Child Mental Health in Primary Care

List of contents

Part 1: Introduction 1. Assessment in Child Mental Health 2. Referral, Consent and Confidentiality 3. Cultural and Ethnic Issues Part 2: Problems that may Present at any Age 4. Temperament and Resilience 5. Disorders of Language and Social Development 6. Behaviour Problems 7. Family Issues 8. Separation, Divorce and Reconstituted Families 9. Chronic Paediatric Illness 10. Effects of Parental Mental Illness on Children and Families 11. Child Abuse 12. Sexualised Behaviour 13. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Adjustment Disorder 14. Death, Dying and Bereavement 15. Imaginary Friends, Voices and Psychosis Part 3: Problems that may Present in the First Few Years 16. Postnatal Depression 17. Crying and Colic 18. Feeding Problems in Pre-School Children 19. Sleep Problems 20. Breath-Holding 21. Head-Banging and Body-Rocking Part 4: Problems that may Present in School-Age Children 22. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 23. Specific and Generalised Learning Disability 24. Bullying 25. Enuresis 26. Faecal Soiling/Encopresis 27. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 28. Anxiety, Worry, Fears and Phobias 29. School Refusal 30. Recurrent Abdominal Pain 31. Physical Presentations of Emotional Distress 32. Tics and Tourette’s Syndrome Part 5: Problems that Present Mainly in Adolescence 33. Depression 34. Overdose and Other Self-Harm 35. Eating Disorders 36. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 37. Substance Misuse Part 6: Detailed Treatment Options 38. Behavioural Techniques for use by Enthusiastic Professionals in Primary Care 39. Formulary

About the author

D. Phillips

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Carnell, Judith Dawkins, David Hall, Peter Hill, Tony Kendrick, D. Phillips, Phillips D., Niki Salt, Quentin Spender
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2001
• EAN: 9781857752625
• ISBN: 978-1-85775-262-5
• No. of pages: 385
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; General practice, MEDICAL / Mental Health, MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Mental health services, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, General Practice / Family Medicine