The first section of the book, comprising 18 chapters, deals with conceptual approaches. The purpose of these chapters was not to provide an encyclopedic summary of what is known on different areas of science or different methods of interventions but rather to convey a lively picture of the concepts, principles and approaches in each case and to indicate why each was important and relevant for clinical practice. Some of the topics were covered in previous editions but several are new to this edition. Thus, there are chapters on how epidemiological/longitudinal methods may be used both to study causal hypotheses and to plan services.
There is a chapter on what clinicians need to know about statistical methods and issues, another chapter deals with the field of health economics and another on what can be learned from structural and functional imaging. Other chapters include development and psychopathology, temperament and personality, basic psychopharmacology, psychological treatments, clinical neurophysiology and brain development.
The opening chapter in this conceptual section deals with developments in child and adolescent psychiatry over the last 50 years. Previous editions have included chapters on history but this time it appropriate to try to bring things up-to-date. As before, there are chapters on classification and diagnosis, children’s testimony and legal issues in the care and treatment of children with mental health problems and on culture, ethnicity and psychopathology. With respect to classification, there is a new chapter dealing with the concept of neurodevelopmental disorders that has come into increased prominence in recent times.
There is a short section with four chapters on clinical assessment in which the new approach has been focusing on the particular way in which structured techniques (with respect to interviews, questionnaires and psychometrics) can be applied in the clinical context. As before, there is a chapter on physical examination and medical investigations.
The next section of 11 chapters concerns influences on psychopathology. Most of these have parallels in previous editions but, this time, more attention has been paid to providing an understanding of the ways in which the possible influences might work and on testing for mediating effects. The section also includes a new chapter on psychopathology in refugee and asylum seeking children, as this is a group that has come to increasing attention in recent years.
The aim of all the chapters up to now has been an understanding of mechanisms rather than a detailing of effects in individual disorders, because we thought these were better covered in the separate chapters on clinical syndromes. However, in order to ensure that the chapters on specific disorders did, indeed, provide an up-to-date account of relevant findings, all authors were asked to pay particular attention to evidence on genetic influences, on imaging findings, on developmental features and on treatment methods – because for all of these there have been major advances since the last edition. The coverage of different clinical syndromes is fairly similar to that in previous editions, although it will be obvious that the information provided has moved on in important ways, but there is a new chapter on psychopathy (because its application to childhood seems to be of increasing interest) and on behavioral problems in infancy and in preschool children.
The final section of the book deals with a range of different approaches to treatment. In some respects, there were parallel, comparable chapters in previous editions but there are several innovations. Thus, community-wide and targeted interventions now have separate chapters and more attention is paid to some of the principles in these types of prevention.
The chapter on physical and pharmacological treatments is complementary to that on basic psychopharmacology in that it looks at the ways in which clinicians need to think about the use of medication. There is also a new chapter on the organization of mental health services – again, focusing on the principles rather than on the details which vary so greatly across countries.
As with previous volumes, there are quite a few changes in authorship both to bring in new blood and to include experts who have something special to offer. Well over half the chapters have a new main author and, if co-authors are also considered, the number of new authors is even greater.
Contents
Part I: Conceptual Approaches
1 Developments in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Over the Last 50 Years
2 Classification
3 Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Conceptual Issues
4 Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Formulation
5 Using Epidemiological and Longitudinal Approaches to Study Causal Hypotheses
6 Using Epidemiology to Plan Services: A Conceptual Approach
7 Children’s Testimony
8 Legal Issues in the Care and Treatment of Children with Mental Health Problems
9 What Clinicians Need to Know about Statistical Issues and Methods
10 Health Economics
11 What Can We Learn from Structural and Functional Brain Imaging?
12 Neurobiological Perspectives on Developmental Psychopathology
13 Development and Psychopathology: A Life Course Perspective
14 Temperament and Personality
15 Sociocultural/Ethnic Groups and Psychopathology
16 Basic Neuropsychopharmacology
17 Clinical Neurophysiology
18 Psychological Treatments: Overview and Critical Issues for the Field
Part II: Clinical Assessment
19 Use of Structured Interviews and Observational Methods in Clinical Settings
20 Using Rating Scales in a Clinical Context
21 Psychological Assessment in the Clinical Context
22 Physical Examination and Medical Investigation
Part III: Influences on Psychopathology
23 Genetics
24 Behavioral Phenotypes and Chromosomal Disorders
25 Psychosocial Adversity and Resilience
26 Acute Life Stresses
27 Impact of Parental Psychiatric Disorder and Physical Illness
28 Child Maltreatment
29 Child Sexual Abuse
30 Brain Disorders and their Effect on Psychopathology
31 Psychopathology in Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children
32 Residential and Foster Family Care
33 Adoption
Part IV: Clinical Syndromes
34 Disorders of Attention and Activity
35 Conduct Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
36 Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder
37 Depressive Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
38 Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents
39 Anxiety Disorders
40 Suicidal Behavior and Deliberate Self-Harm
41 Eating Disorders
42 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
43 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
44 Tic Disorders
45 Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
46 Autism Spectrum Disorders
47 Speech and Language Disorders
48 Reading and Other Specific Learning Difficulties
49 Intellectual Disability
50 Disorders of Personality
51 Psychopathy
52 Gender Identity and Sexual Disorders
53 Behavioral Problems of Infancy and Preschool Children (0–5)
54 Sleep Disorders
55 Attachment Disorders in Relation to Deprivation
56 Wetting and Soiling
57 Psychiatric Aspects of Somatic Disease
58 Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS
59 Mental Health in Children with Specific Sensory Impairments
Part V: Approaches to Treatment
60 Community-Based Interventions and Services
61 Clarifying and Maximizing the Usefulness of Targeted Preventive Interventions
62 Behavioral Therapies
63 Cognitive–Behavioral Therapies
64 Parenting Programs
65 Family Interviewing and Family Therapy
66 Psychodynamic Treatments
67 Physical Treatments
68 Juvenile Delinquency
69 Provision of Intensive Treatment: In-patient Units, Day Units and Intensive Outreach
70 Pediatric Consultation
71 Organization of Services for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems
72 Primary Health Care Psychiatry
73 Genetic Counseling
74 Special Education
Index
Book Details
- Hardcover: 1248 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 5 edition (July 29, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1405145498
- ISBN-13: 978-1405145497
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 2.1 inches