Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-231) and indexes.
Contents
Developmental considerations -- Causes of child psychiatric disorders -- Classification of child psychiatric disorders -- Epidemiology -- Assessing children and their families -- Conduct and oppositional disorders -- Hyperkinetic and attention-deficit disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Mixed disorders of conduct and emotions -- Major affective disorders, suicide and dysthymia -- Pervasive development disorders -- Specific disorders of development -- Schizophrenia and other psychoses of childhood -- Enuresis and encopresis -- Reactions of stress -- Other psychiatric syndromes -- Mind-body relationships -- Infant psychiatry -- Special problems of adolescence -- Psychiatric disorders in mentally retarded children -- Child abuse and neglect -- Treatment approaches -- Prevention.
