Main description:

However much policy material is produced, the real function of most child psychiatrists is to assess and treat mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. This is a comprehensive update on the field that will inform the clinical practice of all child and adolescent mental health professionals. The authors bring the medical perspective to bear on psychopathology and demonstrate that our understanding of childhood psychiatric disorders, their origins and their treatments are improving. They write with a particular focus on four contemporary themes - continuity into adult life, the integration of biological and social aetiology, the influence of neuroscience, and the increasing use of research and evidence - and take into account recent changes in DSM-5. Some chapters have been specially commissioned for this book, while previous versions of the others have been published in the journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment and have now been fully revised and updated in line with the four themes.

Contents:

List of tables; List of boxes; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Child psychiatry and the people who have shaped it Sarah Huline-Dickens; 2. Fabrication and induction of illness in children Christopher Bass, Catia Acosta, Gwen Adshead and Gerry Byrne; 3. Personality disorders as disorganisation of attachment and affect regulation Jaydip Sarkar and Gwen Adshead; 4. Post-traumatic stress disorder and attachment: possible links with borderline personality disorder Felicity de Zulueta; 5. Management of antisocial behaviour in childhood Sajid Humayun and Stephen Scott; 6. Pharmacology for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette syndrome and autism spectrum disorder David Coghill and Eugenia Sinita; 7. Pharmacology for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, affective disorders and schizophrenia Eugenia Sinita and David Coghill; 8. Pharmacological management of core and comorbid symptoms in autism spectrum disorder Rachel Elvins and Jonathan Green; 9. Pharmacological treatment of depression and bipolar disorder Bernadka Dubicka, Paul Wilkinson, Raphael G. Kelvin and Ian M. Goodyer; 10. Cognitive-behavioural therapy with children, young people and families: from individual to systemic therapy Nicky Dummett and Roger Lakin; 11. Anxiety disorders Aaron K. Vallance and Victoria Fernandez; 12. Somatising: clinical presentations and aetiological factors Olivia Fiertag and Mary Eminson; 13. Somatising: management and outcomes Olivia Fiertag and Mary Eminson; 14. Evaluating psychological treatments for children with autism Patricia Howlin; 15. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: assessment and treatment Peter Hill; 16. Adolescent schizophrenia Chris Hollis; 17. Tourette syndrome Mary Robertson; 18. Sleep disorders Gregory Stores; 19. Self-harm in adolescents Alison Wood; 20. Adolescent substance misuse: an update on behaviours and treatments Paul McArdle and Bisharda Angom; 21. Eating disorders Dasha Nicholls and Elizabeth Barrett; 22. Gender dysphoria in young people Domenico Di Ceglie; 23. The psychiatry of 0- to 4-year-olds David Foreman; Index.