Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the Specialty Board Review

by Hendren; Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780415955980
• ISBN10: 041595598X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-07-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Both general and child/adolescent psychiatrists will find the third edition of this book valuable in preparing for their re-certification exams. The last ten years have brought tremendous changes to the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. The revision of this book incorporates recent information from AACAP?s Practice Parameters, and review questions and references have also been updated. Hendren has reviewed every question, answer, and explanation to ensure coverage of the major advances in the classification of child and adolescent disorders represented in the DSM-IV.

Author Biography

Hong Shen is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis.

Table of Contents

Multiple-choice questions
Normal growth and development	p. 3
Developmental disorders	p. 21
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders and affective disorders	p. 29
Disorders of conduct and behavior	p. 39
Anxiety disorders (including separation anxiety, overanxious and avoidant disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder)	p. 47
Eating and nutritional disorders	p. 55
Movement disorders	p. 63
Disorders of somatic function (sleep, elimination, psychosomatic, and somatoform disorders)	p. 69
Substance use and abuse	p. 77
Special issues (suicide, sexuality, AIDS, adjustment disorder, abuse, personality disorders, elective mutism, and stuttering)	p. 85
Psychological testing and rating scales	p. 97
Psychopharmacology	p. 103
Psychotherapies	p. 115
Treatment settings, health-care system, and outcome	p. 123
Special topics (consultation, forensics, and public health)	p. 129
Research design, statistics, and technologies	p. 137
Mock examination
Clinical assessment, differential diagnosis, formulation, and treatment planning	p. 147
Case histories	p. 155
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