Table of Contents
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
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Epidemilogy
GENETICS
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:
- 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