Child psychiatry : a developmental approach / Philip Graham, Jeremy Tuck and Frank C. Verhulst.

By:

Graham, P. J. (Philip Jeremy), 1932-

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford medical publicationsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xi, 554p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780192628640 (pbk.) :
019262864X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

618.9289 GRA

Contents:

Summary: Covering all aspects of child and adolescent developmental psychology, behaviour and emotional disorders and types of therapy, this book places special emphasis on developmental considerations.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	618.9289 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		119954

Previous ed.: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-539) and index.

1. INTRODUCTION:- Overview--Theories of development and its disorders--Family influences--Classification and prevalence of psychiatric disorders--Psychological assessment--2. MALTREATMENT IN THE FAMILY:- Physical abuse--Munchausen syndrome by proxy--Neglect--Emotional abuse--~Sexual abuse--Outcome following child maltreatment--3. NEURODEVELOPMENT AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS:- Motor development and disorders of movement--Normal language and speech development--Intelligence and learning disorders--Attention and attention deficit hyperactivity (hyperkinetic) disorder--Pervasive developmental disorders--Sensory development--Chromosomal abnormalities--Disorders of the central nervous system and muscle---Metabolic disorders--4. DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY:- Fetal and infant development--Feeding and eating control disorders--Sleep and its disorders--Emotional development and disorders of mood--Social development and antisocial behaviour--Bowel and bladder control--Prepubertal sexual development--5. ADOLESCENT AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OFTEN BEGINNING IN ADOLESCENCE:- Adolescence--Sexual development in adolescence--Early pregnancy--Anorexia nervosa--Adult-type psychiatric disorders--Psychoses--Drug use and abuse--Personality disorders--6. CHILD-ADULT CONTINUITIES IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS:- Introduction and definitions--Findings--7. PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL DISORDERS: GENERAL:- Psychosocial causes of chromic physical abuse--Impact on parents--Impact on the child--Impact on the sibs--Principles of psychosocial management of physically handicapped children and their families--Hospitalization--Care of the dying child--Further reading--8. pSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF SPECIFIC PHYSICAL NON-NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS:- Stillbirth and neonatal death--Suddent infant death syndrome (cot death)--Malformations--Injuries to children--Infectious diseases--Metabolic disorders--Endocrine disorders--Blood disorders--Respiratory disorders--Genitourinary disorders--Organic gastrointestinal disorders--Congenital heart disease--Skin disorders--Immunodeficiency disorders--Juvenile chronic arthritis--9. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT:- Preventive approaches--Treatment--10. SERVICES:- The estimation of service needs--Health services for children with mental health problems--Social services and child protection--School influences and special education

Covering all aspects of child and adolescent developmental psychology, behaviour and emotional disorders and types of therapy, this book places special emphasis on developmental considerations.