therapy (p. 207)
• Removal from parental care (p. 207)
• Child psychiatric consultation and liaison (p. 208)
• 23. Prevention (p. 209)
• Variations in vulnerability (p. 212)
• Primary prevention methods (p. 213)
• Secondary prevention (p. 215)
• Tertiary prevention (p. 216)
• Conclusion (p. 216)
• References (p. 217)
• Subject Index (p. 233)
• Authors Index (p. 241)

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