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Part of the What Do I Do Now? Psychiatry series,
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides a practical biopsychosocial approach to assessing and treating psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents through a series of case studies.
List of contents
- 1. Young boy with social impairment and repetitive behaviors
- 2. Persistent reading difficulty despite improved focus on a stimulant medication
- 3. Below average intellectual and adaptive functioning
- 4. A child with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
- 5. Repetitive throat clearing, blinking, and grimacing
- 6. Teenager with paranoia and hallucinations preceded by a decline in academic and social functioning
- 7. Several weeks of low mood, decreased appetite, and poor sleep after changing schools
- 8. An episode of giddy, irritable mood with increased energy and goal-directed activity
- 9. Chronically irritable mood with frequent temper outbursts
- 10. Limited speech outside the home in a young girl who speaks normally at home
- 11. A fear of dogs
- 12. Trouble being away from mother
- 13. Worries about being embarrassed in front of classmates
- 14. Recurrent episodes of intense fear, shortness of breath, racing heart, and sweating
- 15. Excessive, uncontrollable worries
- 16. A teenager who spends hours scrutinizing her skin
- 17. Repeating, counting, and touching to prevent harm
- 18. A girl without stranger danger
- 19. A boy who could not be comforted
- 20. Sad mood and changes in behavior after exposure to a traumatic reminder
- 21. A child whose parent insists on recurrent medical admissions
- 22. Decreased food intake after a choking incident
- 23. A teenage girl with low body mass index due to restricting food intake
- 24. Recurrent episodes of binging and purging
- 25. A young boy with stool soiling
- 26. An adolescent requesting to pause puberty
- 27. An adolescent with binge drinking
- 28. An adolescent with new onset inattention
- 29. Confusion and mental status changes in a medically ill child
About the author
Robyn Thom, MD, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital.
Christopher McDougle, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Director of the Lurie Center for Autism at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital.
Summary
Part of the What Do I Do Now? Psychiatry series, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides a practical biopsychosocial approach to assessing and treating psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents through a series of case studies.
