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OverviewPediatricians and primary care providers (PCPs) commonly encounter youth with mental health problems in their practice. The aim of this practical handbook is to facilitate the triage, differential diagnosis, treatment, and referral of youth in an efficacious and safe manner. Starting with common chief complaints, this ground-breaking text provides systematic algorithms which guide you through each step of the evaluation and treatment process. By using innovative tables, figures, and programmed text, your clinical input leads you to the key information that you need.Do you want to know how to structure your practice so that it can function smoothly even when a child is seen in crisis? This handbook can help you with that. Ever wonder whether a child should get a trial of therapy before starting medications? This handbook will help you figure that out. Ever wonder which medicine to start, at what dose, how to titrate it, what to tell parents, and how to manage it? It will help you with that as well. Ever wonder which rating scale would be good to monitor a child's progress? Done.Developed and written jointly by child psychiatrists and pediatricians working in unison, this is the handbook that you have been waiting for. In an age of FDA black box warnings and concern regarding high risk behaviors in youth, this is the handbook that places practical, easily accessible, and clinically useful information at your fingertips. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H.K. Trivedi , J.D. KerschnerPublisher: Hogrefe Publishing Imprint: Hogrefe & Huber Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780889373495ISBN 10: 0889373493 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 27 March 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Spiral bound Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSection I: Getting Ready; 1. How to Use This Book; 2. Setting Up Your Office; Section II: Approach to Common Chief Complaints; 3. Irritable or Out-of-Control Behavior; 4. Fatigue or Changes in Appetite; 5. School Refusal; 6. Recurrent Mild Medical Complaints; 7. Speech Problems or Refusing to Speak; 8. Sudden Personality Change or Confusion; 9. Excessive Worries; Section III: Psychiatric Diagnoses; 10. Adjustment Disorder; 11. Anxiety Disorders; 12. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; 13. Autism and Pervasive Development Disorders; 14. Delirium; 15. Disruptive Behavior Disorders; 16. Eating Disorders; 17. Learning Disorders; 18. Mental Retardation; 19. Mood Disorders; 20. Psychotic Disorders; 21. Somatoform and Factitious Disorders; 22. Substance Use Disorders; Section IV: Toolbox of Interventions; Pharmacological Interventions; 23. Alpha Adrenergic Agonists; 24. Antidepressants; 25. Atypical Antipsychotics; 26. Benzodiazepines; 27. Mood Stabilizers; 28. Stimulants and Related ADHD Medications; Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions; 29. Planning for Psychotherapeutic Interventions; 30. Planning for Psychosocial Interventions; Appendices; A. Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation; B. Suicide and Risk Assessment; C. Concise Overview of Pertinent DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses; D. Commonly Used DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Codes; E. Suggested Rating Scales; F. References and Sources for Additional Information.ReviewsIt is increasingly clear that the majority of psychiatric problems will be treated in primary care or pediatric practice. This marvelous volume...addresses the growing need to have straightforward practical solution-focused actions that pediatricians and others in primary care practice with children can adopt to deal effectively with common mental health problems in children. William R. Beardslee, MD, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA This text is likely to become part of the essential library for the primary care office. Joseph F. Hagan, MD, FAAP, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT An innovative volume that goes well beyond simply providing practical pointers for managing common child and adolescent mental health presentations in primary care settings. Their book is in fact an overarching algorithm that will help non-specialists move out of their erstwhile comfort zones and squarely into the psychiatric domain. Andres Martin, MD, MPH, Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT It is increasingly clear that the majority of psychiatric problems will be treated in primary care or pediatric practice. This marvelous volume...addresses the growing need to have straightforward practical solution-focused actions that pediatricians and others in primary care practice with children can adopt to deal effectively with common mental health problems in children. William R. Beardslee, MD, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA This text is likely to become part of the essential library for the primary care office. Joseph F. Hagan, MD, FAAP, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT An innovative volume that goes well beyond simply providing practical pointers for managing common child and adolescent mental health presentations in primary care settings. Their book is in fact an overarching algorithm that will help non-specialists move out of their erstwhile comfort zones and squarely into the psychiatric domain. Andres Martin, MD, MPH, Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT While the primary care practitioner may not have chosen to sub-specialize in child psychiatry, many child and adolescent patients will present in primary care settings with mental health concerns. ... This extremely user-friendly handbook... provides a very well organized and easy-to-follow guide through the process of evaluating, diagnosing, and treating pediatric mental health concerns in a primary care setting. The balanced focus on safety and timely referrals to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals when needed is appropriate. With this handbook on their bookshelves, primary care practitioners will be much better equipped to meet the growing needs of children with mental health concerns. ... The first section of the volume provides guidance on how to use the book. The second section focuses on common chief complaints of patients' presenting to a pediatrician, such as irritability, school refusal, excessive worrying, and refusing to speak. - The authors [ - ] guide the reader through a thoughtful differential diagnosis of each chief complaint using bulleted points and assessment algorithms. - The third section of the handbook consists of thirteen chapters covering psychiatric diagnoses ranging from adjustment disorders and autism to psychotic disorders and substance use disorders. The beginning of each chapter provides a brief introduction to the broad diagnostic category, and an assessment algorithm quickly follows. Stephanie Vetere Sims, MD in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2010 """It is increasingly clear that the majority of psychiatric problems will be treated in primary care or pediatric practice. This marvelous volume...addresses the growing need to have straightforward practical solution-focused actions that pediatricians and others in primary care practice with children can adopt to deal effectively with common mental health problems in children."" William R. Beardslee, MD, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA ""This text is likely to become part of the essential library for the primary care office."" Joseph F. Hagan, MD, FAAP, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT ""An innovative volume that goes well beyond simply providing practical pointers for managing common child and adolescent mental health presentations in primary care settings. Their book is in fact an overarching algorithm that will help non-specialists move out of their erstwhile comfort zones and squarely into the psychiatric domain."" Andres Martin, MD, MPH, Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT"" ""While the primary care practitioner may not have chosen to sub-specialize in child psychiatry, many child and adolescent patients will present in primary care settings with mental health concerns. ... This extremely user-friendly handbook... provides a very well organized and easy-to-follow guide through the process of evaluating, diagnosing, and treating pediatric mental health concerns in a primary care setting. The balanced focus on safety and timely referrals to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals when needed is appropriate. With this handbook on their bookshelves, primary care practitioners will be much better equipped to meet the growing needs of children with mental health concerns. ... The first section of the volume provides guidance on how to use the book. The second section focuses on common chief complaints of patients' presenting to a pediatrician, such as irritability, school refusal, excessive worrying, and refusing to speak. - The authors [ - ] guide the reader through a thoughtful differential diagnosis of each chief complaint using bulleted points and assessment algorithms. - The third section of the handbook consists of thirteen chapters covering psychiatric diagnoses ranging from adjustment disorders and autism to psychotic disorders and substance use disorders. The beginning of each chapter provides a brief introduction to the broad diagnostic category, and an assessment algorithm quickly follows."" Stephanie Vetere Sims, MD in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2010" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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