Concise Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry » (3rd Edition)

Mina K. Dulcan, M.D., is Margaret C. Osterman Professor of Child Psychiatry; Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Children’s Memorial Hospital; Director of the Warren Wright Adolescent Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

MaryBeth Lake, M.D., is Director of Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Children’s Memorial Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

D. Richard Martini, M.D., is Director of Consultation Liaison, Intake, and Emergency Services and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Children’s Memorial Hospital. He is also Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Concise Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is an ideal resource for novices—practical, easy-to-understand, and small enough to carry in a jacket pocket. The Third Edition of this invaluable reference summarizes fundamental information on mental health issues affecting children and adolescents, including:

• Basic information on evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment planning
• Sections on specific disorders, including epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, course and prognosis, evaluation and differential diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and relevant interventions
• Details on treatment options, including psychosocial and psychopharmacological approaches
• Simplified information on theoretical and research foundations, with references for further reading

All the necessary basic information is here, organized for easy reference with a detailed table of contents, index, tables, figures, and other charts for quick access. The third edition has been expanded and updated to reflect the latest research on the emotional and behavioral states of children and adolescents. Readers will find new techniques for diagnosis and treatment, as well as updated information from DSM-IV-TR.

Concise Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Third Edition, is an invaluable resource for those just beginning to treat child psychiatry patients. Convenient and affordable, it’s also an outstanding on-the-spot reference for daily use in the clinic.

Tina M. Mattera

This is the second edition of a book that introduces mental healthcare for this age group to the professional with some knowledge of adult psychiatry. The first edition was published in 1990. This book is to be used in conjunction with clinical supervision to guide the novice student or resident in child and adolescent psychiatry in their work with these patients. This comprehensive text covers the spectrum of child psychiatric disorders and their treatment, including areas of new research and controversy. It is a valuable resource for those just beginning to treat child psychiatry patients. Both authors are credible authorities in their field and they have published before. In addition to covering all of the DSM IV diagnoses and their medical and psychosocial treatments, this book also provides helpful sections such as references for parents and an extensive index of tables. This index includes information about family developmental tasks, mental status exam, examples of standardized diagnostic assessment interviews, Iowa Conners Teacher Rating Scale, medical contributions to ADHD, etc. In the eight years since the first edition was written, there has been much research done in the area of child and adolescent psychiatry. This book is written based on the most current literature available and as there is tremendous investigation that continues in the field, so this second edition is necessary.