Lewis' Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook » (4th Edition)

Established for fifteen years as the standard work in the field, Melvin Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook is now in its Fourth Edition. Under the editorial direction of Andrés Martin and Fred R. Volkmar—two of Dr. Lewis's colleagues at the world-renowned Yale Child Study Center—this edition has been reorganized into a more compact, clinically relevant book and completely updated, with two-thirds new contributing authors.

The new structure incorporates economics, diversity, and a heavy focus on evidence-based practice. Numerous new chapters include genetics, research methodology and statistics, and the continuum of care and location-specific interventions.

A companion Website provides instant access to the complete, fully searchable text at www.lewischildpsychiatry.com.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Robin Shapiro, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description:This comprehensive textbook of child and adolescent psychiatry is accompanied by access to an online version as well. Previous editions were published in 1991, 1996, and 2002.
Purpose:The authors provide an update to reflect a more modern approach and the "evolving discipline." This edition is much revised and reorganized and the authors note that it has 46 fewer chapters. The goal is to provide a book that can improve the mental health of children and adolescents, a goal the authors meet.
Audience:The audience includes mental health professionals and other healthcare professionals treating children and adolescents. The authors are well known in the field and "the Lewis" is a household name with child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists.
Features:This book covers everything from basic diagnostic and treatment issues to ethics, policy, culture, genetics, and research. The main sections cover approaching the discipline, scientific foundation, developmental framework, classification, specific disorders, treatment, and interface areas. The book most definitely provides a more modern approach to our field. The authors compromised a bit on some previously included chapters that were useful -- specifically the developmental chapters. The online site is very user friendly with reference links and the ability to print out chapters/sections.
Assessment:This edition has some new appealing features, including more up-to-date information on genetics and research and a more modern approach to our field.

SECTION HEADINGS

AN APPROACH TO THE DISCIPLINE: The Art of the Science: A Child, Family and Systems-Centered Approach / Prevailing and Shifting Paradigms: A Historical Perspective / Ethics / Education and Training / Child and Family Policy / Money Matters: Funding Care Diverse Populations:

Cultural Child and Adolescent/ The Hearing or Visually Impaired

SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS:

Research Methodology

Understanding Research Methods and Statistics / Evidence-Based Practice / Respect for Children

Epidemilogy

From Genes to Brain/ Assessing Risk Molecular Basis of Select Childhood

NEUROSCIENCES

Neuroimaging Methods in the Study of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders /Neurochemistry,Harmacodynamics,and Biological Psychiatry

A DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK:


1. NORMAL DEVELOPMENT
The Infant and Toddler / The Preschool child/ Development of School-Age Children / Adolescence / Developmental Psychopathology

NOSOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

Classification
DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT
Clinical Assessment of Infants and Toddlers/ Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents

SPECIFIC DISORDERS AND SYNDROMES

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

Autism and the Persuasive Developmental Disorders/ Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Causes and Management
ANXIETY DISORDERS
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/ Trichotillomania /Tic Disorders
EATING DISORDERS
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa / Obesity / Sleep Disorders / Somatoform Disorders / Delirium and Catatonia/ Elimination Disorders: Enuresis andEncopresis / Gender Identity Disorders / Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents
NEGLECT, ABUSE, AND TRAUMA-RELATED CONDITIONS
Child Abuse and Neglect /Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Reactive Attachment Disorder

Treatment

PEDIATRIC PSYCHOOPHARMACOLOGY PSYCHOTHERAPIES THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND LOCATION-SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS

INTERFACE AREAS OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

PEDIATRICS

The Consultation and Liaison Processes to Pediatrics/ Mental Health Issues in the Medically Ill Child or Adolescent
THE LAW
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Court/ Divorce and Child Custody