Child and adolescent psychiatry (or pediatric psychiatry) is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families. It investigates the biopsychosocial factors that influence the development and course of these psychiatric disorders and treatment responses to various interventions.
Components of the Book:
- Chapter 1
Maultsby’s Rational Behavior Therapy: Background, Description, Practical Applications, and Recent Developments
- Chapter 2
Risk factors and pattern of weight gain in youths using antipsychotic drugs
- Chapter 3
Impact of Motivation on Selected Aspects of Attention in Children with ADHD
- Chapter 4
Aggression subtypes relate to distinct resting state functional connectivity in children and adolescents with disruptive behavior
- Chapter 5
A Systematic Review of Household and Family Alcohol Use and Adolescent Behavioural Outcomes in Low‑ and Middle‑Income Countries
- Chapter 6
Treatment Refractory Internalizing Behaviour Across Disorders: An Aetiological Model for Severe Emotion Dysregulation in Adolescence
- Chapter 7
How Do Mothers’ Parental Attributions Affect Child Outcomes from a Positive Parenting Intervention? A Mediation Study
- Chapter 8
ParentWorks: Evaluation of an Online, Father‑Inclusive, Universal Parenting Intervention to Reduce Child Conduct Problems
- Chapter 9
Altered GABA Concentration in Brain Motor Area Is Associated with the Severity of Motor Disabilities in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Chapter 10
Adult Manifestation of Milder Forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autistic and Non‑autistic Psychopathology
- Chapter 11
Diagnostic trajectories in child and adolescent mental health services: exploring the prevalence and patterns of diagnostic adjustments in an electronic mental health case register
- Chapter 12
Somatic cough syndrome: a report of two cases and review of literature
- Chapter 13
Development and pilot testing of an adaptable protocol to address postpartum depression in pediatric practices serving lower-income and racial/ethnic minority families: contextual considerations
- Chapter 14
Psychiatric problems and its contributing factors in children and adolescents with hemophilia: a single centre study in a Turkish sample
- Chapter 15
Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in Child Psychiatry.
Mariusz Wirga
Mariusz Wirga, Psychosocial Oncology, MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA
Michael DeBernardi
Michael DeBernardi, The Life Link - Community Mental Health Center, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Birgit C. P. Koch
Birgit C. P. Koch, Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sebastian Skalski
Sebastian Skalski, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1 Jaracza Street, 00-378, Warsaw, Poland
Julia E. Werhahn
Julia E. Werhahn, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Neumünsterallee 9, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland
Tahir Jokinen
Tahir Jokinen, GKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, London, UK
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